Adam Matthew Publications www.ampltd.co.uk describing his religious experiences It is a duty on upright and “ and writing at Olney and his credible men of all ranks, who collaboration with the Reverend John Newton. have performed anything noble or praiseworthy, to record in • The printed memoirs of Dr Joseph “ Priestley (1806) detail his their own writing, the events of discoveries in chemistry, his their lives. Benvenuto Cellini metaphysical writings, his religious opinions and discoveries on human e can be grateful that the 48 men character. W'of all ranks' that feature in this first part took Cellini's words to heart and • John McLeod's experiences as a recorded the accomplishments as ship's surgeon travelling to Korea, well as the minutiae of their lives. • Manuscript and rare Africa and the West Indies are told The result is a fascinating and multi- printed autobiographies in Narrative of a Voyage (1817) and faceted portrait of life in Britain from A Voyage to Africa (1820), with 1760 to 1820. much on slavery. • Sources reflecting all The project covers both manuscript • Thomas Wright, Yorkshire cloth and rare printed autobiographies and classes, from mill workers maker and wool manufacturer, gives readers will be able to examine the to mill owners, and from a good picture of domestic life, differences between the two sources. religion and Methodist disturbances prize fighters to during the second half of the All manner of men are represented, diplomats eighteenth century in his including apothecaries, artists, Autobiography (1864). artisans, diplomats, farmers, journalists, mill workers, musicians, • Much on education, There are also manuscript politicians, preachers, pugilists, autobiographies by Edward Gibbon, soldiers, surgeons, writers, a stable childhood, work, spiritual Warren Hastings, William Hogarth, boy and a fencing master. life, art, literature and Sir Hudson Lowe, James Northcote, James Stuart and John Wilkes - and Some notable inclusions are: politics. rare printed accounts ranging from the working class memoirs of George • Thomas Bewick's manuscript Allen (Machine Breaker, 1831); the autobiography (Add Ms 41481) rise of the middle class Potter family describing his upbringing, (From Ploughshare to Parliament, apprenticeship and subsequent 1908); to the Life of Thomas Telford, career as a wood engraver and the great engineer. author of important works including: A History of British Birds (1797) and This project will be of direct interest to A General History of Quadrupeds anyone studying Life-Writing or (1790). Autobiography - and also to anyone studying the Romantic era. There are • William Cowper's manuscript important sources for those interested memoirs (Add Ms 59868) in art, history, politics and literature. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES FROM MEN OF ALL RANKS Sources from the British Library, London Part 1: Autobiographies, c.1760-1820 Orders or Enquiries: +44 (0)1672 511921 [email protected] www.ampltd.co.uk.