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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
 
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'And another one that I loved was when I had mumps and was in the san which had a very small library and I read Still She Wished for Company whic...Hilary Spalding [medical books]Print: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'They [parents] subscribed to magazines which I read. Picture Post was one. And the Illustrated London News and the Tatler and I used to chop the...Hilary Spalding Picture PostPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'They [parents] subscribed to magazines which I read. Picture Post was one. And the Illustrated London News and the Tatler and I used to chop the...Hilary Spalding Illustrated London NewsPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'They [parents] subscribed to magazines which I read. Picture Post was one. And the Illustrated London News and the Tatler and I used to chop the...Hilary Spalding TatlerPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'They [parents] subscribed to magazines which I read. Picture Post was one. And the Illustrated London News and the Tatler and I used to chop the...Hilary Spalding Women's JournalPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'What we did have in the common room was the Daily Telegraph, which I never read, except the racing results.' Hilary Spalding Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Wednesday, 14 November 1827: 'Read the Gazette of the great battle of Navarrino in which we have thumped the Turks very well.'Walter Scott GazettePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Sunday, 1 June 1828: 'We reachd Carlisle at seven o' clock and were housed for the night. My books being exhausted I lighted on an odd volume of the Gentleman's Magazi...Walter Scott The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Tuesday, 3 June 1828: 'I smoked a segar, slept away an hour and read Mure of Auchendrayne's trial and thus ended the day.'Walter Scott Scotch Trials, containing Trial of Thomas Muir, Es...Print: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 4 June 1828: 'Started [for Edinburgh] at half past four and arrived at home if we must call it so at nine o'clock in the evening. I employd my leisure in th...Walter Scott Scotch Trials, containing Trial of Thomas Muir, Es...Print: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 24 February 1829: 'Went to breakfast with Mr. Drummond Hay, where we [Scott and daughter Anne, with his niece Anne] again met Colonel and Mrs. Blair with Thom...Mrs Blair  Unknown
1800-1849Saturday, 28 February 1829: 'Read part of a curious work calld Memoirs of Vidocque, a fellow who was at the head of Bonaparte's police. It is a picaresque tale, in oth...Walter Scott Memoires de Vidocque, Chef de la Police de Surete ...Print: Book
1900-1945'Some notes on the subject of Christian Science by E.A. Smith were read & C.E. Stansfield described some of the literature on the subject. The Secretary read a letter of...Charles Stansfield [literature on Christian Science]Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention. From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward & from readings by Rosamund Wallis we learnt what a ...Alfred Rawlings Death of Robin HoodPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Wednesday, 25 March 1829: 'Dined. Heard Anne reading a paper of anecdotes about Cluny Macpherson and so to bed.'Anne Scott 'anecdotes about Cluny Macpherson [ie Ewan Macpher...Unknown
1800-1849Sunday, 5 April 1829: 'Read prayers to what remains of our [house] party, being Anne [daughter], my niece Anne, the four Skenes and William Forbes.'Walter Scott PrayersPrint: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 18 April 1829: 'In the evening I heard Anne read Mr. Peel's excellent bill on the police of the Metropolis which goes to disband the whole generation of Dogb...Anne Scott Sir Robert Peel's Parliamentary Bill for metropoli...Print: Unknown
1800-1849Thursday, 28 May 1829: 'Mr. MacIntosh Mackay breakfasted and inspected my curious MS. which Dr. Brindley [sic for Brinkley] gave me. Mr. Mackay, I should say Doctor wh...MacIntosh Mackay The Book of RightsManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Mrs Unwin then read a biography of Leo Tolstoi. C.I. Evans then dealt with him as a schoolmaster - H.M. Wallis as a literary artist & R.H. Robson summarised the message ...Charles Evans [works by and about Tolstoy]Print: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Unwin then read a biography of Leo Tolstoi. C.I. Evans then dealt with him as a schoolmaster - H.M. Wallis as a literary artist & R.H. Robson summarised the message ...Henry Marriage Wallis [works by and about Tolstoy]Print: Book


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