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Mayne Reid
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Thomas Mayne Reid : "The Headless Horseman"
'"In my childhood, I never met another who could not read", [H.M. Tomlinson] recalled. "Some of them could be so excited by the printed page that they passed on the fun they had found, and thus... I was introduced to Mayne Reid, and again to Harrison Ainsworth, with "The Headless Horseman" and "Rookwood"".'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: H.M. Tomlinson Print: Book
Mayne Reid : The Giraffe Hunters
'Stayed at Home all the evening reading “The Giraffe Hunters”.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Book
Mayne Reid : The Giraffe Hunters
'After Muster went into Town & read the papers at the Mechanics ... I stayed at home & finished “The Giraffe Hunters” then I smoked & drank gin & water'
