A Family Story

Joseph Marlow 1758-1824 with 6 generations of his descendants

This was my first foray into Kindle publishing. It contains the information from this site relating to Joseph Marlow and his descendants. The purpose was to find a satisfactory way of displaying genealogical data on the Kindle and, ultimately, to produce a program so that other people could create Kindle books of their own research to carry with them.

It is very cheap as I want to encourage family historians to check it out and give feedback on the layout and usefulness of the idea.

Joseph Marlow 1758-1824 with 6 generations of his descendants

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

This is an extensive collection of early English and Scottish ballads and songs, first published in 1765. It was written by Bishop Thomas Percy who also appears on this site.

Percy's Reliques was a popular and influential work that was credited with inspiring poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.

This version is derived from an edition published in 1870. As well as the original 9 books, (in 3 vols), it has an Appendix with numerous further ballads and poems, and a Glossary.

If you, like me, are a fan of Dorothy Dunnett's series of books about Frances Crawford, you may be interested to know that several of the poems quoted in the series can be found in the pages of the Reliques.

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

Letters by the late Frances Ridley Havergal

The lovely hymn "Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee" was just one of many hymns and poems written by Frances Ridley Havergal. She was a passionate and committed Christian who thought deeply about her faith as is shown by many of the letters in this volume. 

Letters by the late Frances Ridley Havergal

Under His Shadow, and, Kept for the Master's Use

"Under His Shadow: the Last Poems" contains the manuscript works left by Frances Ridley Havergal at her death.

Frances had earlier told her sister that her third volume of poems was to be called "Under His Shadow", and that she thought the book would be her "nunc dimittis".

"Kept for the Master's Use" is a devotional book based on the hymn "Take my Life". Each chapter takes a couplet from the hymn and considers what it means to put it into practice, and how that consecration can be maintained. The final chapter looks at the consecration that Jesus made of Himself.

Under His Shadow, and, Kept for the Master's Use

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

This is one of a series of adventure books written by Sapper (H. C. McNeile) between the two world wars. They were hugely popular when they were written, spawning several films.

They are still fun to read!