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Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India

Published 1830
Author Elwood, Anne Katharine
Title Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India; Including a Residence There, and Voyage Home, in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28, By Mrs. Colonel Elwood. In Two Volumes.
Publisher’s imprint London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1830.
Printer’s colophon London: Printed by Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Format 8o; 2 vols: pp. xiv. 429(I), xii. 400(II)
Sources NSTC 2E8673; PC
Copy inspected Google SUL, vol. 1; PUL, vol. 2
Notes
  1. Dedicated ‘To Edward Jeremiah Curteis, Esq. of Windmill Hill, M.P. for the County of Sussex’ [Edward Jeremiah Curteis (1762-1835), M.P. Sussex, 1820-30, was Anne Elwood's father].

  2. ‘Vol. I, pp. 8-92, describes the route from Mont Cenis to Messina in 1825’ (PC).

  3. Reviews: London Literary Gaz., no. 709 (Sat., 21 Aug. 1830): 537-39; Edinburgh Literary Journal 4.96 (Sat., 11 Sept. 1830): 168-71; London and Paris Observer 6.279 (26 Sept. 1830): 619-22 [repr. from Spectator]; Morning Post, no. 18658 (Wed., 29 Sept. 1830); Monthly Rev. 15.62 (Oct. 1830): 226-40; Asiatic Journal 3.11, n.s. (Nov. 1830): 195-206; Belle Assemblée 12.72 (Dec. 1830): 269-71; Gentleman's Mag. 23, n.s. (Dec. 1830): 517-21.

  4. Full text links: Google vol. 1, vol. 2.

Genre Narrative letters
BTW record no. BTW1054
Regions Egypt, India, France, Italy

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