Mozley Dorothea Edited Letters Including (1 results)

Hardcover. xx, 219 p.; 13 illus. on 9 halftone pl.; 22 cm. Index of names, p. 215-19. 181 selections, 1801-1879 (locations not indicated) `Where the letters have been drawn from original sources the old spelling has been retained. Many of them are of great length, and those of a certain period are crossed, to save weight in the post. Even the children crossed their letters.These have been much cut. Others,on the other hand,consist of short extracts taken in the past from originals which were then destroyed.' -- From mother Jemima Fourdrinier Newman 1772-1836, to John 1; from her sister-in-law Mary Fourdrinier 1 -- from John Henry Newman 1801-1890, to mother 1, sisters 2, Charles 1, Harriett 4, Jemima 8 -- from Charles Robert Newman 1802-1884, to John 3 (all known) -- from Harriett Elizabeth Newman Mozley 1803-1852, to her mother 2, aunt Elizabeth Good Newman (1765-1852) 4, John 14, Jemima 99, Tom Mozley 7 -- from Francis William (Frank) Newman 1805-1897, to Jemima 2, John 3, a friend 1 -- from Jemima (`Cattie') Newman Mozley 1808-1879, to John 3, Harriett 8, Fanny Mozley 2 -- from Mary Newman 1809-1828, to Harriett 2, Jemima 6 -- from the children of Henry Mozley of Gainsborough and Derby: John Mozley (husband of Jemima), to his mother 1, Harriett 1; Maria Mozley, to her sister Anne (1809-1891) 1, her sister Fanny 1; Thomas Mozley (husband of Harriett) 1806-1893, to Jemima 1, John 1 -- from Maria Rosina Giberne 1802-1885, to Jemima 1. -- Halftone plates from drawings by Jemima and by Maria Giberne are included. -- Frontispiece of Grace Mozley Langford (1839-1908) with parents Tom and Harriett in 1840: Grace, whom JHN had not seen since 1843, received his last letter of August 2nd 1890 and was his last visitor on the 9th (Letters and diaries XXXI.299) VG orig. gray linen in illus. black on blue dustjacket.