Cirrus@Austlit

Autobiographical.

Preface. 'The following authentic narrative has been culled from my diary of thirty years' experience in foreign lands, and written by my eldest daughter, aged 10 years, the principal object of the publication being to provide means for the maintenance of my family, I having lately been afflicted with blindness, thus being disabled from following my own profession. Trusting that this, like my former humble efforts, and also other works which I am engaged upon willl give entire staitsfaction to my readers ...'