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Religious Tract Society
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Publishing | Agnes Giberne | The Religious Tract Society
issued another children's story by AG
, entitled Little Why-Because, with illustrations by Dudley Tennant
. |
Publishing | Ellen Wood | EW
's controversial novel about labour relations, A Life's Secret, appeared anonymously in The Leisure Hour, the journal of the Religious Tract Society
. It did not reach volume form until late 1867. Voller, Jack. “The Ellen Wood (Mrs Henry Wood) Website”. The Literary Gothic: Wood, Ellen Price (Mrs. Henry). Athenæum. J. Lection. 2088 (1867): 569 |
Publishing | Katherine Parr | While it was often called The Queen's Prayers, the first edition copy used for Women Writers Online
(http://www.wwp.northeastern.edu) is titled Prayers Stirryng the Mynd unto Heavenlye Medytacions collected oute of holy workes. The... |
Publishing | Katherine Parr | This date appears in the colophon. Parr, Katherine. “Introductory Note”. Katherine Parr, edited by Janel M. Mueller, Scolar Press; Ashgate, p. ix - xiv. xii |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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.