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The Isles of Scilly
Jessie Mothersole
Off Cornwall's tip lie the Scilly Isles, where flowers bloom in winter for the mainland markets. Jessie Mothersole tells their story: former industries, the great flower trade, the island folk and their ways, and the wrecks that haunt the rocks. History, custom, and scenery on a scatter of Atlantic islands. A loving portrait of England's mild, remote corner. Sail out to the flower isles.
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21 chapters
- 1The Isles of Scilly Their Story their Folk their Flowers
- 2PREFATORY NOTE TO FIRST EDITION
- 3NOTE TO SECOND EDITION
- 4CONTENTS
- 5LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6I INTRODUCTORY
- 7II HISTORICAL
- 8III FORMER INDUSTRIES
- 9IV THE FLOWER INDUSTRY
- 10V DESCRIPTIVE AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL
- 11VI THE ISLAND-FOLK: THEIR WAYS AND CUSTOMS
- 12VII STORIES OF THE WRECKS
- 13VIII ANNET AND THE SEA-BIRDS
- 14IX ST. MARY’S
- 15X TRESCO
- 16XI BRYHER AND SAMSON
- 17XII ST. AGNES
- 18XIII ST. MARTIN’S AND ITS NEIGHBOURS
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