Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 5 April 1845:
'For Mr Horne's storybook, I like some of the stories & think it a pretty book. A few children of six years old might be too old for it, -- but, in general, I do not quarrel with the fitnesses [...] I remember a little book which was a favourite in our nursery, called "A visit to a farm-house," with precisely the same characteristics, & a better & more interesting general construction.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Moulton-Barrett family (children) Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, 13-14 January 1846:
'Will you have Miss Martineau's books when I can lend them to you? Just at this moment I [italics]dare not[end italics], because they are reading them here.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Moulton-Barrett family Print: Book