Legini Press © 2000 - 2019
This
feast
of
Victorian
frivolity
was
written
by
25
-
year-old
stockbroker
George
Webb
Medley,
holidaying
with
his
sister
Amelia
in
the
summer
of
1851.
He
masquerades
alternatively
as
the
positive
and
enthusiastic
Mr Sugar
Face,
determined
to
‘smile
at
little
annoyances
and
to
make
himself
as
agreeable
as
possible’
and
the
negative
and
pessimistic
Mr Gastric
Juice,
who
is
‘pleased
with
nobody
and
nothing’
and
believes
‘society is one big humbug’.
Follow
their
adventures
by
train
to
Bristol,
Exeter,
Plymouth
and
Devonport;
Totnes
and
Dartmouth;
Torquay
and
Teignmouth;
Sidmouth,
Lyme
and
Charmouth;
Southampton
and
the
Isle of Wight;
with an improbable finale badger-baiting in Bagshot!
Nigel
Webb,
a
descendant
of
Amelia
Medley,
has
edited
the
diary,
and
provides
an
entertaining
commentary,
complementing
the
diary
entries
with
explanation,
information
and
quotations
from
other
contemporary
sources.
The
original
diary
is
generously
illustrated
with
contemporary
prints
which have been reproduced in the text.
Eighty-four pages, A4, extensively illustrated with contemporary prints and paintings, some in colour.
Free Download as a pdf
Legini Press © 2000 - 2019
This feast of Victorian frivolity was written by 25-year-
old stockbroker George Webb Medley, holidaying with
his sister Amelia in the summer of 1851. He
masquerades alternatively as the positive and
enthusiastic Mr Sugar Face, determined to ‘smile at
little annoyances and to make himself as agreeable as
possible’ and the negative and pessimistic Mr Gastric
Juice, who is ‘pleased with nobody and nothing’ and
believes ‘society is one big humbug’.
Follow their adventures by train to Bristol, Exeter,
Plymouth and Devonport; Totnes and Dartmouth;
Torquay and Teignmouth; Sidmouth, Lyme and
Charmouth; Southampton and the Isle of Wight; with an
improbable finale badger-baiting in Bagshot!. Nigel
Webb, a descendant of Amelia Medley, has edited the
diary, and provides an entertaining commentary,
complementing the diary entries with explanation,
information and quotations from other contemporary
sources. The original diary is generously illustrated
with contemporary prints which have been
reproduced in the text.
Eighty-four pages, A4, extensively illustrated with
contemporary prints and paintings, some in colour.
Free Download as a pdf
