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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands. Edited by W. J. S. With an Introductory Preface by W. H. Russell, Esq. London : Blackwood. 1857.Now that the thunder, flame, smoke, and carnage of the Crimea are brought to an end, the public have leisure to listen to the tragical narrative of Mrs. Seacole. This very remarkable person has made a large contribution to the most touching portion of Crimean history. She saw much that was not seen by the public eye, and which the Correspondents of the Public Journals could not narrate. It may contribute to awaken interest and command confidence, to state the fact, that the volume is prefaced by an address to the reader by Mr. Russell, the renowned Correspondent of the Times, aud u dedicated, by permission,” to Major-General Lord Rokeby, H.C.B. These facts alone suffice to certify the character of the writer. Mr. Russell 8ny8 :—«If singleness of heart, true charity, and Christian works ; if trials and sufferings, dangers and perils, encountered boldly by a helpless womau on her errand of mercy, in the camp and in the battle-field, can excite sympathy or move curiosity, Mary Seacole will have many frieuds and many readers.”It were, nevertheless, an error to confine the labours of Mrs. Seacole to the Crimea. As her title-page bears, her adventures have taken place in many lands. In the West Indian Islands she may be said to have undergone ^ an apprenticeship, preparing her for her mission of mercy in the Crimea. Nothing has yet appeared touching the War in the East, that will be read with deeper interest or more intense emotion.
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British Standard
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Jul 31, 1857
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