' 'No husband!', echoed the Mufti. 'And did you cross the seas from England without a husband to take care of you?' 'Even so."In the autumn of 1859 the anonymous author of 'Through Algeria' joins the ranks of the Victorian spinsters of independent means who are claiming their right to travel abroad as 'unprotected ladies'. A spirited advocate of female liberation, she embarks on a strenuous journey from Algiers to Bona, enduring heat, storms, snow and appalling lodgings with equal fortitude and good humour. She records her adventures among the French and Arab inhabitants, whom she...