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

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boys at the Passmore Edwards Settlement

  

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boys at the Passmore Edwards Settlement : Robinson Crusoe

'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls were deep in "Anderson's [sic] Fairy Tales" or "The Cuckoo Clock", the little ones were reading Mr Stead's "Books for the Bairns" or looking at pictures'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: boys at the Passmore Edwards Settlement     Print: Book

  

boys at the Passmore Edwards Settlement : Masterman Ready

'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls were deep in "Anderson's [sic] Fairy Tales" or "The Cuckoo Clock", the little ones were reading Mr Stead's "Books for the Bairns" or looking at pictures'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: boys at the Passmore Edwards Settlement     Print: Book

  

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