Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The Treble Almanack ...
Author: The Treble Almanack for the Year ...
Author: Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
Author: John GrenhamPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Entrepreneurial Ventures in Chemistry
Author: Peter ReedPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317142632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Muspratt family form a fascinating dynasty in the history of British commerce and manufacturing. Associated principally with the development of the chemical industry in Liverpool - James Muspratt (1793-1884) was the first person to make alkali on a large scale using the Leblanc Process - the three generations of the family also contributed to wider Victorian and Edwardian culture through their interests in politics, education (founding the Liverpool College of Chemistry in 1848), art, literature and theatre. This is the first study to present the history of the Muspratts as a family group and to consider the entrepreneurial spirit they brought to chemical manufacture in Britain and to their many other ventures.
The Protestant Orphan Society and its social significance in Ireland 1828–1940
Author: June CooperPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847799868
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Protestant Orphan Society, founded in Dublin in 1828, managed a carefully-regulated boarding-out and apprenticeship scheme. This book examines its origins, its forward-thinking policies, and particularly its investment in children’s health, the part women played in the charity, opposition to its work and the development of local Protestant Orphan Societies. It argues that by the 1860s the parent body in Dublin had become one of the most well-respected nineteenth-century Protestant charities and an authority in the field of boarding out. The author uses individual case histories to explore the ways in which the charity shaped the orphans’ lives and assisted widows, including the sister of Sean O’Casey, the renowned playwright, and identifies the prominent figures who supported its work such as Douglas Hyde, the first President of Ireland. This book makes valuable contributions to the history of child welfare, foster care, the family and the study of Irish Protestantism.
Watson's, Or, The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack
Author: A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library, Cambridge
Author: Cambridge University Library. Bradshaw Irish CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library Cambridge
Author: Charles SaylePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108073530
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
A 1916 three-volume catalogue of over 8,000 books and pamphlets from or about Ireland, printed between 1600 and 1900.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Shelley and His Circle, 1773-1822
Author: Kenneth Neill CameronPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674806115
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
The publication of Volumes III and IV of Shelley and His Circle under the editorial auspices of Kenneth Neill Cameron makes available a further portion of the Shelley manuscript materials in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. These two volumes continue in the format and style of Volumes I and II, which received the critical acclaim of, among others, John Ciardi, who lauded Cameron and his contributing editors for rescuing "the material from felonious footnotery primarily by enclosing it in a continuous narrative that contains detailed introductions to each of the characters of the circle, and a general background of their relationships and of the times." Volumes III and IV progress chronologically through Shelley's life, beginning with the early years of Shelley's marriage to Harriet Westbrook, where Volume II ended, and concluding with her suicide. Among the manuscripts are twelve letters and literary pieces by Byron including the first of his "separation" poem "Fare Thee Well," the expanded 1814 journal of Claire Clairmont, the curious triangular correspondence of Shelley, Mary Godwin, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg, Shelley's annotated copy of Queen Mab, and the suicide letter Harriet Shelley wrote a few hours before she drowned in the Serpentine. A number of maps especially prepared for this edition and other supplementary illustrations enhance the impeccable scholarship of these volumes which, with the projected publication of the remaining materials, will present a half century of interconnected biographies and will suggest the literary and intellectual tenor of the Romantic era. The Pforzheimer collection, exceeded only by that at the Bodleian in the number of Shelley and Shelleyana manuscripts, reflects the personal interests of Carl H. Pforzheimer, who put together one of the notable private libraries of modern times. Before his death in 1957, he planned the form of publication for his collection, designing it not only for the academic use of scholars but also as a stimulating and readable set for the enthusiastic layman.