MC
and Evangeline
and Francesca French
were ordered to leave China permanently, along with all other foreigners, because of the Sino-Japanese war.
Warner, Marina et al. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, p. xi - xxi.
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Platt, William James. Three Women. Hodder & Stoughton.
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Textual Production
Mildred Cable
With her ever-present collaborator Francesca French
, MC
also wrote books that were used by the Bible Society
as instructional handbooks for new missionaries, including Ambassadors for Christ, 1935, and Towards Spiritual Maturity...
Platt, William James. Three Women. Hodder & Stoughton.
208-9
Textual Production
Mildred Cable
Through Jade Gate and Central Asia, the second collaborative effort between MC
and Francesca French
, was published while they were on leave in England.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Through Jade Gate and Central Asia. Constable.
prelims
Textual Production
Mildred Cable
MC
and Francesca French
published their most popular travel book, The Gobi Desert.
Warner, Marina et al. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, p. xi - xxi.
xviii
Textual Production
Mildred Cable
MC
and Francesca French
published their last travel book, Journey with a Purpose, which documents their travels with Eva
in Australia, New Zealand, and India.
Allen, Alexandra. Travelling Ladies. Jupiter.
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Textual Production
Mildred Cable
Something Happened, the autobiography of MC
and her two fellow missionaries, the Frenchsisters
, appeared while the authors were on leave in London.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
195
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Something Happened. Hodder and Stoughton.
Warner, Marina et al. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, p. xi - xxi.
xiii
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Textual Production
Mildred Cable
The Making of a Pioneer, a biography by MC
and Francesca French
of fellow missionary Percy Mather
, was based on twenty years of his letters to his family.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
195
Textual Production
Mildred Cable
Two books by MC
and Francesca French
were published this year: China: Her Life and Her People and The Book which Demands a Verdict.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production
Mildred Cable
Why not for the World?: The Story of the Work of God through the Bible Society, MC
's last publication, appeared through the British and Foreign Bible Society
. It was again co-written with Francesca French
.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Family and Intimate relationships
Mildred Cable
While MC
and Evangeline (Eva) French
were home on furlough, Cable met Evangeline's younger sister Francesca
. The three women became a three-fold cord, which could not easily be broken.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Something Happened. Hodder and Stoughton.
110
Warner, Marina et al. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, p. xi - xxi.
xiv
Textual Production
Mildred Cable
The Story of Topsy, Little Lonely
of Central Asia, a children's book by MC
and Francesca French
, was published.
Warner, Marina et al. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, p. xi - xxi.
xviii
Timeline
No timeline events available.
Texts
Cable, Mildred et al. A Desert Journal. Constable, 1934.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. A Woman Who Laughed. China Inland Mission, 1934.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. China: Her Life and Her People. London University Press, 1946.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Grace, Child of the Gobi. Hodder and Stoughton, 1938.
Warner, Marina et al. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, 1987, p. xi - xxi.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Journey with a Purpose. Hodder and Stoughton, 1950.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Something Happened. Hodder and Stoughton, 1933.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. The Book which Demands a Verdict. S. C. M. Press, 1946.
Cable, Mildred et al. The Gobi Desert. Beacon Press, 1987.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. The Story of Topsy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Through Jade Gate and Central Asia. Constable, 1927.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Why not for the World?. British and Foreign Bible Society, 1952.
