O'RELL (Max, pseudonym of Paul Blouet, 1848-1903, French-born Journalist and Schoolmaster)

Autograph Letter Signed to John Wise, Secretary of the Claughton Church Institute, Birkenhead, sending his new address, 1 side postcard, 11 St. James's Terrace, Regent's Park, 28th June

O'Rell served in the Franco-German War, 1870, and against the Commune, and came to England in 1873 as a newspaper correspondent. He taught French at St. Paul's School, 1876-1884, and from 1887 lectured in the U.K., U.S. and the colonies. He wrote 'John Bull and his Island', 1883, and 'A Frenchman in America', 1891.

Item Date:  1888

Stock No:  15172      £15

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