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Life at the Cape A Hundred Years Ago:
(Centaur (Pty) Ltd, 1983).
With contemporary illustrations selected from the work of Thomas Bowler. Covers the years 1861-2 in a series of vignettes which first appeared in the Cape Monthly magazine. Chapters include first impressions of people and scenery, Camps Bay, excursion on Table Mountain, Christmas festivities at Wynberg and Newlands, hospitality at Constantia, a picnic at Kalk Bay, a State Ball, Stellenbosch, Wellington and the Paarl. Hardback. Very good in faded, slightly worn dustwrapper. 119pp. Order No. NSBK-C3900
Keywords: 0908379471, Cape Town, South Africa, Table Mountain, autobiographies, autobiography, women, woman, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Wynberg, Newlands, Constantia, Kalk Bay, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Paarl, Berg River
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Walker, Carole.
A Saviour of Living Cargoes: the Life and Work of Caroline Chisholm
(Wolds Publishing, first UK edition, 2010).
Caroline Chisholm's philanthropic work was of lasting benefit to British emigrants and colonies - to Australia in particular. In New South Wales, she found shelter and employment for female immigrants and pressed officials to adopt her schemes for settling families on the land. In London, she arranged free passages for emancipists' wives and children and encouraged families to emigrate to Australia. In Victorian goldfields, she provided accommodation for the needy traveller. Tireless and resourceful, she cared little for personal reward or position; and by her own endeavours and careful persuasion, she demonstrated her faith in people, the strength of womanhood, and the need to protect the vulnerable and help working people and their families. This biography casts new light on her life and achievements. Paperback. Brand new, mint condition. xvi + 239pp. Order No. NSBK-C14738
Keywords: 9780956472403, Caroline Chisholm, Australia, pioneers, Australian, women travellers, biography, biographies, women, history, nineteenth century, 19th century, immigration, migration, emigration, colonialism, imperialism, Carole Walker, India, Indian, emigrants, philanthropy, New South Wales, colonies, women's history, Victorian
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Ross, James.
The Power I Pledge: Being a Centenary Study of the Life of William Quarrier and the Work he Pioneered
(Robert MacLehose, 1971).
Hardback. Very good. 118pp. Order No. NSBK-A5303
Keywords: 0950203408, William Quarrier, Glasgow, children, child, philanthropy, Scotland, Scottish, Scotch, Scots, Homelea, history, nineteenth century, Victorian, Quarrier's homes
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Sackett, Terence.
British Life A Century Ago: Images from the Francis Frith Collection
(Frith Book Company Limited, rpt., 2001).
Richly illustrated with black and white photographs. Paperback. Very good. 133pp. Order No. NSBK-A12072
Keywords: 1859372139, photos, photography, photographs, Francis Frith, photographers, photography, images, pictures, Edwardian, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Loane, M.
The Queen's Poor: Life As They Find it in Town in Country
(Middlesex UP, 1998).
Introduction by Susan Cohen and Clive Fleay. Paperback. Slightly soiled, otherwise good. liii + 312pp. Order No. NSBK-A12701
Keywords: 1898253226, The Queen's Poor, poor, poverty, M. Loane, social investigations, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, towns, country, nurses, nursing. The Queen's Poor, working class, working-class, Martha Jane Loane
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Blair, Anna, ed.
Miss Cranston's Omnibus: Recollections of Glasgow Life
(Lomond Books, 1991).
Illustrated by Bill Taylor. Includes Tea at Miss Cranston's and More Tea at Miss Cranston's. Paperback. Good. xiv + 447pp. Order No. NSBK-C3170
Keywords: 0947782443, Miss Cranston, omnibus, Glasgow, Scotland, social history, oral history, poverty
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Battiscombe, Georgina.
Charlotte Mary Yonge: the Story of an Uneventful Life
(Constable, rpt, 1943).
Hardback. Cloth faded & slightly marked at back, otherwise very good. 171pp. Order No. NSBK-C2281
Keywords: B000PEA1TQ, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Charlotte Yonge, biography, writer, woman writer, literature, novel, novelist,Britain, British, England, English, history
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Peabody, Francis Greenwood.
Education for Life: The Story of Hampton Institute
(Doubleday, Page and Co, 1920).
Told in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the school. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, boards rather worn and frayed, splitting internally at spine (front and back); a good reading copy only. xxiv + 393pp. Order No. NSBK-A6598
Keywords: B00088UQU8, Hampton Institute, education, educational, twentieth century, Samuel Chapman Armstrong, nineteenth century, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, social history, schools
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Adams, Carol; Bartley, P; Lown, J.; Loxton C.
Under Control: Life in a Nineteenth-Century Silk Factory
(CUP, rpt, 1985).
Paperback. Covers slightly yellowed, otherwise very good. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-C15108
Keywords: B004IGIH2K, silk industry, silk workers, history, factory, factories, nineteenth century, 19th century, Victorian, women workers
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Lindsay, Jack.
William Morris: His Life and Work
(Constable, 1975).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps, well-used / thumbed in slightly worn dustwrapper. xi + 432pp. Order No. NSBK-A3665
Keywords: 0094600406, Morris, William Morris, nineteenth century, Victorian, history, Britain, British, England, English, socialism, socialist, painter, art, print, Anglo-Catholicism, Ruskin, The Firm, The Arts and Crafts Movement
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