Anna Kingsford
Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work

Written by her close friend and colleague, this 1896 publication details the life of physician and spiritualist Anna Kingsford.

Edward Maitland (Author)

9781108072748, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 January 2011

444 pages, 7 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg

First published in 1896, this two-volume biography details the life of physician and spiritualist Anna Kingsford (1846–1888). Kingsford, one of the first women to obtain a degree in medicine, began her literary career at the age of thirteen and in her lifetime was known for campaigning against vivisection, involvement in the suffragette movement, and promotion of vegetarianism, as well as her spiritualist exploits. This biography was written by her friend and colleague, the spiritualist Edward Maitland (1824–97), who served as Kingsford's protector while she studied in Paris. At the time of its publication, the work was not well received; the main criticism directed towards the book was that it focused on Maitland's psychic experiences rather than on Kingsford herself. Volume 2 details the later part of Kingsford's life, including extensive travel, the foundation of the Theosophical and Hermetic societies, her eventual decline in health and her death.

20. The perfect way
21. Numerous experiences
22. Varied activities
23. A tour abroad
24. Winter at Paris
25. The Theosophical Society
26. A time of controversy
27. Meditations on the mysteries
28. The Hermetic Society
29. Letters and illuminations
30. Some former incarnations
31. De multis rebus
32. A flight for life
33. A melancholy tour
34. A home to die in
35. The withdrawal
36. Priest versus prophet
37. Post mortem.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX]