Having Cyras seek his fortune in New Zealand gives EW
occasion to comment on the apparent vulgarity of the English born in the colonies. When he goes to the Haymarket Theatre
with one such woman...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Elizabeth Meeke
Something Odd! opens with a prefatory dialogue, The Author and his Pen, which consistently treats the author as male; he is addressed by the pen as master. It satirises both the Roman Catholic
Wealth and Poverty
Barbara Blaugdone
BB
was fined the huge sum of £280 for non-attendance at the Church of England
services in her parish.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.