Rev John Howard Swinstead (1 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A late nineteenth century analysis of the religious practices of Romani Gypsy populations, illustrated with contemporary photographs. The second edition, published the year after the first, of this late Victorian era study of Gypsies and Travelling People, with a particular emphasis on their religious practices. Illustrated with frequent contemporary photographs of the peoples in question.The work of Reverend John Howard Swinstead, chapters include 'Should Fairs be Reorganized or Abolished?', 'The Quack Orator' and 'Superstitions'.Prospective readers may wish to note that the tone of this work varies between the condescending and prejudicial, with the introduction from the Lord Bishop of Salisbury in his introduction expressing concern that the subject matter will 'contribute less that their proper share to the honour and credit of the nation in the times that are coming'With a four page publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light mark to front board, with shelf wear to spine tail. Otherwise, externally smart. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages clean, with page perimeters browning due to paper type, as is common with this work. Very Good Indeed. book.