√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 'He [?my father?] was fond of putting into my hands books which exhibited men of energy and resource in unusual circumstances, struggling against difficulties and overcom... John Stuart Mill Collins [account of the first settlement of New South Wale... Unknown 1800-1849 'Read an Acct of the celebration of the Games in the Colloseum at Rome.' John Cole unknown [Account of the Games in the Colosseum at Rome] Print : Unknown1800-1849 'Read the extraordinary Acct of the Retirement of the Emperor Charles V.' John Cole unknown [Account of the Retirement of the Emperor Charles ... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read acct of the "Tailor Bird".' John Cole [unknown] [Account of the Tailor Bird] Print : Book1800-1849 'A Scottish flax dresser gained his "first or incipient idea of localities and distances" when he was assigned to read aloud at work from Anson, Cook, Bruce and Mungo Par... "Jacques", a flax dresser James Cook [Accounts of three voyages round the world] Print : Book1900-1945 'A mail arrived after dusk. Someone sent me the Bishop's address at the Guildhall, and I read it out to those around, at their request.' Douglas Herbert Bell [Address by the Bishop of London at Guildhall, 191... Print : Unknown1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Roger Moore Roger Moore [Address on ballads and folk song] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Thomas De Quincey, regarding editing of The Convention of Cintra: 'I have alluded to the blasphemous address to Buonaparte made by some Italian depu... William Wordsworth and Thomas De Quincey [Italian deputies] Anon [address to Buonaparte] Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'The same afternoon we were received with much pomp and ceremony by [His Holiness] the Rawal [of the pilgrim village of Badrinath]. An address was read to us by his inter... Frank Smythe His Holiness the Rawal of Badrinath [address to mountaineers] Unknown 1800-1849 [Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Mary, Queen of Scots' farewell to France'; [text] 'Adieu, plaisant pays de France/ O ma patrie/ La plus cherie/ Qui a... Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine [Anne Gabriel] [De Querlon]? [Adieu] Print : Unknown1900-1945 'Rudie inspired in all his children a love of literature, reading aloud to them from his own favourites, the great Victorians, particularly Dickens, and helping them to c... Rosamond Lehmann [adult novels] Print : Book1800-1849 'Saw an advertisement that Mr Berry was to preach at South Street on the following Sunday and at once determined (health and circumstances permitting) to hear him. [Berr... Joseph Jenkinson [n/a] [advertisement / poster for next week's preacher] Print : Advertisement, Poster1800-1849 'Shall you have any objection to the name of 'Stephen Berwick' as that of the author of 'Mary Barton' which I have just seen advertised in the new Edinburgh'.
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [advertisement for 'Mary Barton' in Edinburgh Revi... Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'I see in an advertisement of the contents of a Magazine (the Psychological) of which I believe you are the Editor, a paper on Charlotte Bronte.
Having a very strong int... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [n/a] [advertisement for the 'Psychological' magazine] Print : Advertisement1850-1899 'A propos of French literature, there is an advertisement of Lamartine in the papers which goes to one's heart, offering, not even by a publisher in his own name a [itali... Margaret Oliphant [Advertisement of works by Lamartine] Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 3 August 1814: 'I see advertisements of Lara & Jacqueline -- pray why? when I requested you to postpone publication till my return to town.' George Gordon Lord Byron John Murray [advertisements for Byron, Lara, and Samuel Rogers... Print : AdvertisementManuscript : Letter1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Jane Marshall, 11 May 1808: 'Would you believe it we too had dreams about Loch Kettrine when we saw the advertisement ... ' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown [advertisement] Print : Advertisement1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 2 February 1820 (following remarks on death of George III): 'The same Paper, the Times, which has brought us this Intelligence, has a... Wordsworth Family [advertisement] Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 'Went hunting [...] saw Mr Claridge's advertisement for the sale of 11, 695 trees of which 5241 were oaks.' Benjamin Newton n/a [advertisement] Print : Advertisement1900-1945 'Advert. S. side of Euston Road reading "Morris Commercial Vehicles-a Body for every Trade" heavily draped with decorations. Diversion round Euston Square. Extraordinary ... [n/a] [advertisement] Print : Advertisement, Poster
