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My name is Jan Oscar Bodøgaard, I'm a historian, retired, living in Bodø in the north of Norway. Together with a colleague we are writing a book about how english authors have presented Norway in their fiction books. One of the books I have found was published in 1871 by "the Religious Tract Society" in London. The title is "Norwegian Stories", and the author's name was Mrs. George Gladstone. The book contains two short stories, one is named "Fisherman Niels", and this Niels is living in Bodø.
I have tried to find some information about Mrs. George Gladstone, but have found none, except that she also used the name Jemima Compton, and that she wrote several books, similar to Norwegian Stories; simple, chrstian and edifying. Now I have found informatioan about a Mr. George Gladstone, who was "was a past chairman and director of the National Bible Society of Scotland and chairman of the London Missionary Society in 1906. He was also the chairman of directors of the Scottish Temperance League from 1895 till his death on 16th May 1910". He was married to Marjory Shirreff Morison in 1869, and now I wonder may be this is the writer I am looking for?I'm writing to this hoping someone can help me with more information about Mrs. George Gladstone. And Yes, I would be very, very happy if a got a resonse on this request!
Yours, Jan Oscar Bodøgaard
My name is Jan Oscar Bodøgaard, I'm a historian, retired, living in Bodø in the north of Norway. Together with a colleague we are writing a book about how english authors have presented Norway in their fiction books. One of the books I have found was published in 1871 by "the Religious Tract Society" in London. The title is "Norwegian Stories", and the author's name was Mrs. George Gladstone. The book contains two short stories, one is named "Fisherman Niels", and this Niels is living in Bodø.
I have tried to find some information about Mrs. George Gladstone, but have found none, except that she also used the name Jemima Compton, and that she wrote several books, similar to Norwegian Stories; simple, chrstian and edifying. Now I have found informatioan about a Mr. George Gladstone, who was "was a past chairman and director of the National Bible Society of Scotland and chairman of the London Missionary Society in 1906. He was also the chairman of directors of the Scottish Temperance League from 1895 till his death on 16th May 1910". He was married to Marjory Shirreff Morison in 1869, and now I wonder may be this is the writer I am looking for?I'm writing to this hoping someone can help me with more information about Mrs. George Gladstone. And Yes, I would be very, very happy if a got a resonse on this request!
Yours, Jan Oscar Bodøgaard
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