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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
 
1850-1899'I stayed at home amusing the children by reading a fairy tale to them. They seemed to take great interest inn the narrative & after I had finished it Flory went [smiling...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][fairy tales]Print: Book
1850-1899'Mustered this afternoon, then sat & read till tea time. After tea had more than an hour with the youngsters reading to them from Grimm's Goblins.'John Buckley Castieau Brothers Grimm[fairy tales]Print: Book
1700-1799'[present at tea on June 12th was] the Reverend Herbert Croft, who, I am afraid, was somewhat mortified by Dr. Johnson's not being highly pleased with some "Family Discou...Samuel Johnson Herbert Croft[Family Discourses]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 73 Northcourt Avenue
Friday 28th March 1930
1. Minutes of last meeting were approved.
[...]
6. A warm message of sympathy to be s...		Reginald H. Robson Reginald H. Robson[Films and Education]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 73 Northcourt Avenue
Friday 28th March 1930
1. Minutes of last meeting were approved.
[...]
6. A warm message of sympathy to be s...		Charles E. Stansfield Charles E. Stansfield[Films and their effect on language]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The Financial Statement was read & approved'Howard R. Smith Edith Smith[financial statement of XII Book Club]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The financial statement was read showing a balance in hand of 11/ 3 1/2'Edith Smith Edith Smith[financial statement of XII Book Club]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read my darling's first article on Goethe'George Eliot [pseud] George Henry Lewes[first article on Goethe]Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'First Oration of Cicero'Mary Shelley Cicero[First Oration]Print: Book
1800-1849'Finish 1st Oration of Cicero - & the 3 book of Lucretius'Mary Shelley Cicero[First Oration]Print: Book
1900-1945'[Baby] is making progress with her reading & can - most times - identify the sound & the curly S & the elegant L. Perhaps she will be writing short stories by your retur...Esther Julia Ford [unknown][first reading]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Yesterday my Elizabeth and I went to the most remarkable poets' Reading I have ever attended. It was held at Lord Byron's beautiful house in Piccadilly... I was moved by...Walter de la Mare Walter de la Mare[five poems]Unknown
1900-1945'Mr Binns opened the subject of folklore with an excellent paper & Sybil Heelas & W.J. Rowntree gave readings'.Sybil Heelas [folklore]Print: Book
1900-1945'Mr Binns opened the subject of folklore with an excellent paper & Sybil Heelas & W.J. Rowntree gave readings'.Walter Rowntree [folklore]Print: Book
1800-1849'I take this opportunity of returning you A.K.'s fragments. I do believe it has been of material service... as for A.K.'s French pasage, you will be surprised at the impr...Louisa, Lady Stuart A.K.[fragments, including something in French]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'S. reads fragments of Aeschylus'Percy Bysshe Shelley Aeschylus[fragments]Print: Book
1850-1899Recognised among the prisoners a once eminent City merchant, sentenced to transportation for fraud: 'This person, we were told, found special consolation in the study of ...anon [unknown][French and German language books]Print: Book
1900-1945'Read French and German newspapers. Wrote three paragraphs. Fiddled about.'Harold Nicolson [French and German newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'She complains in her letters that she cannot get through them [French and Spanish books to review in 'The Times', the 'Pall Mall Gazaette' etc] quickly enough. "Three ...Mary Augusta Ward [French and Spanish books]Print: Book
1900-1945'His books, over three hundred of which are preserved as he left them in 1918, show the range - and limitations - of his interests at school and later. Shakespeare, Scott...Wilfred Owen [French books and books about French]Print: Book


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