The autobiography of Arthur Young, with selections from his correspondence, ed. by M. Betham-Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.

Contributor:

Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836-1919, ed.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.

Young, Arthur.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 480 p. illus. 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, Smith, Elder & co., 1898.

Contents:

Childhood and youth, 1741-1759

Farming and marriage, 1759-1766

In search of a living, 1767-1775

Ireland, 1776-1778

Farming and experiments, 1779-1782

First glimpse of France, 1783-1785

First French journey, 1786-1787

Travel and international friendships, 1788-89-1790

Patriotic proposals, 1791-92

The board of agriculture, 1793

The secretaryship, 1794-95-1796

Illness and death of Bobbin, 1797

Diary and correspondence, 1798, 1799, 1800

Diary continued, 1801-1803

Approaching blindness, 1804-1807

Last years, 1808-1820.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in brown cloth with vertical rib, text in gold on spine.

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Apr 11 1898."

OCLC:

385499