julia augusta webster (6 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lesley's Guardians is a novel by Julia Augusta Webster, first published in 1854. The novel follows the lives of two orphaned sisters, Lesley and Amy, who are left in the care of their guardians, Mrs. Barclay and her son Harry. As they grow up, the sisters face a series of challenges and setbacks, but with the help of their friends and family, they are able to overcome them and find happiness.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). An extremely scarce copy of Lilian Gray by Julia Augusta Webster, under the pen name of Cecil Home. A very scarce volume by Cecil Home, the pen name for Julia Augusta Webster.Julia Augusta Webster was an English poet, dramatist, essayist and translator and published her first volume of poetry in 1860 under the pen name Cecil Home. Much of her writing explored the condition of women and she was a strong advocate of women's right to vote.Lilian Gray was her second volume of poetry to be published, still under the pen name of Cecil Home.Bound by Burn. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a bookbinder sticker to the rear pastedown. Sticker residue to the title page. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd scattered spot. Very Good. book.

4 pp, 12mo. Bifolium. 89 lines. Text clear and complete. She begins by apologising for the delay in sending an autograph: 'In atonement I give you Anthony Trollope's signature, which perhaps you have not got.' Reports that they 'went to the Italian lakes this summer. We aimed at Venice but gave it up because of the cholera.' She regrets that the recipient's 'friends book & chart do not prosper. Mr Bowes (the Macmillan of the shop) thought the chart a good plan and likely to succeed, except that the size would be against it'. She has been 'very busy at present, being on the committee of a meat association which is being got up among a number of families in Cambridge. I had an affecting interview with my butcher, one of the least dishonest in his prices, but I could not persuade him that it would be for his good to come to smaller profits. We shall part good friends, but we shall part.' Her husband and F. D. Maurice are that year's two new Final Science Examiners. Describes the nature of this 'cheap work'. Describes the behaviour of her young daughter Margaret ('reproving and instructing' her father, 'eating her fruit with the peel on').