The author recounts the severities and pleasures of her school days in Victorian London.
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A LONDON CHILD OF THE 1870S
Molly was brought up in Islington as the youngest of a large, characterful family. There was not a great deal of money and their life was indeed 'ordinary' but Molly Hughes gives a profound and touching account of the everyday existence of herself, her four elder brothers and her parents.
A LONDON HOME IN THE 1890S
The young womanhood of the author, a teacher and writer, is recalled including her marriage, career, and travels in turn of-the-century Europe and the United States.