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Religious Tract Society
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Textual Production | Charlotte Elliott | The Religious Tract Society
published many collections and leaflets of Elliott's poems after her death, all of which are now obscure. Sixteen Poetical Leaflets appeared in 1872, This is listed in the British Library Catalogue... |
Textual Production | Charlotte Grace O'Brien | Someone named Charlotte O'Brien
began publishing in 1855 (when CGOB
was probably not yet ten) a series of little books for children, mostly now rare. After the first, The Coral Necklace, came A Simple... |
Textual Production | Agnes Giberne | AG
published with the Religious Tract Society
, undated, Stories of the Abbey Precincts. TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. 48 (12 December 1902): 373 |
Textual Production | Emma Jane Worboise | Margaret Maison
, a scholar of Victorian religious fiction, argues that Worboise participated in the rise of sensationalism in evangelical fiction, and that in her later years she worked against the essential rules for healthful... |
Textual Production | Isabella Bird | IB
followed Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan with two articles in the Contemporary Review about the persecution of Christians in Asiatic Turkey. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
Textual Production | Agnes Giberne | AG
published with the Religious Tract Society
her undated novel entitled Profit and Loss; or, Life's Ledger. 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. |
Textual Production | Mary Martha Sherwood | MMS
published The Two Sisters; or, Ellen and Sophia (centred on the sisters's schooldays) through the Religious Tract Society
in 1827. Women Writers of the (long) English Regency. Stuart Bennett Rare Books & Manuscripts. 114 |
Textual Production | E. Owens Blackburne | This text is different from the publication Irish Stories held by the Belfast Central Library, Ulster and Irish Studies
. Published by the Religious Tract Society
in 1889, this unattributed collection of moral tales for... |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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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.