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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Oxford University Press : H. Milford, The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth and marvels, 1921
... Literary humour...Literary humour Thomas Ingoldsby A collection of 52 often humorous parodies of myths, tales, and ghost stories, and 13 "Miscellaneous Poems". ...A collection of 52 often humorous parodies of myths, tales, and ghost stories, and 13 "Miscellaneous Poems".Ill, p.527.non-fictionA collection of 52 often humorous parodies of myths, tales, and ghost stories, and 13 "Miscellaneous Poems". literary humour, thomas ingoldsby -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook - Mrs. Caudle's curtain lectures, Bradbury Agnew and Co, 1873
... Literary humour...Literary humour English wit and humour A collection of humorous stories Ill, p.192. ...A collection of humorous storiesIll, p.192.fictionA collection of humorous storiesliterary humour, english wit and humour -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne et al, Keraban The Inflexible (part 1) The Captain of The Guidara, 1887
... literary, the 1887 British two volume issue is notable as the first English language edition. For Verne readers it represents one of his later adventure novels set in the Ottoman, Black Sea world, with the characteristic mix of travel, humour, principle, and intrigue. ..."The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”.In the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail.Hard cover book, Keraban The Inflexible (part 1)The Captain of The Guidara. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1887 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction"The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”.In the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, keraban the inflexible (part 1) the captain of the guidara, jules verne -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, A Childs History of England, 1900
... humour, pathos, along with critiquing the era’s industrial society. Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. Buried in Westminster Abbey, his vivid characters and social commentary remain influential. This work is significant but mainly as a minor Dickens work rather than one of his major literary ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “A Child’s History of England” is Dickens’s three volume, child directed history of England, originally serialised in Household Words from 1851 to 1853 and later issued in book form in 1853. It covers English history from ancient times through the fall of James II, with a brief closing summary up to Queen Victoria’s accession to the crown. Dickens wrote it as a readable, lively alternative to dry school history, aiming to interest his own children and young readers. The work is outspoken, often anti monarchical and anti aristocratic in tone, and it uses Dickens’s usual vivid style rather than detached academic prose.A Childs History of England. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1900. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green leather hardcover with title on spine in gold lettering, Charles Dickens signature on front cover written in gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “A Child’s History of England” is Dickens’s three volume, child directed history of England, originally serialised in Household Words from 1851 to 1853 and later issued in book form in 1853. It covers English history from ancient times through the fall of James II, with a brief closing summary up to Queen Victoria’s accession to the crown. Dickens wrote it as a readable, lively alternative to dry school history, aiming to interest his own children and young readers. The work is outspoken, often anti monarchical and anti aristocratic in tone, and it uses Dickens’s usual vivid style rather than detached academic prose.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Christmas Books, 1940's to 1959
... humour, pathos, along with critiquing the era’s industrial society. Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. Buried in Westminster Abbey, his vivid characters and social commentary remain influential. These stories are highly significant in literary ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Nelson and Sons London Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840's publication; the Nelson publication is a later reprint in the company’s “Nelson’s Classics series, with examples catalogued from 1941 to 1959.Christmas Books. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Nelson & Sons, London. Date: 1940’s-1950’s. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Red cloth hardcover with brown patterned paper stick on title to front cover. Spine has gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Nelson and Sons London Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840's publication; the Nelson publication is a later reprint in the company’s “Nelson’s Classics series, with examples catalogued from 1941 to 1959.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Christmas Stories, 1956
... humour, pathos, along with critiquing the era’s industrial society. Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. Buried in Westminster Abbey, his vivid characters and social commentary remain influential. These stories are highly significant in literary ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Oxford University Press London, Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840s publication; the Oxford publication is a later reprint from 1956.Our Mutual Friend. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Oxford University Press, London. Date: 1956 (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Blue leather hardcover, Spine has Author and Title in gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Oxford University Press London, Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840s publication; the Oxford publication is a later reprint from 1956.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Christmas Books, 1894
