Notes
1For a fuller analysis of the critical reception of Marson's work, see Donnell (Citation2006): (150–6).
2In 1895, the Jamaica Agricultural Society was founded to promote more scientific and efficient farming methods, leading to the increasing mechanization of agriculture.
3For an analysis of the short stories published in the magazine, see Reade Rosenberg (2004). There was also a regular page for ‘Short Poems by Local Poets’.
4On 30 May 1929, Rathbone was elected as an independent Member of Parliament for the Combined English Universities and one of her maiden speeches was on the issue of clitoridectomy in Kenya.