| Description | With copy typescript transcript made [late 20th century].
Lengthy letter with a detailed discussion of contemporary children's literature and poetry, with an assessment of various authors and their works, including works by Miss [Maria] Edgeworth (1767-1849, novelist), Mrs [Mary Martha] Sherwood (1775-1851, author) Miss Sedgwick and Emily Rankin and her own Playfair. An extract from her estimation of Edgeworth includes the statement: 'I wish somebody wd do her due honour for her noble assertion of the due of Governesses, in Practical Education.'
The letter bears some annotations in another hand, possibly that of the recipient |