Evidence: | 'This new edition of "Our Village" I have been coveting ever since I saw the advertisement of it, and I will tell you why. It is one of those cheerful, spirited works, full of fair pictures of humanity, which, especially where there are children who love reading and being read to, becomes a household book, turned to again and again, and remembered and talked of with affection. So it is by our fireside; it is a work our little daughter has read, and loves to read, and which our little son Alfred, a most indomitable young gentleman, likes especially - not so much for its variety of character, which gives its charm to his sister's mind, but for its descriptions of the country... Such, dear Miss Mitford, being the case, when I saw the new edition advertised, I began to cast in my mind whether or not we could not buy it...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 4 Feb 1836 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Alfred Howitt |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | child |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Mary Russell Mitford |
Title: | Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 16718 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | A.G. L'Estrange | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1882 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 305 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Mary Howitt to Miss Mitford, Nottingham, February 4, 1836 |
Citation: | A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 305, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16718, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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