Introduction

Biography

Born into a Quak­er family, Lu­cy was the daugh­ter of Sam­uel At­kins and Es­ther Mill­ard, and wife of Da­ni­el Wil­son, vi­car of Wor­ton, Ox­ford­shire, and lat­er Is­ling­ton.

Works

• The In­dia Ca­bi­net Op­ened: In Which Ma­ny Na­tur­al Cu­ri­o­si­ties Are Ren­dered a Source of Amuse­ments to Young Minds and Fruits of En­ter­prize Ex­hib­it­ed in the Tra­vels of Bel­zo­ni (Lon­don: Har­ris & Son, 1821)
• Botanical Ram­bles, 1824
• Relics of An­ti­qui­ty, Ex­hi­bit­ed in the Ru­ins of Pom­peii and Her­cu­la­ne­um (Lon­don: J. Har­ris, 1825)
• Real Sto­ries…from the Nar­ra­tives of Va­ri­ous Tra­vel­lers (Lon­don: Har­vey & Dar­ton, 1827)
• Early Re­col­lec­tions, 1828
• Memoirs of John Fr­eder­ic Ober­lin, Pas­tor of Wal­dbach, with Fran­cis Cun­ning­ham (Lon­don: 1829)
• Hints to a Cler­gy­man’s Wife, pub­lished ano­ny­mous­ly, 1832