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In French-Africa : scenes and memories
- Title
- In French-Africa : scenes and memories / by Miss Betham-Edwards ; illustrated by original and copyright photographs.
- Author
- Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836-1919
- Publication
- Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co. ; London : Chapman & Hall, Ltd. [1913]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | BKE (Betham-Edwards, M. B. In French-Africa) | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc 916.5-E (Edwards, M. In French-Africa) | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- ix, [1], 324 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Note
- With a half-title; advertisement for other works by author on verso of half-title page.
- "Printed in Great Britain."--verso of title page.
- "Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, London and Bungay."--printer statement, colophon, page 324.
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- ch. 1. A quixotic scene -- ch. 2. Street scenes -- ch. 3. The lady of Mustapha Supérieure -- ch. 4. A vice-imperial court -- ch. 5. Fêtes in honour of Aïssaoua -- ch. 6. Kabylian scenes and hospitalities -- ch. 7. Ramadhan -- ch. 8. Through the Metidja to Teniet-el-Haad -- ch. 9. Miliana -- ch. 10. A snowstorm in the cedar forest -- ch. 11. Society at Teniet-el-Haad -- ch. 12. A Roman city and a breakfast with the Trappists -- ch. 13. Flowers and four-footed "Pretty dears." -- ch. 14. More "pretty dears" -- ch. 15. Plague and famine -- ch. 16. The start -- ch. 17. Nemours (not Balzac's) -- ch. 18. Tlemcen, the Granada of the east -- ch. 19. Oran, and "The Blithedale romance" -- ch. 20. Saïda, on the threshold of the Sahara -- ch. 21. The earthquake -- ch. 22. Some of "the quality" -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- Sc 916.5-E (Edwards, M. In French-Africa)
- LCCN
- 13035195
- OCLC
- 317605
- NYPGR317605-B
- Author
- Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836-1919, author.
- Title
- In French-Africa : scenes and memories / by Miss Betham-Edwards ; illustrated by original and copyright photographs.
- Publisher
- Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co. ; London : Chapman & Hall, Ltd. [1913]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc 916.5-E (accession no. B593938) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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- Added Author
- A.C. McClurg & Co., publisher.Chapman and Hall, publisher.Richard Clay and Sons, printer.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 916.5-E (Edwards, M. In French-Africa)BKE (Betham-Edwards, M. B. In French-Africa)