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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Lovely books she read to us...:"The Wide Wide World", with all the religion and deaths from consumption left out, and all the farm life and good country food left in; "M...Henrietta Litchfield George MacdonaldThe Princess and the GoblinPrint: Book
1800-1849Had no time for Eudid but looked into Emerson's mechanics for 1/4 hour, as I wish to prepare myself a little for Dalton's lectures which are to begin on Wednesday and whi...Anne Lister William EmersonThe principle of mechanicsUnknown
1800-1849'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East...: not much of books not connected with India. ...;[but includes] Berkeley's essay on "T...Mountstuart Elphinstone [George] BerkeleyThe principles of human knowledgePrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even finished reading Wake's "Catechism", which I think is a very good book and proper for all families, there being good instructions in it and also something wh...Thomas Turner William WakeThe principles of the Christain religion explained...Print: Book
1900-1945

'A Meeting held at Grove House May 3rd H. B. Lawson in the chair

Min 1. Minutes of last Read and approved


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Howard Smith Geoffrey ChaucerThe Prioress's Tale, from The Canterbury Tales
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 9 April 1817: 'I will tell you something about [The Prisoner of] Chillon. -- A Mr. De Luc ninety years old -- a Swiss -- had it read to him & is ple...John Andre de Luc George Gordon Lord ByronThe Prisoner of ChillonPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Alfred Tennyson's] grandmother, the sister of the Reverend Samuel Turner, would assert: "Alfred's poetry all comes from me." My father remembered her reading to him, wh...Mary Turner George Gordon, Lord ByronThe Prisoner of ChillonPrint: Book
1800-1849Dr John Polidori, Byron's secretary, to John Murray, 10 July 1816: 'Since it has given you hopes of entering well into the literary world next winter, that "Childe H...John Polidori George Gordon Lord ByronThe Prisoner of ChillonManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Reading The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope. Betting in Holland 10:1 that War will be over this year.'William Thomas Anthony HopeThe Prisoner of ZendaPrint: Book
1800-1849'In reading Franklin's correspondence, it is impossible not to be entertained by his lively style and I think not to be convinced that he did all in his power to prevent ...Benjamin Newton Benjamin FranklenThe private correspondencePrint: Book
1800-1849'I always tell you all the books worth notice that I read, and I rather counsel you to read Jacob's "Spain", a book with some good sense in it, and not unentertaining; al...Sydney Smith Benjamin FranklinThe Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, L...Print: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Laura Mary Forster, 19 February 1913: 'Do you know Sleeman's Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official? It is a charming book to read in, but th...E. M. Forster E. William KnightonThe Private Life of an Eastern KingPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am disgusted with myself for letting so long a time pass before thanking you for the Gissing book ["The House of Cobwebs and other stories"], as I suppose it was...William Henry Hudson George GissingThe Private Papers of Henry RyecroftPrint: Book
1850-1899'My dear Blackwood [...] "The Private Secretary" picks itself up this month. I thought one or two of the recent numbers even scarcely up to mark."Theodore Martin George T ChesneyThe Private SecretaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Gentlemen. I am the fourth generation of my family that have taken in Blackwood's Magazine; the back numbers bound form a handsome library of themselves. I regret most...Francis Philips George T ChesneyThe Private SecretaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'As for the Private Secretary, I can sympathize with both you & Chesney. As Editor, I should have [?] to print it as it is; as Author, - if I had written it, - I am shy ...Alex Innes Shand George T ChesneyThe Private SecretaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899We have been much interested all along in The Private Secretary.Emily Laszowska George T ChesneyThe Private SecretaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'We are reading "The Prisoner of Zenda" in sewing lessons. It is very exciting, and I love it.'Hilary Spalding Antony HopeThe Prizoner of ZendaPrint: Book
1900-1945'When your book ["The Problem of China"] arrived we were away for a few days. Perhaps [...] I should have acknowledged the receipt at once. But I preferred to read it be...Joseph Conrad Bertrand RussellThe Problem of ChinaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Many thanks. I've just read the first chapter at once to take possession and have laid the book ["The Problems of Philosophy"] aside till Monday -- when the short story ...Joseph Conrad Bertrand RussellThe Problems of PhilosophyPrint: Book


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