... humour, pathos, along with critiquing the era’s industrial society. Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. Buried in Westminster Abbey, his vivid characters and social commentary remain influential. These stories are highly significant in literary ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Nelson and Sons London Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840's publication; the Nelson publication is a later reprint in the company’s “Nelson’s Classics series, with examples catalogued from 1941 to 1959.Christmas Books. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1894. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green cloth hardcover with Authors name to front cover in gold. Spine has gold title lettering. The spine has a Library label.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Nelson and Sons London Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840's publication; the Nelson publication is a later reprint in the company’s “Nelson’s Classics series, with examples catalogued from 1941 to 1959.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1966
... humour, pathos, along with critiquing the era’s industrial society. Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. Buried in Westminster Abbey, his vivid characters and social commentary remain influential. This work is highly significant for several reasons as it is Dickens’s last work, Dickens died in June 1870 after completing only 6 of 12 planned instalments, leaving the mystery unresolved. It is unique as a literary ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Charles Dickens’s final, unfinished novel about the mysterious disappearance (likely murder) of a young man named Edwin Drood in the fictional cathedral town of Cloisterham, England. The theme centres around Edwin who is engaged to Rosa Bud in a marriage arranged by their fathers. Both are unhappy with the arrangement and decide to break it off. Edwin’s uncle John Jasper, is the cathedral’s choirmaster, and secretly obsesses over Rosa and is an opium addict. After a tense Christmas Eve dinner with Edwin and the hot tempered Neville Landless (who also likes Rosa), Edwin disappears. Neville is suspected because he was last seen with Edwin, but there’s no body and not enough evidence to charge him. There is also a mysterious figure named Datchery who arrives in Cloisterham to investigate, and an elderly woman from an opium den called Princess Puffer who begins shadowing Jasper.The Mystery of Edwin Drood Hard Cover, Blue. Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 1966 Further Information: With twelve illustrations by Luke Fildes and two by Charles CollinsfictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Charles Dickens’s final, unfinished novel about the mysterious disappearance (likely murder) of a young man named Edwin Drood in the fictional cathedral town of Cloisterham, England. The theme centres around Edwin who is engaged to Rosa Bud in a marriage arranged by their fathers. Both are unhappy with the arrangement and decide to break it off. Edwin’s uncle John Jasper, is the cathedral’s choirmaster, and secretly obsesses over Rosa and is an opium addict. After a tense Christmas Eve dinner with Edwin and the hot tempered Neville Landless (who also likes Rosa), Edwin disappears. Neville is suspected because he was last seen with Edwin, but there’s no body and not enough evidence to charge him. There is also a mysterious figure named Datchery who arrives in Cloisterham to investigate, and an elderly woman from an opium den called Princess Puffer who begins shadowing Jasper.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History CollectionLiterary work - Poem, Sue Tallis, The Nurse, [ca.1953]
... Poem was written by a nurse and published in 'the Panhandler" Volume One, August 1953, a magazine written by nurses at the Alfred Hospital Written by an Alfred Hospital nurse Nursing Nursing humour Nursing poem Previous catalogue number hand written [back ink] at top right Black type on discoloured white background, surrounded by nine handdrawn illustrations. paper has been fixed to brown cardboard, The Nurse Literary work Poem Sue Tallis ...Poem was written by a nurse and published in 'the Panhandler" Volume One, August 1953, a magazine written by nurses at the Alfred HospitalWritten by an Alfred Hospital nurseBlack type on discoloured white background, surrounded by nine handdrawn illustrations. paper has been fixed to brown cardboard, Previous catalogue number hand written [back ink] at top rightnursing, nursing humour, nursing poem -
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Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History CollectionLiterary work - Poem, Travis-Weston, "The Nurses If", [ca. 1930's]
... humour Nursing Nurses Poems about nurses Printed card, off-white background. Underneath a black and white illustration of a woman wearing a nurse's veil, title in red ink, main body of poem in black ink with two red 'Ifs'. and a statement in red at the base. Card has been mounted on a piece of wood, and fixed to brown carboard with stand "The Nurses If" Literary ...It is a medical parody of Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem "If—", rewritten to highlight the patience and resilience required in the nursing professionAn example of nursing humourPrinted card, off-white background. Underneath a black and white illustration of a woman wearing a nurse's veil, title in red ink, main body of poem in black ink with two red 'Ifs'. and a statement in red at the base. Card has been mounted on a piece of wood, and fixed to brown carboard with standnursing, nurses, poems about nurses -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History CollectionLiterary work - Poem, "The Nurses If", [ca. 1940]
