Evidence: | '[in Boston Mrs Ward] met the fine old veteran, Mrs Julia Ward Howe, author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", who had lately brought out her memoirs. Mrs Ward had been somewhat wickedly amused by certain passages in the latter: "Imagine Mrs Ward Howe declaring in public that a poem of hers, which a critic had declared to be in 'pitiable hexameters' (English of course) was not 'in hexameters at all - it was in pentameters of my own make - I never followed any special school or rule!' - I have been gurgling over that in bed this morning".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 13 Apr 1908 | ||||||||||
Country: | America | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Boston | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Reader: | Mary Augusta Ward |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 11 Jun 1851 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | America |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Julia Ward Howe |
Title: | Reminiscences |
Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 24325 | |
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: | 213 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 213, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24325, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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