Toddle Island. Being the Diary of Lord Bottsford
| Title | Toddle Island. Being the Diary of Lord Bottsford |
| Year for Search | 1894 |
| Authors | [Hird], [James Dennis](1850-1920) |
| Tertiary Authors | Bottsford, Lord [pseud.] |
| Date Published | 1894 |
| Publisher | Richard Bentley and Son |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Satire on British life, politics, and society that presents them as both remarkably inconsistent and extremely silly. The one positive feature of Toddle Island is a cooperative laundry, and, at the end of the novel, a larger cooperative system is being established. |
| Pseudonym | Lord Bottsford [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | L, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (1850-1920) was ordained in the Church of England but left the church in 1896. In 1899, he became the first principal of Ruskin College, Oxford but was dismissed in 1909. He then became warden of the Central Labour College. |
| Full Text | 1894 [Hird, James Dennis] (1850-1920). Toddle Island. Being the Diary of Lord Bottsford. [pseud.]. London: Richard Bentley and Son. L, PSt Satire on British life, politics, and society that presents them as both remarkably inconsistent and extremely silly. The one positive feature of Toddle Island is a cooperative laundry, and, at the end of the novel, a larger cooperative system is being established. The author was ordained in the Church of England but left the church in 1896. In 1899, he became the first principal of Ruskin College, Oxford but was dismissed in 1909. He then became warden of the Central Labour College. |
