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Category Archives: Women’s Writing
Two Roving Englishwomen
Even in these days of avalanches of instant information, the CLC team occasionally comes across an author about whom we cannot find out anything except that s/he wrote a particular book and therefore may be presumed to have flourished at … Continue reading
On A Mission
A notable bicentenary in 2013 is that of the birth of David Livingstone. I wrote about Livingstone almost exactly two years ago (without noticing at the time that his birthday was on 16 March). Since then, we have published more … Continue reading
Gardening for Ladies
After weeks of grey damp and cold (and I know Cambridge damp and cold is nothing to complain about in a worldwide context) the sun came out on Thursday, and it happened again on Friday, and on Saturday, and on … Continue reading
Posted in Art and architecture, Gardening, Life Science, Women's Writing
Tagged garden writing, gardening, Jane Loudon
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Haste Thee, Nymph…
I’ve mentioned Dorothy Jordan in passing before, but we have just published a two-volume biography of her which paints an interesting and sympathetic portrait of this actress and royal mistress, as well as giving a great deal of information about … Continue reading
A Compendious System
In trying times for all but a few authors and their publishers, technology seems to offer new ways of getting into print (whether real or virtual). Print-on-demand, for example, makes feasible such projects as the Cambridge Library Collection (where our … Continue reading
Posted in Physical Sciences, Women's Writing, Astronomy, Education, Biography
Tagged Margaret Bryan, Charles Hutton, Joseph Banks
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