Meditations from the note book of Mary Carey, 1649-1657

Meditations from the Notebook of Mary Carey, 1649–1657, was published in 1918 by Francis Meynell, a noted British poet and printer. The volume presents the private spiritual reflections of Mary Carey, a 17th-century writer who experienced deep personal tragedy, including the loss of several children. Her work offers a candid glimpse into the intersection of personal grief and religious devotion during the English Civil War period.

The publication of this text was part of a broader interest in preserving and circulating the writings of lesser-known women authors of the early modern period. Meynell, who would later go on to co-found the prestigious Nonesuch Press, approached the curation of this manuscript with a focus on archival aesthetics, aiming to treat Carey's raw, intimate prose with the typographic dignity and respect typically reserved for more established canonical figures of the era.