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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
 
1850-1899J.H. Ewing diary entry, July 13th 1869: 'Good Words'. Juliana Horatia Ewing [n/a]Good WordsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899J.H. Ewing's diary entry, July 23: 'Johnson's Meditations' Juliana Horatia Ewing Samuel JohnsonPrayers and Meditations [?]Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		J.M., convict sentenced to transportation, writing to Rev. Joseph: 'I am at present amongst sin and wickedness of the worst description; but thanks be to Almighty God, I ...J.M. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849James Burn, on his first contact with literature after years of having seen none: '"In the latter end of the year of 1826, a friend made me a present of an old edition o...James Dawson Burn Chevalier RamsayLife of CyrusPrint: Book
1800-1849James Chesterton Bradley to Robert Keating Smith, 3 May 1902:

'A short paper of yours in "The Tatler" of April 2nd brought before me my old friend James W[il...		James Chesterton Bradley and James William Smithunknown unknownunknownPrint: Unknown
1900-1945James Chesterton Bradley to Robert Keating Smith, 3 May 1902:

'A short paper of yours in "The Tatler" of April 2nd brought before me my old friend James W[il...		James Chesterton Bradley Robert Keating Smith'A Well Known Character in Fiction'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899
1900-1945		James Chesterton Bradley to Robert Keating Smith, 3 May 1902:

'A short paper of yours in "The Tatler" of April 2nd brought before me my old friend James W[il...		James Chesterton Bradley Charlotte BrontëShirleyPrint: Book
1800-1849James Commeline to Elizabeth Barrett, 1 December 1827: 'Together with Mr Price's book, allow me to return you my best thanks for the perusal of it. Though written [......The Rev. James Commeline Jr Uvedale PriceAn Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek ...Print: Book
1800-1849James Harvey 'Blind Jim" 'had, from hearing, mastered most of the content of these two important papers [Times and Weekly Dispatch], and then made some capital out of hav...James Harvey [n/a]The Weekly DispatchPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849James Harvey 'Blind Jim" 'had, from hearing, mastered most of the content of these two important papers [Times and Weekly Dispatch], and then made some capital out of hav...James Harvey [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899James Martineau to Hallam Tennyson (1893), recalling meetings of the Metaphysical Society: 'I remember a special interest shown by your father in a paper contributed b...W. B. Carpenter W. B. Carpenter'The commonsense philosophy of Causation'Unknown
1850-1899James Martineau to Hallam Tennyson (1893), recalling meetings of the Metaphysical Society: 'I remember a special interest shown by your father in a paper contributed b...Rev. F. D. Maurice Rev. F. D. Mauricepaper on meanings of words 'nature,' 'natural,' 's...Unknown
1850-1899James Martineau to Hallam Tennyson (1893), recalling meetings of the Metaphysical Society: 'I remember a special interest shown by your father in a paper contributed b...James Martineau James Martineau'Is there any Axiom of Causation?'Unknown
1850-1899James Martineau to Hallam Tennyson (1893), recalling meetings of the Metaphysical Society: 'I remember a special interest shown by your father in a paper contributed b...Frederick Harrison Frederick Harrison'The relativity of Knowledge'Unknown
1850-1899James Martineau to Hallam Tennyson (1893), recalling meetings of the Metaphysical Society: 'I remember a special interest shown by your father in a paper contributed b...Walter Bagehot Walter Bagehot'The emotion of Conviction'Unknown
1850-1899James Martineau to Hallam Tennyson (1893), recalling meetings of the Metaphysical Society: 'I remember a special interest shown by your father in a paper contributed b...Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol'What is Death?'Unknown
1800-1849James Spedding to W. H. Thompson, 1834: 'Wordsworth's eyes are better, but not so well [...] Reading inflames them, and so does composing. I believe it was a series of...William Wordsworth William Wordsworth'Highland sonnets'Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849James Spedding to W. H. Thompson, 1834: 'Wordsworth's eyes are better, but not so well [...] Reading inflames them, and so does composing. I believe it was a series of...William Wordsworth William Wordsworth'The Egyptian Maid, or, The Romance of the Water L...Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		Jane Ellen Harrison, in Reminiscences of a Student's Life (1925) 11-12: "'Until I met Aunt Glegg in the Mill on the Floss, I never knew myself. I am Aunt Glegg; with all...Jane Ellen Harrison George EliotThe Mill on the FlossPrint: Book
1850-1899Joan Evans, "Prelude and Fugue: An Autobiography" (1964): 'One of my few conscious naughtinesses after I had attained the age of perception was to steal into the drawing-...Joan Evans Alfred TennysonpoetryPrint: Book


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