A London Child of the Seventies

A London Child of the Seventies, which was first published in 1934, is a record of British author Molly Hughes' memories of life as a child in London during the 'seventies of the last century.' In the warmth of her recollection, the image of "Victorianism" as something harsh, restricted and unnatural melts and vanishes. This was a happy life, not because it was luxuriously equipped, but because the spirit of human relationships in a large family was always of the happiest and because imagin...