Record

RefNoMS/161/2
Previous numbersMS 162
LevelFile
TitleSatirical tale, 'How I wrote my reminiscences', by George Minchin Minchin
Date27 February 1893
DescriptionText commencing: 'Everybody nowadays, if people have ever heard of him, or if his name, in evil report or good report, has managed to get into print and remain there with tolerable persistency...'. Based upon Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726).

Front cover inscribed 'G. M. Minchin, Cooper's Hill College, Staines'. The cover sheet is an examination form cover (presumably from the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill). 'Subject Hydrostatics (Optional)...Name R.K. Silke'.
LanguageEnglish
Extent36p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionPaper, sewn into cream paper covers.
Dimensions280x230mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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