Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Harding, A.

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1345445Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 24 — Harding, A.1890Francis Watt

HARDING, Mrs. A. (1779–1858), novelist and miscellaneous writer, born in 1779, wrote the following novels: 1. 'Correction,' 3 vols., 1818. 2. 'Decision,' 3 vols., 1819. 3. 'The Refugees,' 3 vols., 1822. 4. 'Realities,' 4 vols., 1825. 5. 'Dissipation,' 4 vols., 1827. 6. 'Experience,' 4 vols., 1828. She also wrote 'The Universal History' (London, 1848), 'Sketches of the Highlands,' other 'instructive and popular volumes,' and many contributions to 'the reviews and different periodicals of the day.' Mrs. Harding published all her works anonymously. She died on 28 April 1858, at the house of her son-in-law, the Rev. Kynaston Groves.

[Gent. Mag. 1858, i. 684; Brit. Mus. Cat.; Halkett and Laing's Dict. of Anonymous and Pseudonymous Lit.]

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Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904), p.146
N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line

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335 ii 28 Harding, Mrs. A.: for Mrs. A. (1779-1858), read Mrs. Anne Raikes (1780-1858),
29 for 1779, read 1780, married Thomas Harding, a merchant at Bristol and
20 f.e. for at the house read at Boulogne, at the house
19 f.e. for Kynaston Groves. read William Kynaston Groves.