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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
 
1900-1945Henry James to James B. Pinker, 6 January 1915: 'I have had to settle down [...] to looking at almost nothing but "The Times" and "The Morning Post"; the latter for its c...Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945Henry James to James B. Pinker, 6 January 1915: 'I have had to settle down [...] to looking at almost nothing but "The Times" and "The Morning Post"; the latter for its c...Henry James The Morning PostPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have read the story. It's marvellous in a way but we must talk it over.'Joseph Conrad Norman DouglasunidentifiedManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Henry James to Edward Marsh, 28 March 1915: 'I take it very kindly indeed of you to have found thought and time to send me the publication with the five brave sonnets [by...Henry James Rupert BrookesonnetsPrint: Unknown
1900-1945Henry James to Margot Asquith, 9 April 1915, thanking her for sending him her diary to read ('a few days ago'): 'I have absorbed every word of every page with the livelie...Henry James Margot AsquithDiaryManuscript: Codex
1900-1945Margot Asquith in footnote to letter to her from Henry James of 9 April 1915, in praise of her diary, in Margot Asquith: An Autobiography (1922), 70-73: 'Out of all my di...Margot Asquith Margot AsquithDiariesManuscript: Codex
1900-1945Henry James to H. G. Wells, 6 July 1915: 'I was given yesterday at a club your volume "Boon, etc.", from a loose leaf in which I learn that you kindly sent it me [...] I ...Henry James H. G. WellsBoon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the ...Print: Book
1900-1945'Long before I heard of Freud I was interested in reading accounts of first memories and impressions. My own experience had taught me that the roots of life were there bu...Molly V HughesLondon Child of the Seventies, AUnknown
1900-1945'Long before I heard of Freud I was interested in reading accounts of first memories and impressions. My own experience had taught me that the roots of life were there bu...Margaret PhillipsWithin the City WallUnknown
1900-1945'If I enjoy a book I often write to its author. It seems to me a matter of politeness between one artist and another. Having read A London Child I wrote to Molly [Hughes]...Molly V HughesA London Child of the SeventiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'We belong to our time and the most we can achieve as a rule is to be a generation ahead of it; if we tear up our roots how many can exist merely on air? Yet if people wa...Molly V HughesLondon Child of the Seventies, AUnknown
1900-1945'You have given me a very invidious task.[...]. Well I have read all your copy. And the result of all my extreme fastidiousness is enclosed in the envelope. But my dear ...Joseph Conrad Stephen ReynoldsHow 'Twas: Short Stories and Small Travels.Manuscript: UnknownUnknown
1900-1945'5. The Club now considered the subject for the evening - Berkshire - & the opening paper was by H.M. Wallis who touched upon the History of the County in his inimitable ...Henry Marriage Wallis Henry Marriage Wallis[paper on History of Berkshire]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'De Quincey was the subject before the paper & number of extracts [sic] & two papers, one read by Mrs Rawlings & one by Miss Cole, gave a very interesting introduction to...Ernest E. Unwin Thomas de QuinceyRecollections of Charles LambPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mins read & signed'Ernest E. Unwin Ernest E. Unwin[minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening concerned Prehistoric Man & Woman. H.M. Wallis read a paper entitled 'The Piltdown Woman'. This was a learned & valuable paper upon the problems ...Henry Marriage Wallis Henry Marriage Wallis[paper on Piltdown Woman]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Mins of last meeting read & signed'Ernest E. Unwin Ernest E. Unwin[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1900-1945'The subject of the meeting was 'Gardens' & all members were asked to bring contributions [...] The following is a list of the contributions. C.E. Stansfield a reading f...Celia Cole Robert Browning'Flower's Name, The'Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the meeting was 'Gardens' & all members were asked to bring contributions [...] The following is a list of the contributions. C.E. Stansfield a reading f...Charles Stansfield Charles Stansfield[essay entitled 'Lost Art of Living - A Gardener's...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The subject of the meeting was 'Gardens' & all members were asked to bring contributions [...] The following is a list of the contributions. C.E. Stansfield a reading f...Rosamund Wallis My Garden, a parodyUnknown


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