Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's LifeAlec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
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Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life
Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel), -1940; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
=Morning Post.=—“The memoir contains much interesting reading, tracing
as it does the career of a distinguished man of science, who, though
he had to struggle for years against almost insuperable difficulties,
reached at last a high place in the professional tree and maintained
his position there.”
=St. James’s Gazette.=—“Mrs. Tweedie is to be congratulated both on her
subject and on the way she has manipulated it.”
A Girl’s Ride in Iceland
FOUR EDITIONS
=Morning Post.=—“This account of an autumn trip to an unhackneyed land
is much better worth reading than many more pretentious volumes....
The authoress has an eye for what is worth seeing, a happy knack of
graphic description, and a literary style which is commendably free
from adjectival exuberance.”
=Manchester Guardian.=—“Mrs. A. Tweedie’s account of her trip is so
bright and lively that the novelty of her experience is rendered
additionally interesting by her manner of describing it.... The
authoress interests us from first to last, and her style is altogether
free from affectation of fine writing ... her book, indeed, is both
instructive and amusing.”
=St. James’s Gazette.=—“... Many interesting details of the history and
social life of the Icelanders are set forth in a pleasant, chatty style
by the spirited and observant lady who rode 160 miles like a man.”
=Saturday Review.=—“... people intent on new fields of travel; Mrs.
Tweedie’s lively account of a voyage to Iceland, and its agreeable and
entirely successful results, ought to inspire adventurous ladies to
follow her example.... Mrs. Tweedie describes the wonders of the land
with a keen appreciation, and has not forgotten to supply many useful
hints.”
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