The Webbs’ Australian Diary 1898, Edited by A G Austin (Second Hand Book)
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Description SECOND HAND BOOK Sidney and Beatrice Webb were, in Mr Austin’s words, “one of the best-known and least-understood couples ever to visit colonial Australia,” and their diary is a fascinating record of the impression this Antipodean society made on two highly intelligent and highly idiosyncratic visitors. Every door was open to them, and they interviewed, and commented on, every notable public figure in eastern Australia: Deakin, Barton, Reid, Kingston, Griffith, Symon and Isaacs were among the scores of public men the Webbs tried to assess. Mr Austin believes that because this diary was not edited for publication by the Webbs themselves it gives the reader a rare glimpse of the two elements in their famous “partnership”. Specifications: Condition: Fair. Wear on the dust jacket, general wear, yellowed pages. Publisher: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Year: 1965 Format: Hardcover Pages: 139 ISBN: N/A
