Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — Where “Cranford” Was Written. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Where “Cranford” Was Written.

To lovers of that English classic “Cranford” this picture, of the house in Manchester, England, where Mrs. Gaskell wrote her inimitable story will doubtless be of great interest. The centenary of Mrs. Gaskell’s birth was recently celebrated at Knuts-

ford, Cheshire, the English village which furnished the author with character studies for •‘Cranford,” in which she reproduced to the life the everyday existence of the “maiden Indies and widows of limited means” who formed the social life of the village. .... .

THE MANCHESTER HOUSE, WHERE MRS. GASKELL SPENT MOST OF HER MARRIED LIFE.