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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Read "Two Survived", the most amazing book, which is most exciting.'Hilary Spalding Guy Pierce JonesTwo SurvivedPrint: Book
1800-1849'Notebooks i 1002, 1004 and 1005 reveal that, 1-9 Nov. 1801, C[oleridge] was reading a copy of Digby's Two Treatises (1645) borrowed from Carlisle Cathedral Library.'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Kenelm DigbyTwo Treatises, in the one of which, the nature of ...Print: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was given to Edmund Gosse. H.M. Wallis spoke about Edmund Gosse the man & his work for the public services, & the conflict of personalities as sh...Elizabeth Marriage Edmund GosseTwo visits to DenmarkPrint: Book
1850-1899'You are right about Two Years Ago.'Robert Louis Stevenson Charles KingsleyTwo Years AgoPrint: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Private in an infantry regiment, formerly a skilled pai...questionaire respondent Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastPrint: Book
1800-1849'The routine of the "Scourge" has grown familiar; and one tires of unbroken fine weather and smooth seas. No resource for me but the officers' little library. Therefore I...John Mitchel Richard Henry DanaTwo years before the mastPrint: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. Transcription of information about the Burmese, 'Vid. 2 Years in Ava, 182'.Thomas Abercromby TrantTwo Years in Ava, from May 1824-May 1826Print: Book
1850-1899Statement of boy to London society, aim of which to rescue juvenile criminals, demonstrating pernicious influence of penny dreadfuls: Charley reads penny dreadfuls to ...Charley ? Tyburn DickPrint: Serial / periodical, penny dreadful
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue, 13.xii.40
Howard R. Smith in the chair.

1. An apology for absence was read from Mr. & Mrs. Joselyn. 		Members of the XII Book ClubViolet Clough, Muriel Stevens and F. E. Pollard Typed lists of books proposed for purchase by the...Manuscript: Typescript
1850-1899"As a teenager ... [Holbrook Jackson] had been transported from Merseyside to the South Sea Islands. The vessel that bore him was imagination in the form of a 'musty cop...Holbrook Jackson Herman MelvilleTypeePrint: Book
1900-1945 'Moby Dick'. The present vogue of Hermann Melville is mainly due to two English novelists, Frank Swinnerton and myself. We both of us have great opportunities for publi...Arnold Bennett Herman MelvilleTypeePrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject for the evening Herman Melville was then proceeded with & R.H. Robson gave a short account of his life following which Mrs Robson read two passages from Type...Mary Robson Herman MelvilleTypeePrint: Book
1850-1899'I am reading Martineau ["Types of Ethical Theory"] and like it, indeed I think I shall leave of writing this and go on.'Sir Walter Raleigh James MartineauTypes of Ethical TheoryPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject before the meeting was Joseph Conrad. R.H. Robson introduced the subject with an interesting essay & a number of readings were given to illustrate his descri...Helen Rawlings Joseph ConradTyphoonPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Johann Friedrich BlumenbachUber die naturlichen Verschiedenheiten im MenschenPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Johann Friedrich BlumenbachUber die naturlichen Verschiedenheiten im MenschenPrint: Book
1800-1849'Shelley reads Schlegel aloud [to] us - We sleep at Rheims.'Percy Bysshe Shelley August W. von SchlegelUber dramatische Kunst und LiteraturPrint: Book
1800-1849'Shelley reads Schlegel aloud and we travel on in a pleasant country among nice people - We sleep at Dijon'Percy Bysshe Shelley August W. von SchlegelUber dramatische Kunst und LiteraturPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 31 December 1832: 'I have had my hands & head full of a book called the Greek Theatre, composed in part of extracts, & edit...Elizabeth Barrett August Wilhelm von SchlegelUber dramatische Kunst und Literatur (extracts)Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge August Wilhelm RehbergUeber das Verhaltniss der Metaphysik zu der Religi...Print: Book


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