Letters to Guy (Registro nro. 116491)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DU |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barker, Lady |
| Fuller form of name | (Mary Anne), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1831-1911 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Letters to Guy |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-04-01 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Letters to Guy" by Lady Barker is a collection of travel letters written in the late 19th century. The book is composed of detailed correspondences from Lady Barker (who also published under the name Lady Broome) to her son Guy, chronicling her experiences as she travels from Mauritius, across Australia, and settles into her new home. The overarching topic is her family's journey and impressions of colonial life, society, nature, and people in Australia, enriched with personal anecdotes and descriptions of daily life. The opening of "Letters to Guy" is a lively account of Lady Barker’s journey from Mauritius to Australia, written in the form of an affectionate letter to her son. She describes the voyage by French steamer, the adjustment to the colder climate, and the various quirks of her travel companions—including her son Louis, their maid Catherine, and Monsieur Puppy the dog. Upon arrival in Adelaide, the family is greeted with Australian hospitality and explores the bustling city, particularly delighted by the schools and children they encounter. The narrative then follows their continued travels along the Australian coast and inland, featuring vivid descriptions of places, local customs, native performances, hardships of overland travel, and observations of the burgeoning colonial society, always with warmth, humour, and a mother’s tender perspective. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: Macmillan and Co., 1885 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Western Australia -- Description and travel |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75766">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75766</a> |
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