Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Born: February 19, 1815
Died: August 17, 1906 (aged 91)
Bio: Elizabeth Missing Sewell was an English author of religious and educational texts notable in the 19th century.
Known for:
- Amy Herbert (1844)
- Laneton Parsonage (1846)
- The experience of life (1853)
- Impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin (1862)
- Ursula V1 (1858)