Colenso letters from Natal

From the Colenso MSS in the Campbell Library, Durban, Wyn Rees has prepared for publication some three hundred letters written between 1865 and 1893 by Frances Colenso, wife of the well-known Bishop of Natal, Dr John Colenso.

After the Bishop's excommunication in 1865, and the attempts at social, as well as ecclesiastical, ostracism which followed, this correspondence with the Lyell sisters of London became, for his wife, a means of personal intercourse for which few facilities existed within the colony.

Those who are attracted to history by its portraits,whether of individuals or of communities, will enjoy these reflections on life in colonial Natal, and mid-Victorian England, written with a refreshing candour, for there was never any thought of publication.

This is number 32 of a limited edition of 100 copies in half leather. In very good condition. Previous ownership in front. 440 pages.

Wyn Rees was Senior Lecturer in History at the university of Natal.