Farrar, Frederic W.

Eric, or, Little by Little. A Tale of Roslyn School. With an Introduction by John Rowe Townsend.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1971, 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. 288 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor fading to upper and lower outer hardcover. Foxing and fading to edges and both endpapers. Fading to spine of dustjacket and minor fraying. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen’s Translator Erik Haugaard.

Includes for example the following chapters: Childhood / Eric A Boarder / Dormitory Life / Home Again / ‘The Jolly Herring’ / Sowing the Wind / The Last Temptation / Home at Last etc.

The story of Eric, first published in 1858, traces the progress of Eric’s downfall throughout his childhood and boarding-school days. It is ‘in some respects autobiographical’, according to Reginald Farrar. (From book introduction)

Frederic William Farrar was a cleric of the Church of England, schoolteacher and author. He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles secret society. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Catalogue Two – Children’s Books · Childhood and youth · Children · Children’s · Children’s Books · Children’s Books Rare · Children’s Literature · Education – Rare · Fiction · Fiction in English · Novel
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200213AB

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