Red cloth binding with a black title on the front board.

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   A lovely late Victorian children’s tale.

Always in a Muddle is a children’s story written by Marianne Filleul and published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) in London, likely around the late 19th or very early 20th century (circa 1900).

• Author: Marianne Filleul (sometimes spelled Filluel)

• Publisher: SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)

• Theme: The book is described as a “simple story” with an “obvious moral” intended to teach lessons to those who are “lazy and unready”.

• Context: It was a typical moralistic children’s story published for religious education or Sunday school prizes during that era.

• Price: It was sold for 6d (sixpence).

This title is listed in historical bibliographies of SPCK publications from that period.

NOTE: This is an original  book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide ‘Midsummer House’- Cambridge’s paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam.

In 2008, Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, alongside other members of the Department, and acted as the Foundation’s Chair. The project’s original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a “success disaster”, as Jack would say, as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK’s most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi, its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning.