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√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1900-1945	'It was very hot and stuffy, thundery — and by dinner time I had a headache and went to bed early, but not to sleep. Turkiyyeh [a Circassian woman sent from the She...	Gertrude Bell		Acts of the Apostles	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Tell Mother I loved having the "N.E. Gazette" with the account of the Winter Garden. It seems a long way off from Ur somehow.'	Gertrude Bell		North Eastern Gazette	Print: Newspaper
	1900-1945	'I don't see the "Spectator" now — I found it so tiresome and stuffy that I abandoned it for the "New Statesman", which is neither. But I really think a paper writt...	Gertrude Bell		Spectator	Print: Serial / periodical
	1900-1945	'I don't see the "Spectator" now — I found it so tiresome and stuffy that I abandoned it for the "New Statesman", which is neither. But I really think a paper writt...	Gertrude Bell		New Statesman	Print: Serial / periodical
	1900-1945	'The greatest pleasure to me was to go with May to her bedroom and read the 103^rd Psalm and [share?] with her a special birthday prayer before she got up.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Psalm 103	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Wrote to Albert [Albert Ruskin Cook, her son in Uganda] + posted. Mended skirt with brown wool. Read papers: Daily Mail and News.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Daily Mail	Print: NewspaperUnknown
	1900-1945	'Wrote to Albert [Albert Ruskin Cook, her son in Uganda] + posted. Mended skirt with brown wool. Read papers: Daily Mail and News.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Daily News	Print: NewspaperUnknown
	1900-1945	'Read Rev:6 in Greek with Eva.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Revelations 6	Print: BookUnknown
	1900-1945	'Dinner. Coffee and rest in my room. Read Observer carefully. Supper and bed at 9.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		The Observer	Print: NewspaperUnknown
	1900-1945	'Out in motor with Miss Kitching who gave me picture testament and Observer. Read Greek Test. with Eva[.] Finished Rev. 9.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		The Observer	Print: NewspaperUnknown
	1900-1945	'Out in motor with Miss Kitching who gave me picture testament and Observer. Read Greek Test. with Eva[.] Finished Rev. 9.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Revelations 9	Print: BookUnknown
	1900-1945	'Rest in dining room. Greek. Rev 10[.] Dinner 7.30. Signed against drink.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Revelations 10	Print: BookUnknown
	1900-1945	'Rest in dining room with hot bottle ... Finished Rev 11 in Gr. Testament with Eva.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Revelations 11	Print: BookUnknown
	1900-1945	'Back for early dinner. 1.30. Rest on sofa[.] Read Greek with Eva to Rev 14. v 13. Henry in for tea brought Evening Standard. Bombs dropped by Zeppelin, but no serious in...	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Revelations 14	Print: BookUnknown
	1900-1945	'Greek with Eva Rev 15 to end.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Revelations 15	Print: BookUnknown
	1900-1945	'Read services at home and Sunday Times.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Sunday Times	Print: NewspaperUnknown
	1900-1945	'[George?] Ward to tea — brought most interesting paper on Jews ardent to return to their own land.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		[paper on Zionist movement]	Print: UnknownUnknown
	1900-1945	'Read service. Read Observer.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		The Observer	Print: NewspaperUnknown
	1900-1945	'Read Rev 20 with Eva.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Revelations 20	Print: BookUnknown
	1900-1945	'Read Morning Post newspaper. Rained all day cld. not go out.'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook		Morning Post	Print: Newspaper

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