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Issue Details: First known date: 1910... 1910 Letters to My Son
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'These letters represent the intimacies of the household and a mother's solicitude for her son's welfare. She prefers that he live tenderly rather than dangerously ... Winifred James is neither a novelist nor an essayist, though in her imaginitive writings she shows traces of both. The 'first person' approach ... suits her genius more than does an objective presentation; she is fond of the role of preceptor.' (Morris Miller, Australian Literature, 1940)

Notes

  • Originally published anonymously (Morris Miller, Australian Literature, 1940) this work went into eighteen editions.
  • Dedication: To the boy scouts: those little knights who by living gallantly to-day are going to make the world a greater to-morrow
  • Written in the form of twelve letters.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Also published in Swedish translation, 1911.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Chapman and Hall ,       1911 .
      Extent: xiii, 168p., [1] leaf of platep.
      Edition info: 13th.ed.
      Description: illus., facsim.
      Reprinted: 1913
      Note/s:
      • With an introductory note from Sir Robert Baden-Powell and a frontispiece by John Hassall. (The introductory note is a facsimile in Baden-Powell's own handwriting.)
      • Published anonymously
    • Toronto, Ontario,
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      Canada,
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      Americas,      :       Musson ,       1919 .
      Extent: vii, 176p.p.
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