Windyhaugh.

Graham (Margaret G. Todd, M.D.).

Published by New York: Appleton, 1899.

About this Item

The present book tells the story of a young woman, Wilhelmina Galbraith, who grows up alone with her grandmother on a Scottish estate called Windyhaugh. A contemporary advertisement of this book, published in BlackwoodÕs Magazine and reprinted in several other D. Appleton books at the time, describes Windyhaugh as a Òcareful and penetrating analysis of the evolution of a womanÕs mindÓ and that Òevery character is limned with a conscientious care that bespeaks the true artistÉWindyhaugh compels admiration for its brilliancy of style.Ó Octavo. vi pp., 418 pp., [8] pp. publisherÕs ads. PublisherÕs pictorial light green cloth with silver and dark blue design and gilt lettering. Binding slightly shaken. Some light toning but overall pages are clean. Ink signature of ÒE.W. BeckÓ and small numerical library stamp on front free endpaper. A lovely, near-fine, bright copy in a good original dust jacket. First United States edition. Published in London and Edinburgh in 1898. Graham Travers (1859-1918), born Margaret G. Todd, was a writer and doctor who coined the term ÒisotopeÓ in 1913 in correspondence with her friend Frederick Soddy, the Nobel Prize winning chemist. Travers wrote several popular novels; a collection of short stories, titled Fellow Travellers (1896); and a biography of her partner, the doctor and activist Sophia Jex-Blake, with whom Travers lived for almost twenty years. Travers was also a doctor at Edinburgh Hospital and advocate for the rights of women working in the medical field. Seller Inventory # 16686

Bibliographic Details

Title: Windyhaugh.

Publisher: New York: Appleton, 1899.

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included