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

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Susan Sibbald knew Scottish shepherd Wully Carruthers who was a fellow-subscriber to the circulating library at Melrose, but while she borrowed Ann Radcliffe, he read "A...Wully Carruthers Alan RamsayThe Gentle ShepherdPrint: Book
1800-1849I finished Allan Ramsay's "Gentle Shepherd", and with some parts have been much pleased - the Scotch is interesting to me from not being acquainted with it.John Horrocks Ainsworth Allan RamsayThe Gentle ShepherdPrint: Book
1850-1899'No − my “Burns” is not done yet, it has led me so far afield that I cannot finish it ; every time I think I see my way to an end, some new game (or perhaps wild go...Robert Louis Stevenson Allan RamsayThe Gentle Shepherd Print: Book, Unknown
1900-1945I have never thought very well of Bunin. I say this with the greatest respect for your opinion, and I admit that you are much more likely to be right than I am. 'A Gent...Arnold Bennett Ivan Alexeyevich BuninThe Gentleman from San FranciscoPrint: Book
1800-1849My father's large bookcase was stuffed with odd volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine and other miscellaneous matters. Anacharsis' 'travels in Greece', Robertson's 'America...Anne Lutton The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Thomas Carter on reading enabled at his Protestant Dissenting day school, where one master gave him the run of his own library: '"the books were chiefly old and odd volum...Thomas Carter The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Brought back [from the subscription? library] the Gents Mag for Feby 4 March. They have not yet done with the controversy with respect to the commencement of the century...Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'brought also the "Gent Mag" for Sepr 1798. [It] speaks very severly of Mr Smith's Sermon to the Odd-fellows; they say that if he had intended to promote the intrests of ...Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Brought the "Gents Mag" for May. It contains an advertisement for a new edition of the "Encyclopedia Britannica" with supplemental plates at 15/15'Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Advertisement, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'When I came to extract the remarks on Dodsley, I found [they?] were remarks upon an old edition & that the editors we have published in 1782, have adopted the remarks & ...Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Sunday, 1 June 1828: 'We reachd Carlisle at seven o' clock and were housed for the night. My books being exhausted I lighted on an odd volume of the Gentleman's Magazi...Walter Scott The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'You have not perhaps seen the new "Gentleman’s Magazine" since it resumed publication. This is the first number—it was sent to me by the Editor Mr Bullen, who asks m...William Henry Hudson [n/a] [n/a]The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945From letter to Eleanor M. Sewell reproduced in [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics], written by 'M.H.', a former pupil of Elizabeth Sewell'...M. H. The GentlewomanPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the even read part of Josephus's "Jewish Antiques".'Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe genuine works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening read part of the "Jewish Antiques".'Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe genuine works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert LeightonThe Genuine Works of R Leighton, D.D. Archbishop oPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert LeightonThe Genuine Works of R Leighton, D.D. Archbishop o...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert LeightonThe Genuine Works of R Leighton, D.D. Archbishop o...Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 10 May 1808: 'I began reading aloud Gell's "Ithaca".'Mary Berry William GellThe Geography and Antiquities of IthacaPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 11 May 1808: 'In the evening, Gell's "Ithaca".'Mary Berry William GellThe Geography and Antiquities of IthacaPrint: Book


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