“Will you come into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly,

March 12, 2012

‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy;  So begins the famous children’s poem, ‘The Spider and the Fly’. This is just one of the many poems and stories written by the celebrated Victorian author Mary Howitt whose collection of family correspondence is held in Manuscripts and Special Collections. The Howitts certainly encountered …