| Descript |
xi, 436 p., [14] p. of plates : geneal. table, ill., ports. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents |
The family circle -- The two Dovelies -- A woman of the world -- A traveling cousin, a Doveley's death, and the abolition of slavery -- The return of the Beagle and "The day of days!" -- Bride, mother, nurse -- Narrow lanes and high hedges -- The old order changeth -- A dear and good child -- The Great Exhibition, war in the Balkans, and the last of the Barnacles -- For better or worse, in sickness and in health -- Midwiving the Origin -- A banker in the family -- Lives lived, lives lost, and closure at Malvern -- A book about man, and Henrietta takes a husband -- Two weddings, four funerals, and the fiendish Mr. Ffinden -- An irreparable loss -- "Our secure happiness-- shattered" -- Life at a lower pitch -- The life and letters -- Banting, books, and the Queen's Jubilee -- The Leos abroad, and the last Maerite left standing -- The last wind of the watch. |
| ISBN |
9780813034782 |
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0813034787 |
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