... humour Nursing Nurses Poems about nurses On the cardboard ' Dear Johnny/With Best Wishes/From/Pat [black ink] 1943 [pencil] Previous cataloge number [black ink} Printed card, off-white background. Underneath a black and white illustration of a woman wearing a nurse's veil, title in red ink, main body of poem in black ink with two red 'Ifs'. and a statement in red at the base. Card has been mounted on a thin piece of wood, covered in plastic film and fixed to brown cardboard "The Nurses If" Literary ...It is a medical parody of Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem "If—", rewritten to highlight the patience and resilience required in the nursing professionAn example of nursing humourPrinted card, off-white background. Underneath a black and white illustration of a woman wearing a nurse's veil, title in red ink, main body of poem in black ink with two red 'Ifs'. and a statement in red at the base. Card has been mounted on a thin piece of wood, covered in plastic film and fixed to brown cardboard On the cardboard ' Dear Johnny/With Best Wishes/From/Pat [black ink] 1943 [pencil] Previous cataloge number [black ink}nursing, nurses, poems about nurses -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, The Captain of The Guidara, 1884
... literary, the 1887 British two volume issue is notable as the first English language edition. For Verne readers it represents one of his later adventure novels set in the Ottoman/Black Sea world, with the characteristic mix of travel, humour, principle, and intrigue. ..."The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”. in the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail.Hard cover book,The Captain of The Guidara. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1884 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction"The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”. in the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Payn, James, Less black than we're painted : in three volumes : Vol. I, 1878
... literary journals. Fiction James Payn A young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. ...A young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. (From 1878 review in The Spectator.)296 p. fictionA young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. (From 1878 review in The Spectator.)fiction, james payn -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Payn, James, Less black than we're painted : in three volumes : Vol. II, 1878
... literary journals. Fiction James Payn A young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. ...A young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. (From 1878 review in The Spectator.)294 p. fictionA young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. (From 1878 review in The Spectator.)fiction, james payn -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Payn, James, Less black than we're painted : in three volumes : Vol. III, 1878
... literary journals. Fiction James Payn A young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. ...A young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. (From 1878 review in The Spectator.)303 p.A young man falls in love with the stepdaughter of his father's gamekeeper. “The cheerfullest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humour and rings with merriment”. (From 1878 review in The Spectator.)fiction, james payn -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Scarpante The Spy, 1887
... literary, the 1887 British two volume issue is notable as the first English language edition. For Verne readers it represents one of his later adventure novels set in the Ottoman/Black Sea world, with the characteristic mix of travel, humour, principle, and intrigue. ...“Scarpante the Spy” is not a separate Jules Verne novel; it is the title of a two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”. in the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail.Hard cover book, Scarpante The Spy. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1887 Light green hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction“Scarpante the Spy” is not a separate Jules Verne novel; it is the title of a two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”. in the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, John Cowper Powys, A Glastonbury Romance, 1955
... literary family (which included T.F. Powys and Llewelyn Powys), he was known for his vast, complex "Wessex" novels including Wolf Solent, Weymouth Sands, and Maiden Castle, which combined psychological realism with intense animism and pantheistic mysticism. John Cowper Powys was a prolific novelist, essayist, letter writer, poet, and philosopher, and a writer of enormous scope, complexity, profundity, and humour...literary family (which included T.F. Powys and Llewelyn Powys), he was known for his vast, complex "Wessex" novels including Wolf Solent, Weymouth Sands, and Maiden Castle, which combined psychological realism with intense animism and pantheistic mysticism. John Cowper Powys was a prolific novelist, essayist, letter writer, poet, and philosopher, and a writer of enormous scope, complexity, profundity, and humour ...A Glastonbury Romance, original publication 1932/1933, is a sprawling, monumental modernist epic set in Somerset, England. It blends Arthurian myth, pagan lore, Christian symbolism, and early 20th-century industrial politics. The story centres on John Crow, his lover Mary, and a cast of dozens of townspeople in Glastonbury who become involved in a communal movement attempting to revive the Holy Grail legend as a spiritual force against corporate capitalism and industrial decay.Hard cover book. A Glastonbury Romance Author: John Cowper Powys Publisher: Macdonald & Co Date: 1955 Further Information: Bound in solid cloth boards, light green dust Jacket featuring typographical mid-century graphic designs of Glastonbury, The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionA Glastonbury Romance, original publication 1932/1933, is a sprawling, monumental modernist epic set in Somerset, England. It blends Arthurian myth, pagan lore, Christian symbolism, and early 20th-century industrial politics. The story centres on John Crow, his lover Mary, and a cast of dozens of townspeople in Glastonbury who become involved in a communal movement attempting to revive the Holy Grail legend as a spiritual force against corporate capitalism and industrial decay.shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, a glastonbury romance, john cowper powys
