Seven Years in Ceylon: Stories of Mission Life by Leitch, Mary; Leitch, Margaret W - 1890

London: S. W. Partridge & Co. , 1890. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, liner is separated from the case, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, chipping in the top and base of the spine, shelf worn, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a readable, collectible used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find! 170 historical and inspirational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Frontis is a black and white illustration of a Hindu woman. "Kind friends have often asked us why, at the many meetings which we have addressed in behalf of the work of the Jaffna College in Ceylon, and the General Medical Mission about to be inaugurated in connection with it, we have not told more about the specific work in which we ourselves were engaged during the seven years which we spent in Ceylon as missionaries....." ---- from the Introduction.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.