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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... Superintendent at the Pearl Fishery . It was obviously an extremely interesting job , so I wired back " Yes " , and next day set out to Jaffna . The Ceylon Pearl Fishery is said to go back to very ancient times . The pearl oyster ...
... Superintendent at the Pearl Fishery . It was obviously an extremely interesting job , so I wired back " Yes " , and next day set out to Jaffna . The Ceylon Pearl Fishery is said to go back to very ancient times . The pearl oyster ...
Page 90
... Superintendent ; I was Assistant Koddu Super- intendent ; Stevenson was Superintendent of Police . Stevenson and I shared a bungalow . I was also Addi- tional Police Magistrate , and when I had time helped with the supervision of the ...
... Superintendent ; I was Assistant Koddu Super- intendent ; Stevenson was Superintendent of Police . Stevenson and I shared a bungalow . I was also Addi- tional Police Magistrate , and when I had time helped with the supervision of the ...
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... Superintendent of Census in Colombo and he replied that they were the first District returns to be received by him . The final figures , showing an increase during the past decade of only 5,617 or 5.3 per cent , which was less than I ...
... Superintendent of Census in Colombo and he replied that they were the first District returns to be received by him . The final figures , showing an increase during the past decade of only 5,617 or 5.3 per cent , which was less than I ...
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