Parr, Katherine. “Introductory Note”. Katherine Parr, edited by Janel M. Mueller, Scolar Press; Ashgate, p. ix - xiv.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Katherine Parr | This date appears in the colophon. |
| Publishing | Hesba Stretton | The notoriously stingy Religious Tract Society
gave her £30 for the copyright of this work. Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press. |
| Publishing | Hesba Stretton | She was paid thirty-five guineas for it by the Religious Tract Society
, which she rejoiced at as capital pay. Bratton, Jacqueline S. The Impact of Victorian Children’s Fiction. Croom Helm. 82 Cutt, Margaret Nancy. Ministering Angels: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Writing for Children. Five Owls Press. 118 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. Crisp, Jane. Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840-1909): A Bibliography. University of Queensland, p. iv, 48 pp. 40 |
| 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 | Caroline Leakey | In 1860 CL
published Holy Living: Happy Dying in Sunday At Home. She also later wrote for the Religious Tract Society
's Girl's Own Paper. Samuels, Selina, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 230. Gale Research. 230: 245-6 Pike, Douglas, editor. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. 5 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Publishing | Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick | The year after the Religious Tract Society
had printed excerpts, the seventeenth-century diary of Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick
, appeared in entirety for the first time, published for the Percy Society
, an antiquarian group. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
| 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. 217 |
| 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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Texts
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.