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

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John Aikin

  

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John Aikin : Evenings at home

'My dear boys, when I was your age, there were no such children's books as ther are now...Now, among those very stupid old-fashioned boy's books was one which taught me [to use my eyes]...It's name was Evenings at Home, and in it was a story called "Eyes and no Eyes", a regular old-fashioned, prim, sententious story.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Kingsley      Print: Book
  

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