Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
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... Mannar some miles off the barren uninhabited coast of the Mannar District in the Northern Province . The oysters breed and produce pearls very erratically . In my day there was a Superintendent of Pearl Fisheries , Hornell , who had a ...
... Mannar some miles off the barren uninhabited coast of the Mannar District in the Northern Province . The oysters breed and produce pearls very erratically . In my day there was a Superintendent of Pearl Fisheries , Hornell , who had a ...
Page 119
... Mannar District was 400 square miles in extent . It consisted almost en- tirely of uninhabited jungle ; the only town was Mannar on the island of Mannar , where was the kachcheri , the Residency , and the Court . The island is really ...
... Mannar District was 400 square miles in extent . It consisted almost en- tirely of uninhabited jungle ; the only town was Mannar on the island of Mannar , where was the kachcheri , the Residency , and the Court . The island is really ...
Page 120
... Mannar and Hambantota or camping in the thick uninhabited jungles . I learnt a great deal in my month as A.G.A. I spent most of my time riding about the District , exploring the jungles of the mainland and the small island of Mannar ...
... Mannar and Hambantota or camping in the thick uninhabited jungles . I learnt a great deal in my month as A.G.A. I spent most of my time riding about the District , exploring the jungles of the mainland and the small island of Mannar ...
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