√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 7 August 1821: 'I have just been turning over the homicide review of J. Keats ...' George Gordon Lord Byron John Wilson Croker Adverse review of John Keats, Endymion Print : Serial / periodicalManuscript : Letter1800-1849 The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 15 November 1809:
'I am much obliged to you for your letter of the 20th October, and your poem, which I have read
with ... Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington John Wilson Croker The Battles of Talavera Print : Book1800-1849 'In the evening read poem of "Talevera" ascribed to Croker.' William Windham John Wilson Croker The Battles of Talevera, a poem Unknown 1800-1849 The Bishop of Exeter to John Wilson Croker, 13 April 1849:
'I was not satisfied with one reading of your article.
'The repetition has more than doubled my gratifica... Bishop of Exeter John Wilson Croker article on Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of ... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Lord George Bentinck to John Wilson Croker, 6 October 1847:
'I have got the Quarterly and am highly delighted with your contribution to it, which I esteem most admirab... Lord George Bentinck John Wilson Croker 'Peel Policy' Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Lord George Bentinck to John Wilson Croker, 30 June 1847:
'I have read your article in the Quarterly and think it quite admirable -- a complete stunner for the Peel pa... Lord George Bentinck John Wilson Croker article on Parliament and Irish Catholics Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 John Wilson Croker to Sir Robert Peel, 7 October 1835:
'I am glad you like Robespierre. It is only an essay, which you put me upon, and which I wrote at the seaside wi... Sir Robert Peel John Wilson Croker article on Robespierre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Lord Strangford to John Wilson Croker, 30 July 1853:
'You must think me an ungrateful brute not to have given you signe de vie on the subject of the last Quarterly bey... Lord Strangford John Wilson Croker review of Lord John Russell, Memoirs of [Thomas] M... Print : revised (?proof) sheets1800-1849 The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 31 December 1840:
'I will not deny myself the satisfaction of telling you with what delight I have perused your article i... Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington John Wilson Croker article on British foreign policy Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 The Duke of Rutland to John Wilson Croker, 7 May 1849:
'I read with much interest your review of Macaulay's book. I cannot deny that I read the book itself with much a... Duke of Rutland John Wilson Croker review of Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of En... Print : Book1800-1849 The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 16 March 1831:
'I had read the Report of your speech in the newspapers; and I read it again last night with great satisfa... Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington John Wilson Croker Speech on the first Reform Bill, 4 March 1831 Print : Unknown1800-1849 John Wilson Croker to John Murray (1816):
'I send you seven stories [for 'Stories for Children from the History of England'], which, with the
eleven you had before, b... John Murray John Wilson Croker Stories for Children from the History of England (... Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Sir Francis Knight to John Murray, 1 April 1839:
'I cannot help thanking you for having sent us such a shower of Quarterly Reviews. My Hens are quite delighted at the ... Sir Francis Head and (apparently) female family members John Wilson Croker 'Colonial Government -- Head's Narrative [of his A... Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 2 March 1918: '[On 19 February] we went to Asheham [...] I saw no-one; for 5 days I wasn't in a state for reading [due to influenza]; but I did finally read Morley & othe... Virginia Woolf John, Viscount Morley unknown Print : Book1800-1849 'Tell my Lord, if he wants to read a good savory ecclesiastical pamphlet, to read Jonas Dennis' "Concio Cleri", a book of about 150 pages. He is the first parson who has ... Sydney Smith Jonas Dennis Convocatio Cleri Print : Pamphlet1700-1799 [Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 9 June 1761:]
'My dear Mr Hanway has published two volumes at last, which you saw, and only told me you had seen them, but for w... Catherine Talbot Jonas Hanway 'two volumes' Print : Book1700-1799 [Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 9 June 1761:]
'My dear Mr Hanway has published two volumes at last, which you saw, and only told me you had seen them, but for w... Elizabeth Carter Jonas Hanway 'two volumes' Print : Book1900-1945 'James Hanley's workmates laughed when he taught himself French by reading the Mercure de France...Working the night shift at a railway station, Hanley withdrew into the ... James Hanley Jonas Lie [unknown] Print : Book1700-1799 " ... an irritated reader of Jonathan Edwards's Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity (1797) provides an epigraph from Milton on the title page, right after the a... anon Jonathan Edwards Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity Print : Book1700-1799 'DR. MAYO (to Dr. Johnson). "Pray, Sir, have you read Edwards, of New England, on "Grace"?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir". BOSWELL. "It puzzled me so much as to the freedom of the h... James Boswell Jonathan Edwards [on Grace] Print : Book
