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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
 
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson John LelandThe Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revel...Print: Book
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson Thomas CarlyleThe French Revolution: A HistoryPrint: Book
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson Edward GibbonThe Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePrint: Book
1850-1899'It was not strange in these circumstances [suffering from cardiac complications of rheumatic fever] that I became more and more absorbed in the religious literatur...William Henry Hudson Richard AllestreeThe Whole Duty of ManPrint: Book
1850-1899'It was not strange in these circumstances [suffering from cardiac complications of rheumatic fever] that I became more and more absorbed in the religious literatur...William Henry Hudson Richard BaxterA Call to the Unconverted to Turn and LivePrint: Book
1850-1899'It was not strange in these circumstances [suffering from cardiac complications of rheumatic fever] that I became more and more absorbed in the religious literatur...William Henry Hudson [Anon] [Anon][An Answer to the Infidel]Print: Book
1850-1899'It was not strange in these circumstances [suffering from cardiac complications of rheumatic fever] that I became more and more absorbed in the religious literatur...William Henry Hudson Richard BaxterThe Saints' Everlasting RestPrint: Book
1850-1899Hudson recalled how, preoccupied with the prospect of his mother's death and it effect on him: 'Then one day, with my mind in this troubled state, in reading George...William Henry Hudson George CombeA System of PhrenologyPrint: Book
1850-1899'One of the books I read then for the first time was White's "Selborne", given to me by an old friend of the family, a merchant in Buenos Ayres [sic], who had been ...William Henry Hudson Thomas BrownLectures on the Philosophy of the Human MindPrint: Book
1850-1899'One of the books I read then for the first time was White's "Selborne", given to me by an old friend of the family, a merchant in Buenos Ayres [sic], who had been ...William Henry Hudson Anon Anon[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'I had to confess [to his recently returned elder brother] that I had not read a line of his [Darwin's] work, that with the exception of Draper's "History of Civili...William Henry Hudson Charles DarwinOn the Origin of SpeciesPrint: Book
1850-1899'I had to confess [to his recently returned elder brother] that I had not read a line of his [Darwin's] work, that with the exception of Draper's "History of Civili...William Henry Hudson John William DraperThe History of the Intellectual Development of Eur...Print: Book
1850-1899'During my sojourn on the Rio Negro letters and papers reached me only at rare intervals. On one occasion I passed nearly two months without seeing a newspaper. I r...William Henry Hudson [n/a] [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'We read little; my companion has never learnt letters, and I, less fortunate in that respect, having only been able to discover one book in the house, a Spanish "L...William Henry Hudson [n/a] [n/a]Libro de Misa [prayer book/liturgy/missal]Print: Book
1850-1899'I was seriously alarmed at the beginning of this enquiry [into the memory of smells] by reading in McCosh: "When the organs of taste and smell, supposed by Ferrier...William Henry Hudson James McCoshIntuitions of the Mind Inductively InvestigatedPrint: Book
1850-1899'I wonder if you can tell me what the enclosed flower is? It is very pretty—deep, almost maroon, red flowers in a big coarse, burdock-like plant. It is not in my b...William Henry Hudson Edward StepWayside and Woodland Blossoms: A Pocket GuidePrint: Book
1850-1899'Humourous [sic] & Pathetic. Worth reading.'Sarah Good Helen MathersComin' thro' the Rye: A NovelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Charming'Sarah Good Eugenie MarlittGold ElsePrint: Book
1850-1899'Story of Lancashire cotton famine[/]American War'Sarah Good Jessie FothergillProbation: A NovelPrint: Book
1850-1899'August at Scarborough'Sarah Good Henry KingsleyRavenshoePrint: Book


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