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Transcript
12th Thursday - I went to Newport. In the evening I read aloud out of a book relating to the adventures of one Jacob Faithful* -
13th Friday -
14th Saturday - Julia went to Newport, rode part of the way in Farmer Alfords fourwheel - she arrived home by 5 o'clock - I read a letter we then had supper and thus closed a very happy week.
15th Sunday - Julia went to Wootton Church. In the afternoon I went to church. Mr G. C drank tea with us and we spent a very happy evening. I did at the least.
16th Monday - Julia and I went to Newport. Grandma made us a present of two scarlet lindsay skirts. In the evening Mother returned from Ryde and brought us some wedding cake, Mr J Austin...
Footnote:
* Jacob Faithful is a book written by Captain Frederick Marryat which was published in 1834, the fifth book to flow from
Marryat's pen. The story tells the life and adventures of a boy who was born and brought up on a lighter (small river-barge) on the River Thames as it flows through London. It gives an extremely interesting contemporary picture of life in London and on the river in the early part of the nineteenth century.
The book is out of copyright, worldwide, so we are able to present this book as a free download for you to read. It is in plain text format, which you can open with Notepad, Wordpad or any plain text reader.
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Captain Frederick Marryat was born 10th July, 1792, and died 8th August, 1848. He retired from the British navy in 1828 in order to devote himself to writing. In the following 20 years he wrote 26 books, many of which are among the very best of English literature, and some of which are still in print.
