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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
 
1700-1799'The Swede [Mr Kristrom] went away, and Mr. Johnson continued his reading of the papers. I said, "I am afraid, Sir, it is troublesome to you." "Why, Sir (said he), I do n...Samuel Johnson [unknown][legal case papers]Print: Unknown
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to Boswell] Since I wrote, I have looked over Mr. Maclaurin's plea, and think it excellent. [ a legal case Boswell was involved in] How is the suit...Samuel Johnson [legal documents relating to Mr Maclaurin]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943 Howard R. Smith in the chair.
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.
[...]
5. Kenneth Ni...
unknown members of the XII Book Club unknown/various [legal documents]Unknown
1700-1799'I mentioned Elwal the heretick, whose trial Sir John Pringle had given me to read.' James Boswell [unknown][legal trial papers]Unknown
1850-1899Schoolroom for juvenile males at Wandsworth Prison: 'One little pale-faced boy was reading his lesson to his kind-hearted teacher... One boy had copied from a Bible, whi...anon [unknown][lesson: either Bible or school textbook]Print: Book
1900-1945

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37

C. E. Stansfield in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved

2. It should have been m...

Edgar Castle Victor Alexander[letter acknowledging receipt of letter of resigna...Manuscript: Letter, Notebook
1900-1945

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37

C. E. Stansfield in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved

2. It should have been m...

Edgar Castle Victor Alexander[letter acknowledging receipt of letter of resigna...Manuscript: Letter, Notebook
1900-1945

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37

C. E. Stansfield in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved

2. It should have been m...

Mignon Castle Victor Alexander[letter acknowledging receipt of letter of resigna...Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37

C. E. Stansfield in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved

2. It should have been m...

Dorothy Brain Victor Alexander[letter acknowledging receipt of letter of resigna...Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'In looking over the book I see numerous errors regarding the part written in the Lancashire dialect; 'gotten' should always be 'getten'; &c. - In the midst of all my dee...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Thomas Carlyle[letter approving 'Mary Barton']Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'I wrote, in order to gain Relief, to a Prelate of [italics] Ireland [end italics], then resident in [italics] London [end italics]; I sent the letter by the Daughter of ...Robert Clayton Laetitia Pilkington[letter asking for financial assistance]Manuscript: Letter
'shall insert as a literary curiosity. [The letter is given. It begins as follows] "TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. DEAR SIR, In the year 1763, being at London, I was car...James Boswell Hugh Blair[letter concerning Pope and Bolingbroke]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945
牋牋A. Bruce Dilks in the chair

[...]

2. The minutes of the last meeting were read &...
Margaret Dilks Victor Alexander[letter congratulating the XII Book Club on reachi...Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'The Secretary read a letter from Miss Player regretting her inability to join the Club'.Alfred Rawlings Miss Player[Letter declining to join XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 18. 6. 35.

Charles E. Stansfield in the Chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

2. The Secretary th...

Victor Alexander Marjorie C. Cole[letter expressing interest in the XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I inclose you a very curious letter from a cousin german of my own to his son who still remains in this country. It has given me so much amusement that I thought it migh...James Hogg James Laidlaw[Letter from America to his son]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'[Robert Dodsley] then told Dr Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him the letter [in which Johnson refused his patronage]. "I should have imagined (replied Dr Adams)...Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson[letter from Johnson to Lord Chesterfield]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'[Robert Dodsley] then told Dr Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him the letter [in which Johnson refused his patronage]. "I should have imagined (replied Dr Adams)...Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Samuel Johnson[letter from Johnson to Lord Chesterfield]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'The Secretary read a letter which A. Rawlings had received from Mudies Libr. The question of using Mudies was discussed but it was felt that the advantages offered by Mu...Ernest E. Unwin [letter from Mudies library]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, Elm Road.
18𤪚0
M Stevens in the chair.
1. Minutes of last were read and signed.

[...]

3...
Members of the XII Book ClubVictor Alexander[letter from the members of the XII Book Club to C...Manuscript: Letter



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