Her relationship with him had not been approved by her family since the young people had nothing much between them to live on. It had been fed by illicit correspondence, but MH
had striven to...
Friends, Associates
Mary Hays
Among her early mentors MH
numbered Robert Robinson
, William Frend
(whose friendship she owed to her first book publication), and George Dyer
.
Kelly, Gary. Women, Writing, and Revolution 1790-1827. Clarendon, 1993.
Lady Byron employed a number of governesses to educate the young AAB
at their various country homes. From the age of five Ada received full-time instruction in arithmetic, grammar, spelling, reading, music, geography, drawing, and...
Literary responses
Mary Hays
The response of reviewers was favourable. The Critical praised MH
for advantageously combining masculine and feminine qualities.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 4 (1792): 231
She first became acquainted with William Frend
as a result of his admiration...
Literary responses
Mary Hays
William Frend
had read the work in manuscript and been much pleased, though he took the liberty of suggesting a few revisions.
qtd. in
Hays, Mary. The Correspondence (1779-1843) of Mary Hays, British Novelist. Editor Brooks, Marilyn, Edwin Mellen, 2004.
244
Reviewers linked MH
with Wollstonecraft, with results more often hostile than...
Wealth and Poverty
Harriet Corp
HC
applied (with a letter of recommendation from William Frend
) for financial help to the Royal Literary Fund
.