[posted] Posted(#50078, Hall)

[David Price]

The Forlorn Hope, by Mrs S. C. Hall                                      50078
   [Subtitle: A Tale of Old Chelsea]
   [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/0/0/7/50078 ]
   [Files: 50078-0.txt; 50078-h.htm]




For those wishing to know: Mrs. S. C. Hall lived in Brompton and was a 
well-known writer.  She supported the need for a hospital to look after 
those suffering from consumption (T.B.) which was then incurable.  When 
the hospital was built she wrote this illustrated book with a trajic tale 
of a young girl who dies of consumption in order to raise money for the 
hospital.  Being a local there's lots of local Chelsea references and 
early pictures too.

All the best,
David,
Rather warm but overcast England