rev._maurice_and_family

Maurice family

Nora maintained a close relationship with the Rev. Maurice and his family. Among Nora's books are The Ground and Object of Hope for Mankind. Four Sermons by the Rev. F. D. Maurice (London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1868), inscribed to 'Nora Barton With her Uncle's kind love, July 1868', and Modern Philosophy (London: Griffin, Bohn, and Company, 1862), also written by F.D. Maurice and with the inscription, 'Nora Barton With her Uncle's love July 1868'.1).

Nora also had four volumes of Thomas Carlyle's Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, London, Chapman and Hall, 1842. They were originally given to 'Georgina F. Maurice From her husband Nov. 11 1851', then later given to 'Nora Murray Prior in affectionate remembrance of G.F. Maurice March 1896'. There are also 6 volumes of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser (London: Bell and Daldy, 1866) inscribed 'Nora Barton with the dear love of F. & G. Maurice. July 1868'.2)


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