Name/TitleThe Roadmender
EditionCrown 4th Edition
MakerFairless, Michael
Maker RoleAuthor (pseudonym)
About this objectHardback book with dark green covers and the image of the sun rising over a pastoral scene featuring a gate embossed in gold: The Roadmender by "Michael Fairless" (Margaret Fairless Barber), illustrated with twenty photographs by Will F. Taylor. A typed news article titled 'The Spell of Michael Fairless', dated August 31 1923, has been pasted to the inside title page. The contents are divided into three sections:
- The Roadmender
- Out of the Shadow
- At the White Gate
Partly digitised (10 pages incl. article, front pages & foreword)
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 258 x W: 200 x D: 27 mm
Date Made1902
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland
Place NotesDuckworth & Company, 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London
PublisherDuckworth & Company
Publication Date1902
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Barber:
Margaret Fairless Barber (pseudonym, Michael Fairless; 7 May 1869 – 24 August 1901), was an English Christian writer. Her book of meditations, The Roadmender (1902), became a popular classic.
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordsreligion & spirituality
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2023-39
Spine LabelTHE ROAD MENDER ~ MICHAEL FAIRLESS ~ DUCKWORTH
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved