Religious Tract Society

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Publishing Mary Rich Countess of Warwick
Passages from her writings were included by Anthony Walker when he printed his funeral sermon on her, The Virtuous Woman Found, 1678. His work was abridged as Memoir of Lady Warwick, published by...
Publishing Agnes Giberne
The Religious Tract Society issued, undated, AG 's novelGwendoline; it had already appeared from the American Sunday-School Union in 1883 at Philadelphia as Gwendoline; or, Halcots and Halcombes.
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.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Publishing Agnes Giberne
The Religious Tract Society issued another children's story by AG , entitled Little Why-Because, with illustrations by Dudley Tennant .
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
Publishing Frances Browne
The final publication by FB , another illustrated tale called The First of the African Diamonds, was published posthumously by the Religious Tract Society in its Ninepenny Series.
The Dictionary of Literary Biography lists...
Publishing Hesba Stretton
The notoriously stingy Religious Tract Society gave her £30 for the copyright of this work.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Publishing Hesba Stretton
She was paid thirty-five guineas for it by the Religious Tract Society , which she rejoiced at as capital pay.
qtd. in
Bratton, Jacqueline S. The Impact of Victorian Children’s Fiction. Croom Helm, 1981.
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Cutt, Margaret Nancy. Ministering Angels: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Writing for Children. Five Owls Press, 1979.
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Publishing Mary Howitt
MH was among the authors writing for the Religious Tract Society ; after moving to Rome she became official correspondent for its periodical Leisure Hour. She and her husband both wrote shilling texts for...
Publishing Rosa Nouchette Carey
The Girl's Own Paper serialized RNC 's novel Cousin Mona, which was then published as a book by the Religious Tract Society in 1897.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Crisp, Jane. Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840-1909): A Bibliography. University of Queensland, 1989, p. iv, 48 pp.
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Publishing Hesba Stretton
Reinforced by the success of Jessica's First Prayer and motivated by the knowledge that her living depended on her pen, HS shopped around for twelve weeks before she finally accepted the Religious Tract Society 's...
Publishing Rosa Nouchette Carey
For years RNC was involved with the Religious Tract Society and its journal, the Girl's Own Paper. She served as a member of the Paper's advisory body, and wrote several short novels for it...
Publishing Hesba Stretton
By this year the sales of HS 's books accounted for more than one fifth of all books sold by the Religious Tract Society .
Sage, Lorna, editor. The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Publishing Flora Klickmann
FK 's The Ambitions of Jenny Ingram, A True Story of Modern London Life was published (with illustrations by J. Finnemore ) in the Girl's Library, a series put out by the Religious Tract Society
Reception Mary Howitt
The sermon was later reprinted by the Religious Tract Society under the impression that it had been written, preached, and contributed to the book by a (male) minister.
Woodring, Carl Ray. Victorian Samplers: William and Mary Howitt. University of Kansas Press, 1952.
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Textual Features Matilda Betham-Edwards
This man, a French Protestant condemned to the galleys as a heretic, had published authentic memoirs of his harrowing experiences in 1757. Oliver Goldsmith (who may possibly have met Marteilhe) had translated them pseudonymously into...
Textual Features Mary Frances Billington
From her concluding chapter, it is clear that MFB was deeply invested in the teachings of Christianity and attributed the sacrifices of serving women to its widespread principles. She writes: The noble army of serving...

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Stretton, Hesba. Fern’s Hollow. Religious Tract Society, 1864.
Stretton, Hesba. Jessica’s First Prayer. Religious Tract Society, 1867.
Stretton, Hesba. Little Meg’s Children. Religious Tract Society, 1868.
Stretton, Hesba. Thoughts on Old Age. Religious Tract Society, 1906.
Stretton, Hesba. Under the Old Roof. Religious Tract Society, 1882.
Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth. Kindness to Animals. Religious Tract Society, 1844.
Tytler, Sarah. A Young Oxford Maid. Religious Tract Society, 1890.