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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945Copious MS notes in the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan, including: "The marginal lines, and notes, are copied from Macaulay's Dindorf." Many MS dates of reading betwee...George Otto Trevelyan Xenophon Anabasis; with an English translation by Carleton ...Print: Book
1900-1945"CPT read this aloud to PJD December 1957, the last book we read before his death in Jan 1958. He had not read it since Harrow days, (at school) aged 16!" Written by Paul...Charles Philips Trevelyan Xenophon AnabasisPrint: Book
1900-1945MS note on final flyleaf: "This book gets very poor towards the end. The omissions in the Shield of Achilles, - both in the key and the index, - are nothing less than dis...George Otto Trevelyan John WalkerClavis HomericaPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes and marks throughout, including: "May 2 1919. Exquisite book! I seem to hear my dear friend [Henry James] talk, - oh so slowly - as we stroll arm in arm in the W...George Otto Trevelyan Henry JamesPortraits of placesPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes and marginalia throughout book, including the thoughts of Sir George Otto Trevelyan on visiting the grave who had died young while climbing p.425.George Otto Trevelyan Mark TwainA tramp abroadPrint: Book
1900-1945MS note at the end of "The man of destiny": "Dec 5 1926 Read aloud to C, [i.e. Lady Caroline Trevelyan] - as I once did to poor George Vanderbilt".George Otto Trevelyan George Bernard ShawPlays: pleasant and unpleasantPrint: Book
1900-1945Copious MS notes and marginal marks, including some showing signs of irritation: v.5 p.96 "Oh do have done!"; v.4: "Oh do shut up". Several dates of reading noted includi...George Otto Trevelyan Oliver CromwellOliver Cromwell's letters and speeches; with eluci...Print: Book
1900-1945Copious MS notes, including a chronology explaining the ages of the characters: "Samuel born 1833, 29 in 1862/ Constance born 1846, 16 in 1862/ Sophia born 1847, 15 in 18...George Otto Trevelyan Arnold BennettThe old wives' talePrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes including dates of reading, e.g.: "July 18 1916 Welcombe"; "March 29 1923 with Anna [i.e. Anna Philips, George Otto Trevelyan's sister-in-law]; "Read aloud to C ...George Otto Trevelyan Arnold BennettThese twainPrint: Book
1900-1945Many marginal notes, including dates of reading: May 27, 1919 and June 22-July 1 1923. "Too much Hohanzollen. Without that family these Berliners might have been quiet, d...George Otto Trevelyan Julius StindeThe Bucholz family. Second Part. Sketches of Berli...Print: Book
1900-1945Various MS notes and marks including date of reading: June 23 1923 and a note on p.311 "The birthplace": "This was based on the story of Mr. Skipsey, told to Carry [i.e. ...George Otto Trevelyan Henry JamesThe better sortPrint: Book
1900-1945Marginal marks and MS notes. Dates of reading on final page and the note: "What was the year when we saw so much of the American family who so much reminded us of the Dos...George Otto Trevelyan Henry JamesThe reverberatorPrint: Book
1900-1945Various marginal marks and MS dates of reading including: "Welcombe. Read to C[Lady Caroline Trevelyan] and Anna [his sister-in-law]. Feb 14 1910"; "Feb 21 1924". George Otto Trevelyan Henry JamesThe Aspern Papers - Louisa Pallant - The modern wa...Print: Book
1900-1945A note on endpaper by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan: "This volume was among the books being read by Sir George Trevelyan when his last illness took him."George Otto Trevelyan Anthony HopeThe Dolly dialoguesPrint: Book
1900-1945This book has copious notes and marginal marks, including many unrelated to the text written on pastedown and fly-leaf: "I used to note down sentences for my history, tha...George Otto Trevelyan Henry JamesThe ambassadorsPrint: Book
1900-1945Marginal marks and MS notes throughout,including p.xiii: "[The author's husband] deeply disapproved of her pleasure-seeking ways at such a time [...] Her hospitality had ...George Otto Trevelyan Mary Boykin ChesnutA diary from DixiePrint: Book
1900-1945Marginal marks and MS notes throughout, incl. v.2 giving Nov 12 1904 as the "second time of reading" and v.1 July 24, 1920: "3rd time of reading A most excellent military...George Otto Trevelyan Felix BouvierBonaparte en ItaliePrint: Book
1900-1945MS annotations and marginal marks incl. v.1 p.503, in reply to the author's comment "we must now throw a glance to the external", Sir George writes: "High time that you d...George Otto Trevelyan John Lothrop MotleyHistory of the United NetherlandsPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes and marginal marks throughout the book, in the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan. Dates of reading include "Sept. 21 1914 Aloud to C[aroline]"; "Dec 30 1920 with...George Otto Trevelyan John Lothrop MotleyThe rise of the Dutch republic: a historyPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes in vols. I and II, including some copied from Lord Macaulay's copy of the text. Dates of reading include: "May 28 1917 Welcombe The most interesting military sto...George Otto Trevelyan Julius CaesarOpera omniaPrint: Book


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