Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. Quite away from all my people 3
7. The real, the useful, the necessary–these occupy one here 29
8. A very cosy, happy home 57
9. How many people I have got to know! 78
10. Oh! I do hope I’ll be able to do something useful and good 98
11. A great many people have ailments here 110
12. How I love them all 133
13. Oh! I wish I could hear someone who would stir me up 151
14. A man of Mr. Parke’s ability 163
15. I have been as busy as I could be 187
16. There is much of the untamed animal nature in me 205
17. The women work much harder than the men 226
18. Hob-nobbing with a Countess 234
19. I think if I were a man I’d want to go in for [politics] 247
20. People really seem to be getting sanguine over the mining prospects around here 257
21. It really is shameful the way I neglect my poor old diary lately 263
22. I wonder when I’m a grey haired old woman if I will enjoy reading these papers! 276
23. Notes 290
24. Appendix A 332
25. Appendix B 333
26. Appendix C 334
27. Bibliography 335
28. Index 340