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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
 
1900-1945'Whinfell, Upper Redlands Rd., 30. i. 32.
Alfred Rawlings in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
[...]
3. Howard Smith spoke to us of...		Unidentified members of the XII Book ClubRichard Brinsley SheridanThe School for ScandalPrint: Book
1700-1799Nothing Remarkable happend the Morning Noon nor evening of that Day, only Read the play called the Scool for Wifes.John Yeoman Hugh KellyThe School for WivesUnknown
1900-1945 I have read a lot of 'The Vatican Swindle' and also 'The School of Women'. I see in the course of a year a large number of American translations, and I have not ye...Arnold Bennett André GideThe School of WomenPrint: Book
1800-1849'When, in the course of a year or two, we removed to the vicinity of Edinburgh, matters in respect of books brightened a little. I then obtained access to a greater varie...James Glass Bertram Mrs JohnstoneThe SchoolmasterPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Tuesday 2 February 1932: 'I am reading Wells' science of life, & have reached the hen that became a cock or vice versa.'Virginia Woolf H. G. WellsThe Science of LifePrint: Book
1900-1945'... [Margaret Cole's] reading at Girton in the early twentieth century influenced her development as a Socialist ... she was shocked by a comment in J. A. Hobson's "The ...Margaret Cole J. A. HobsonThe Science of WealthPrint: Book
1800-1849'Recieved a parcel from Holbeach with a letter and the Scientific Receptacle from J. Savage - they have inserted my poems and have been lavish with branding every corner ...John Clare [n/a]The Scientific ReceptaclePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 29 August 1807: 'In the evening read a good deal of the last Scotch Review [...] What they say of Mr. Hope [author of "Household Furniture and Intern...Mary Berry The Scotch ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I was very much obliged by the Scotsman you sent me to Foley Place, and the criticism of Meister contained in it - shallow and narrow enough it is true, but favourable a...Thomas Carlyle The ScotmanPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Finished reading "The Scots Literary Tradition" by John Spiers - a capable little study within its limits, and comes near enough the truth in its analysis of the frustra...William Soutar John SpiersThe Scots Literary TraditionPrint: Book
1850-1899'And the monthly parts of "The Scots Worthies" which my father had carried with him from Sanday, and which were now in hopeless confusion, I went over carefully, arrangin...Edwin Muir John HowieThe Scots WorthiesPrint: Serial / periodical, bound by father into a volume
1850-1899'Received Scots Worthies, without notes. However, ‘tis a rotten book, and not worth a rush at best.'Robert Louis Stevenson John HowieThe Scots WorthiesPrint: Book
1800-1849'A variety of works have been begun about the new year (as is the fashion) in the "periodical line". A weekly newspaper the "Scotsman" has reached the third number. I hav...Thomas Carlyle [n/a]The ScotsmanPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'This same Doctor [Chalmers], as you will know wr[i]tes the first article in the late "Edinr review" - on the causes & cure of mendicity. After expatiating at considerabl...Thomas Carlyle [n/a]The ScotsmanPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Thanks for the newspapers and for having marked them. Baildon has rather got it; I cannot but feel sympathy with the reviewer.'Robert Louis Stevenson The Scotsman/Edinburgh CourantPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945"In Holloway ... ['General' Drummond] read Jane Porter's The Scottish Chiefs and Samuel Smiles's Life and Labour."General Drummond Jane PorterThe Scottish ChiefsPrint: Book
1800-1849Felicia Browne to Matthew Nicholson, 17 July 1811: 'I have been reading lately the memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, with his discourses to the Royal Academy, & I am so ent...Felicia Browne Jane PorterThe Scottish ChiefsPrint: Book
1800-1849'What Books have you been perusing - and how did you like Sha[ke]spea[re]? - Since I saw you I have toil'd thro' many a thick octa[vo] - many of them to little purpose. B...Thomas Carlyle Jane PorterThe Scottish Chiefs, A RomancePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.

[...] ...		Rosamund Wallis C. S. LewisThe Screwtape LettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Cambridge's "Scribleriad". The mock heroic is well sustained throughout; but the Poem is deficient in broad humour...'Thomas Green Richard Owen CambridgeThe scribleriad: an heroic poem in six booksPrint: Book


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