'"The Child of Earth" by the Hon. Mrs Norton Fainter Her Slow Step falls from day to day... Otley - February 15th 1831. Benj. Beanlands'
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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Beanlands
'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newcomes" by Thackeray "Stuart of Dunleath" by Mrs Norton & "Coningsby" by Disraeli'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Book
'I have just been reading The Wife which pleases me greatly. I do not know which story I like best - They both contain such true observations - thoughts that come home to one's heart, even till it aches, as shew the Authoress to have the greatest sensibility joined to her acknowledged talent'
[Letter to Elizabeth Stanhope]
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book
Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, 27 January 1844:
'Do you know Mrs Norton's poetry? Much I have seen, I thought very good of its kind. More
high-minded in its personal aggrievedness, and less reproachful & vindictive than Ld Byron.'
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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Richard Hengist Horne
Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 13 June 1844:
'The poem [of Caroline Norton's] which I called [italics]domestic[end italics] is one, I think, in
an octave stanza, containing a story .. of a wife who becomes aware of the dishonour of her
husband. It succeeds the Dream -- It has more [italics]power[end italics], than any
composition of Mrs Norton's which I ever read. The name quite escapes me -- & I have so
painful an association of a personal nature with the book, as to lose all courage to look into it.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Cornelius Mathews, 30 April 1845:
'You will see the announcement of Mrs. Norton's new poem on the "Child of the Islands", namely our little Prince of Wales, .. in which she exhorts him to all manner of righteousness & justice & proper kingliness. I have read the poem only in extracts as yet, -- but the melody of cadence & eloquence of thought & tongue seem very delectable.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Serial / periodical