1890 Blind Author, Where Dark Shadows Play, Introduction by Will Carleton

Fuller, Harvey A.; Carleton, Will. Where Dark Shadows Play; With an Introduction by Will Carleton. Milwaukee: H. A. Fuller, Publisher, 1890. First Edition. [10830] Dark blue cloth decorated in gilt & black, a yellow blotch on the front cover (see pic), 7 3/4 x 6 inches, tight. Frontispiece portrait of Fuller wearing eye glasses with black glass. 149 clean pages, all page edges gilt. Good. Hardcover. A collection of autobiography, accounts of famous blind persons, and several poems. Harvey Austin Fuller (1834-1925), b. Mannsville, NY; d. Akron, OH. Fuller lost his sight when about age 20. He was educated at the New York School for the Blind, 1856-1860, and at Hillsdale College in Michigan where he graduated with honor (B.S., 1868). "His fortitude and persistence have kept him in comparative independence, hopeful and cheerful under a weight of darkness that would have crushed many a stronger man. Since graduation he has followed the lecture platform, and is the author of several books, such as, 'Where Dark Shadows Play.' 'Life is a Stage,' 'Stray Leaves,' and 'Life of Nathaniel Bettes.'" - Manual of the Theadelphic Society of Hillsdale College (Spring, 1900).