| Evidence: | '[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls were deep in "Anderson's [sic] Fairy Tales" or "The Cuckoo Clock", the little ones were reading Mr Stead's "Books for the Bairns" or looking at pictures'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 31 Oct 1902 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Marchmont Hall, Marchmont St |
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| Reading Group: | girls at the Passmore Edwards Settlement |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | M.L. Molesworth |
| Title: | Cuckoo Clock, The |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 24322 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1923 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 184 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 184, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24322, accessed: 08 June 2023 | |
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