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A collection of stories from missionary life in Labrador by Wilfred Grenfell. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of the book to scan. This title is now in the Public Domain. Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell [1865-1940], Tales of the Labrador. London: James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1916. Hbk. pp.240. [Click…
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Wikipedia provides this very helpful summary of the career of Sir Wilfred Grenfell (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940): The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight of coastal inhabitants and fishermen. That mission began in earnest in 1893 when he recruited two nurses…
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Forty Years For Labrador is an expanded and updated version of Wilfred Grenfell’s earlier autobiography A Labrador Doctor. There can be few missionaries who have received both a knighthood and are remembered in the liturgy on the Episcopal Church of America by a feast day (Oct. 9th) in recognition of their work. For this reason,…
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George Longridge’s original history of the Oxford Mission to Calcutta was revised and abridged by W.H. Hutton [1860-1930] for the 2nd edition in 1910. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of the book to scan. This title is now in the public domain. George Longridge [1857-1936], A History of the…