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James Runciman

1852 - 1891
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About James Runciman

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James Runciman (August, 1852 – 6 July 1891) was an English teacher, author and journalist. He was born at Cresswell, a village near Morpeth in Northumberland, son of Walter Runciman, a coastguardman, and Jean Finlay. He was educated at Ellington school, and then for two years (1863–5) in the naval school at Greenwich, Kent, becoming afterwards a pupil-teacher at North Shields ragged school.

Books by James Runciman

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Cover of The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions; Or, Joints In Our Social Armour

The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions; Or, Joints In Our Social Armour

Alcoholism

2.6
Cover of A Dream of the North Sea

A Dream of the North Sea

Adventure and adventurers

3.2
Cover of Side Lights

Side Lights

Authorship

2.9
Cover of A Dream of the North Sea

A Dream of the North Sea

Adventure and adventurers

2.4
Cover of The Chequers: Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in; a Loafer's Diary

The Chequers: Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in; a Loafer's Diary

England

3.1
Cover of The Romance of the Coast

The Romance of the Coast

Sea stories, English

4.9