This Week's (Delayed) Acquisitions
- [Harriette G. Brittan], Kardoo, the Hindoo Girl (RTS, [1869]). A first-person novella about a young Hindu girl's life experiences and eventual conversion to Christianity in mid-19th c. India. Brittan, who appears to have been a missionary, wrote a handful of other works about India and Africa. (eBay)
- Andrew Smith and William Hughes, eds., The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (Edinburgh, 2012). Major topics in Victorian Gothic fiction, drama, and poetry, including conventions, major historical influences, gender issues, etc. (Amazon)