the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld : Hymns in Prose for Children

'Another book which thus came in my way was Mrs Barbauld's "Hymns for Children" which I soon perceived to be exactly suited both to my taste and my capacity. Here I met with descriptions of rural scenery, life and manners which delighted and instructed me...'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter      Print: Book

Anna Letitia Barbauld (nee Aikin) : Early Lessons for Children

'The first books which are now usually put into the hands of a child are Mrs. Barbauld's "Lessons"; they are by far the best books of the kind that have ever appeared.' (p406), [ the following pages discuss specific problematic passages]

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Maria Edgeworth      Print: Book

Anna Letitia Barbauld : ‘To S. T. Coleridge, 1797’

Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 22 September 1797: 'Mrs Barbauld has written some lines to Coleridge advising him to abandon metaphysics. the poem is not good. if however you are inclined to see it I will copy it for you.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Southey      Print: Serial / periodical

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