Ruth Fry Emily Hobhouse: A MemoirAn excellent copy of a rare book in a lovely dust jacket. The

An excellent copy of a rare book in a lovely dust jacket.

The book was compiled by Ruth Fry. The front flap of the dust jacket reads:

'Emily Hobhouse was a woman who gained the warm sympathy and admiration of many who knew her and aroused the bitter antagonism of others. For the first time it is possible to see the vivid experiences of her life as they presented themselves to her, thanks to her reminiscences from which this volume is largely compiled.

'After living for thirty-five years in a remote country parish, Miss Hobhouse found scope for her great energy in adventurous pioneer work, first in a wild American mining village, and afterwards in the reform of the Concentration Camps during the Boer War. When Peace was made, she threw herself into the constructive work of organising home industries for the Boer girls. After the European War, undaunted by serious ill-health, she again took an active part in the relief of suffering, by organising aid for the undernourished children of Leipzig.'

The book is in brown cloth and is essentially fine inside and out, the binding solid and the pages clean. There is a light stamp on the front free end paper reading 'overseas edition.' The dust jacket is in lovely condition, crisp and clean, the spine slightly dusty and some light rubbing to the spine tips only. Not price clipped.