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1919 · 45031 — N. P. Most Likely Cleveland: Written by Reverend Orville Ernest Watson 1919-1941. 1919-1941. First & only edition. 8vo. Decorated cloth with leather corners two leather spine labels and raised bands 300 pp. with every entry dated and printed in ink. All 300 pages are full to completion as Reverend Watson recounts his dreams. The 300 page diary covers the years 1919 to 1941 and provides a unique and sometimes disturbing glimpse into his thoughts and mind. The dreams as described range from typical dreams that any person may have although a number are about his brother and others are horrific nightmares and the surrealistic. On July 4 1919 he vividly describes a nightmare; on July 23 1919 he recounts a horrible dream about a jealous husband; on March 29 1921 a political dream; on March 21 1923 a sea dream; on Feb. 4 1924 he visits his old home town in his dream; on January 22 1927 a dream that with his brother they visit a cemetery in Cincinnati; and much much more. Orville Ernest Watson was born in Westfield Center Ohio on December 1 1857 the son of Joseph Watson a physician and his wife Eliza or Ella Jane Mills. Orville's three siblings were Clarence Minnie and Jessie. The Watson family moved to Cardington Ohio before 1870 and Orville Watson graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1882. After working as a businessman in Cardington he entered Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio as a theology student in 1889. Following his graduation in 1892 he moved to Cleveland Ohio where he was assistant rector for Trinity Episcopal Church. He eventually returned to Gambier Ohio where he died on May 17 1951. Bookplate of Orville Ernest Watson on front pastedown sheet leather corners lightly rubbed and covers lightly soiled else interior clean neat and solid. Overall a very good tight copy. Written by Reverend Orville Ernest Watson, 1919-1941. hardcover