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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-189919 June 1878: 'A really warm day, quite summer at last. I did not go out till after dinner. I have finished Alroy, and am reading Wilhelm Meister.' Lady Charlotte Schreiber Wilhelm MeisterPrint: Book
1850-189910 July 1878: 'This morning we saw in the Times of the 28th ult., that Sir E. Tyler is the probable candidate for Colchester at the next election, so I fear all our as...Charles and Lady Charlotte Schreiber report of Sir E. Tyler's probable Parliamentary ca...Print: Newspaper
1850-189914 July 1878: 'Enid amused me with a book by Ouida, called Friendship, founded on the life of Mrs. Ross, Sir A. Gordon's daughter, very mischievous. Presently C[harles...Enid Layard Ouida FriendshipPrint: Book
1850-189914 July 1878: 'Enid amused me with a book by Ouida, called Friendship, founded on the life of Mrs. Ross, Sir A. Gordon's daughter, very mischievous. Presently C[harles...Lady Charlotte Schreiber LeckyHistory of the Eighteenth Century in EnglandPrint: Book
1850-1899'After a few days at Canford the Schreibers visited Lord St. Germans, a great invalid, at Port Eliot in Cornwall. Lady Charlotte read to him, sometimes for as long as fou...Lady Charlotte Schreiber  Print: Unknown
1850-189915 October 1879, from Berlin: 'Since dinner I have read the Merry Wives of Windsor with great delight. I have been going through the historical plays of Shakespeare fr...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William ShakespeareThe Merry Wives of WindsorPrint: Book
1850-189915 October 1879, from Berlin: 'Since dinner I have read the Merry Wives of Windsor with great delight. I have been going through the historical plays of Shakespeare fr...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Shakespearehistory playsPrint: Book
1850-1899[following journal entry for 15 October 1879] 'A few days later Lady Charlotte was immersed in Mrs. Edwards' Selections from the Poets.'Lady Charlotte Schreiber Mrs Edwards, ed.Selections from the PoetsPrint: Book
1850-1899[between journal entries for 20 October and 1 November 1879] 'Lady Charlotte had now for the moment deserted Shakespeare of an evening for Harrison Ainsworth's South Sea ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Harrison AinsworthSouth Sea BubblePrint: Book
1850-18991 November 1879: 'We left Bruges by an early train, the express, joining the steamer at Ostend, and had a beautiful passage home reading Disraeli's pamphlet, which has...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Benjamin Disraelipamphlet [featuring descriptions of Syria and Cypr...Print: Pamphlet
1850-1899[following journal entry for 1 November 1879] 'The next few days [following seven weeks' travels in Europe] were occupied unpacking, after which the Schreibers went to Ca...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Makepeace ThackerayHumoristsPrint: Book
1850-189925 November 1879, following account of husband's attendance at Conservative Party dinner at Poole, and late return home: 'It must have been 1/2 past 2 ere I was in bed...Lady Charlotte Schreiber PsalmPrint: Book
1850-18997 December 1879: 'I was a little chilly in the morning [...] and I feared I had taken cold, so I did not go out. Read over the fire. First Freeman's account of the Bay...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Freeman'account of the Bayeux tapestry'Print: Unknown
1850-18997 December 1879: 'I was a little chilly in the morning [...] and I feared I had taken cold, so I did not go out. Read over the fire. First Freeman's account of the Bay...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Makepeace ThackerayHumoristsPrint: Book
1850-1899'On her return to London [from Canford, after Christmas 1879] Lady Charlotte, having a very bad cold, hardly left the house for nearly a month. During this time her occup...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss FreerAnne of AustriaPrint: Book
1850-1899'On her return to London [from Canford, after Christmas 1879] Lady Charlotte, having a very bad cold, hardly left the house for nearly a month. During this time her occup...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss FreerHenri IIIPrint: Book
1850-1899'On her return to London [from Canford, after Christmas 1879] Lady Charlotte, having a very bad cold, hardly left the house for nearly a month. During this time her occup...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss FreerJeanne d'AlbretPrint: Book
1850-189915 March 1880: 'He [Charles Schreiber, reader's husband] canvassed again [as Parliamentary candidate for Poole] from 6 to 9, and I mooned and wept over a book that I h...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Memoirs of the Cambridge A. D. C.Print: Book
1850-189915 March 1880: 'I read in this morning's Times that Merthyr [Guest, son by her first marriage] has accepted the requisition of the electors to come forward for his nat...Lady Charlotte Schreiber report of Merthyr Guest's Parliamentary candidacyPrint: Newspaper
1850-189929 March 1880: 'I had one of my wakeful nights and read a great deal of the Life of Marguerite de Valois, Philip's Queen.'Lady Charlotte Schreiber Life of Marguerite de ValoisPrint: Book


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