India to England.- Griffith (Mrs. M.C.) Journal of Common Occurences..., autograph manuscript, 97pp. excluding blanks, first gathering loose, slightly browned, original half calf, worn, spine with some loss, sm. 8vo, September 1831 - January 1832. ⁂ The diary of an English woman and her young son, John travelling from Bombay to England. via Ceylon, the Cape, St. Helena and Ascension Island, on board the steamer "Sarah". Mrs. Griffith provides a vivid description of weather, sailing conditions and life on board. At St. Helena they visit Napoleon's tomb at Longwood (Jacob's Ladder stone staircase made her dizzy so they did not ascend it). The diary ends abruptly suggesting that something unforeseen may have happened.
India to England.- Griffith (Mrs. M.C.) Journal of Common Occurences..., autograph manuscript, 97pp. excluding blanks, first gathering loose, slightly browned, original half calf, worn, spine with some loss, sm. 8vo, September 1831 - January 1832. ⁂ The diary of an English woman and her young son, John travelling from Bombay to England. via Ceylon, the Cape, St. Helena and Ascension Island, on board the steamer "Sarah". Mrs. Griffith provides a vivid description of weather, sailing conditions and life on board. At St. Helena they visit Napoleon's tomb at Longwood (Jacob's Ladder stone staircase made her dizzy so they did not ascend it). The diary ends abruptly suggesting that something unforeseen may have happened.
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