A Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker. Agnes Giberne
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Agnes Giberne
A Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664573759
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I A.D. 1771-1835 THE STORY OF HER FATHER
CHAPTER II A.D. 1821-1835 CHILDHOOD AND GIRLHOOD
CHAPTER III A.D. 1835-1848 EARLY WRITINGS
CHAPTER IV A FARCE OF GIRLISH DAYS
CHAPTER V A.D. 1847-1849 HOME LIFE
CHAPTER VI A.D. 1847-1850 GRAVITY AND FUN
CHAPTER VII A.D. 1849-1853 THE FIRST GREAT SORROW, AND THE FIRST BOOK
CHAPTER VIII A.D. 1854-1857 CRIMEA, AND THE INDIAN MUTINY
CHAPTER IX A.D. 1857-1865 LIFE’S EARLY AFTERNOON
CHAPTER X A.D. 1864-1866 A HEAVY SHADOW
CHAPTER XI A.D. 1867-1868 GIVING COMFORT TO OTHERS
CHAPTER XII A.D. 1868-1872 THE OLD HOME BROKEN UP
CHAPTER XIII VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS
CHAPTER XIV 1875 AN UNEXPECTED RESOLVE
CHAPTER XV 1875 BESIDE NIAGARA
CHAPTER I A.D. 1875 FIRST ARRIVAL IN INDIA
CHAPTER II A.D. 1875-1876 A HOME IN AMRITSAR
CHAPTER III A.D. 1876 CURIOUS WAYS
CHAPTER IV A.D. 1876 A PALACE FOR A HOME
CHAPTER V A.D. 1877 DISAPPOINTMENTS AND DELAYS
CHAPTER VI A.D. 1877-1878 A BROWN AND WHITE ‘HAPPY FAMILY’
CHAPTER VII A.D. 1878 PERSECUTIONS
CHAPTER VIII A.D. 1878-1879 EARLY CHRISTIAN DAYS IN THE 19TH CENTURY
CHAPTER IX A.D. 1879 THE CHURCH AT BATALA
CHAPTER X A.D. 1880-1881 LOYAL AND TRUE
CHAPTER XI A.D. 1881-1882 CLOUDS AFTER SUNSHINE
CHAPTER XII A.D. 1882-1883 THE FIRST STONE OF BATALA CHURCH
CHAPTER XIII A.D. 1884-1885 SOME OF A. L. O. E.’S POSSESSIONS
CHAPTER XIV A.D. 1885-1886 ON THE RIVER’S BRINK
CHAPTER XV A.D. 1886-1887 IN HARNESS ONCE MORE
CHAPTER XVI A.D. 1887-1888 A VISIT FROM BISHOP FRENCH
CHAPTER XVII A.D. 1888-1890 THE DAILY ROUND
CHAPTER XVIII A.D. 1890-1891 IN OLD AGE
CHAPTER XIX A.D. 1892 LIGHT AT EVENTIDE
CHAPTER XX A.D. 1892-1893 THE LAST GREAT SORROW
CHAPTER XXI A.D. 1893 THE HOME-GOING
LIST OF PRINCIPAL BOOKS BY A. L. O. E.
LIST OF SOME SMALL BOOKLETS BY A. L. O. E.
PREFACE
It would scarcely be fitting that this Volume should go forth to the Public without a few words of Preface from one of A. L. O. E.’s own family.
Only my beloved Mother—the ‘Laura’ of these pages—could have penned the words which should adequately tell all that my dear Aunt was to those who knew her best and loved her most fondly. And she, little as she had expected it, was the first of the two to be called Home.
It has, however, been a great satisfaction to me to intrust the preparation of the Life to Miss Giberne; and I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing my hearty appreciation of the literary skill, the sympathy, and the fidelity to truth with which she has accomplished her task.
Averse as my Aunt ever was to any fuss being