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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'The retired Governor of Madras Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, to whom Mrs [Humphry] Ward read extracts from "Robert Elsmere "before it was published, was arrested by the no...Mrs Humphry Ward Mary Augusta WardRobert Elsmere
1850-1899'After reading the first volume [of Mrs Ward's "Robert Elsmere"] he [William Arnold] wrote to Mrs Arnold, "You may look forward to finding yourself the mother of a famous...William Arnold Mary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter to Mrs Ward from Mr Creighton] I have read "Miss Bretherton" with much interest. It was hardly fair on the book to know the plot beforehand, but I found myself c...Mr Creighton Mary Augusta WardMiss BrethertonPrint: Book
1850-1899'The book ["Robert Elsmere"] had moved him [Gladstone] prfoundly and he felt impelled to combat the all too dangerous conclusions to which it pointed. "Mamma and I", he w...Catherine Gladstone Mary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter from Mr Morley to Mrs Ward] It was most pleasant to me to receive the little volume ["Bessie Costrell"] in its pretty dress, and with the friendly dedication. It...Mr Morley Mary Augusta WardBessie CostrellPrint: Book
1850-1899'The book ["Robert Elsmere"] had moved him [Gladstone] prfoundly and he felt impelled to combat the all too dangerous conclusions to which it pointed. "Mamma and I", he w...William Gladstone Mary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'Matthew Arnold wrote from Wilton, the Pembrokes' house, a week before his death (which occurred on April 15), that he found all the guests there reading or intending to ...guests at WiltonMary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter from Henry James to Mrs Ward] I think the tale very straightforward and powerful - very direct and vivid, full of the real and the [italics] juste [end italics]....Henry James Mary Augusta WardBessie CostrellPrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter to Mrs Ward from Edward Burne-Jones] The book has just come - and to my pride and delight with such a pretty autograph: so that to-day I am mightily set up. I ca...Edward Burne Jones Mary Augusta WardDavid GrievePrint: Book
1900-1945'[letter from Lord Bryce to Mrs Ward] Thank you for your admirable article and for the copy of the Memorial, an effective repy to that of the Suffragist ladies'.Mary Augusta Ward'Let women say'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'[letter from T.H. Huxley to Mrs Ward] You will think I have taken my time about thanking you for "David Grieve"; but a virtuous resolution to stick to a piece of work I ...Thomas Henry Huxley Mary Augusta WardDavid GrievePrint: Book
1900-1945'[letter from General Hastings Anderson to Janet Trevelyan] What strikes me most in your mother's book ["Fields of Victory"] is her marvellous insight into the way of thi...Hastings Anderson Mary Augusta WardFields of VictoryPrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter from Beatrice Webb to Mrs Ward about her novel "Sir George Tressady"] the story is very touching and you have an indescribable power of making your readers sympa...Beatrice Webb Mary Augusta WardSir George TressadyPrint: Book
1900-1945'[letter from Frederic Harrison to Mrs Ward] I am one of those to whom your book ["The Case of Richard Meynell"] specially appeals, as I know so much of the literature, t...Frederic Harrison Mary Augusta WardCase of Richard Meynell, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'[Having asked Lord Rosebery for a Preface to her "England's Effort"] Knowing that he was never strong, she fully expected a refusal, but found instead that he had alread...Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Mary Augusta WardEngland's EffortPrint: proofs
1900-1945'[letter from M. Jusserand to Mrs Ward] 'I spent yesternight a most charming evening reading your essay [on the Brontes]. Shall I confess that I feel with Kingsley, havin...M. Jusserand Mary Augusta Ward[prefaces to Haworth edition of the Brontes' novel...Print: Book
1850-1899'[Letter from Rudyard Kipling to Mrs Ward] I am delighted to have "Sir George Tressady" from your hand. I have followed him from month to month with the liveliest wonder ...Rudyard Kipling Mary Augusta WardSir George TressadyPrint: Book
1850-1899'I had a most successful afternoon with Mrs [Humphrey] Ward yesterday. Their villa is a vision of beauty, looking over the Alban Lake on one side and the Campagna on the ...Gertrude Bell Mary Augusta Ward Preface to "Jane Eyre" Unknown
1900-1945(1) 'I am at present reading a book whose scene is set in Oxford and which tells one a good deal about the University (not Tom Brown), "Lady Connie" by Mrs. Humphrey Wa...Clive Staples Lewis Mary Augusta WardLady ConniePrint: Book
1850-1899'At this precise moment I am feeling mightily morose, owing to my having foolishly embarked on Robert Elsmere and Tom Jones this afternoon.'John Buchan Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book


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