Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer: A Record of the Last Years of Frederick Bettesworth

Sturt, George · 1927

Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Bettesworth, the old labouring man, who in the decline of his strength found employment in my garden and entertained me with his talk, never knew that he had been made the subject of a book. To know it would have pleased him vastly, and there is something tragical in the reflection that he had to wear through his last weary months without the consolation of the little fame he had justly earned; and yet it would have been a mistake to tell him of it. His up-bringing had not fitted him for publicity. On the contrary, there was so much danger that self-conscio…

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