'Amy Barlow, writing of the late 1890s, recalls how her mother seemed to have a vivid memory of her childhood reading, and would recommend enthusiastically to her daughters books ... [including] a particular object of [Barlow's] derision, "The Old Helmet":
"I had heard so much about this book that when it came my way when I was sixteen, I pounced on it eagerly ... [gives mocking summary of romantic, historical plot] ... A movng story, indeed, but wasted on us."'
Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Amy Barlow Print: Book
'... and the spare hour or two was passed pleasantly enough over "Ministering Children", or "Queechy" or "The Wide Wide World".'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Flora Thompson Print: Book
'... and the spare hour or two was passed pleasantly enough over "Ministering Children", or "Queechy" or "The Wide, Wide World".'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Flora Thompson Print: Book
'I cannot tell you what they [the Miss Jaffrays] are reading. Perhaps Queechy ...'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Misses Jaffray Print: Book
