The Great Campaigns of Nelson by William O'Connor Morris

One of my many ideas for a project was to find a book which was out of copyright and then add the text to the web. A sort of public service to enrich the knowledge on the web.

The book is about Lord Nelson describing four of his great battles.

In this article I will do a bit of a historical introduction to the book. The plate to the left is from the front of the book and reads "Horatio Viscount Nelson - After the Picture in the council chamber of the City of London".

It would be interesting to find out if this original picture still exists and where it is now.

The Book itself has a prize inscription from the Eastham Education Committee to Archie Ryan for "Progress, conduct and Attendance 1910-1911". If you search the 1901 UK there is an Archie Ryan born at Essex Forest Gate, Eash Ham , Essex. If it is the same Archie then when he received this book he was 11.

The book is written by William O'Connor Morris who describes himself as a sometime scholar of Oriel College, Oxford and may well be this man described on the Offaly History website.

According to the biblio.com website where a copy of the book is being sold the book was published in 1898, although my copy may be a later printing given that it was not presented until 1911 .

The publisher is Blackie and Son Ltd who only ceased publishing books in 1991, you can find a historical description of the company provided by Glasgow University Archive Services on the archive hub website.