Gracie: or the history of a stair-carpet. For children young and old

BUTLER (The Rev A.G.)

Published by London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1898

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Wrappers. Covers a little dusty, edges slightly spotted. "It was a family that never destroyed anything; and in the country house where they passed the summer months, called familiarly 'Ramshackle Hall,' they found a convenient refuge to receive all the broken, worn-out goods and chattels of their town house; a kind of beggars' paradise, where, as the young people said, you could do anything, grub in the dirt, climb damp trees, and go anywhere, and wear what you pleased . . ." Arthur Gray Butler (1831-1909) was born into a distinguished clerical and academic dynasty (cf Noel Annan's short account in The Dons, 1999, pp.322-4). His father, George Butler, was Headmaster of Harrow and Dean of Peterborough. One brother, George Butler, was Principal of Butler's Hall, Oxford, and Principal of Liverpool College; another, Henry Montagu Butler, was Headmaster of Harrow, Dean of Gloucester, and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. A.G. Butler was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, 1856-95, and the first headmaster of Haileybury, 1862-67. As well as another novel, The Three Friends (1900), based on his schooldays at Rugby, he was also the author of two dramas and two books of verse.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gracie: or the history of a stair-carpet. For children young and old
• Publisher: London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co
• Publication Date: 1898
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good