Forty-Two Years Amongst The Indians And Eskimo - HB

About the Book :- The contents of the present volume are in a large measure the outcome of a long-continued personal correspondence with the late Bishop of Moosonee. As Editor of the Coral Magazine the author received from him many appeals for aid in the various departments of his work. He asked for graphic descriptions of the surroundings; and it does not go in vain. Questions concerning the daily life of himself and those about him, the food and habits of the people, modes of travel, dress, climate, products, seasons, and special incidents were duly answered and fully entered into. The bishop had the pen of a ready writer, and all that he wrote was graphic in the extreme. He was, however, modestly unaware of his talent in this respect, until his eyes were opened to the fact by the well-deserved appreciation of the letters. The bulk of this book is made up of extracts from this correspondence, with just enough information supplied to give the reader a clear idea of the bishop’s life and work. It contains 21 chapters and 16 fine illustrations and a map. The book is immensely good for common readers. About the Author :- Beatrice Batty was an English writer and author of ten novels. She was born in London, and was the eldest daughter of Henry Stebbing, an English cleric and literary editor. She was educated at a Moravian boarding school in Neuwied, in the Black Forest in southwest Germany. Her experiences there formed the basis for her first book, An English Girl's Account of a Moravian Settlement, which was published in 1858. She married Robert Braithwaite Batty in 1860, and they went to India to do missionary work. Batty wrote at least ten novels, and was editor-in-chief of Coral magazine.