My Life Among The Blue-Jackets 13th impression

No jacket present. Spine faded with a stain; covers rubbed and generally faded. A small stamp appears on the first page. The inside cover bears an ex libris of a hotel s drawing room, with With compliments and Agnes Weston s original handwritten signature. Pages show expected age-toning, with some yellowing throughout, but remain clean and legible. Dame Agnes Elizabeth Weston (26 March 1840 23 October 1918), was an English philanthropist noted for her work with the Royal Navy. For over twenty years, she lived and worked among the sailors of the Royal Navy. The result of her powerful influence is evidenced in the widespread reform which took place in the habits of hundreds of men to whom her name was a talisman for good. In her day, one man out of every six in the navy was a total abstainer. Weston's work included her monthly letters to sailors, Ashore and Afloat, which she edited, and the 'Sailors' Rests', which she established in Portsmouth. She was the first woman ever given a full ceremonial Royal Navy funeral. Pages: 335.…