A TAILOR AT WORK frontispiece from the series Peeps of History ' India ' by John Finnemore illustrated by Mortimer Menpes John Finnemore (1863–1915) was a British school teacher and writer of fictional novels and history and geography texts of countries - most are for younger readers. Finnemore contributed stories to popular boys' magazines of his time such as The Boy's Own Paper and Boys' Realm but he is best remembered for his books about Teddy Lester and his friends at Slapton, a fictitious English public school. The stories have a strong sporting focus, with Lester excelling at rugby, cric
A TAILOR AT WORK frontispiece from the series Peeps of History ' India ' by John Finnemore illustrated by Mortimer Menpes John Finnemore (1863–1915) was a British school teacher and writer of fictional novels and history and geography texts of countries - most are for younger readers. Finnemore contributed stories to popular boys' magazines of his time such as The Boy's Own Paper and Boys' Realm but he is best remembered for his books about Teddy Lester and his friends at Slapton, a fictitious English public school. The stories have a strong sporting focus, with Lester excelling at rugby, cricket and other games. He also wrote a few adult novels. Finnemore was also a writer of early Boy Scout fiction. Published in Publication date 1910 Publisher London : Adam and Charles Black
Size: 3501px × 4997px
Location: India
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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