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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'I have just finished Barrie's delicious book — to my great sorrow. It is a charming little work — the only pity of it is that she could not read it! 'Gertrude Bell James Matthew Barrie?Margaret Ogilvy: by her son J. M.BarriePrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr [Horatio] Brown showed us all sorts of interesting Stevenson things yesterday — particularly a little paper book of poems, with all the Stevenson grace about th...Gertrude Bell Robert Louis Stevenson?Moral EmblemsPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the morning to Santa Maria where we looked at the Spanish Chapel with Ruskin.[...] In the afternoon poked about in the back streets behind the Duomo which are all fu...Gertrude Bell John Ruskin?Mornings in FlorencePrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 28 July 1769:] 'I only saw the Cambridge Ode in a newspaper [...] I thought there were some fine stanzas in it: but in general it...Elizabeth Carter Thomas Gray?Ode for MusicPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have this moment received your very kind letter with the enclosure of verse for which I hasten to send you my warm thanks. The verse is very genuine and has appealed t...Joseph Conrad David Morton?Old Ships Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Ps. 116 v. precious
Began Ps 119 in Spurgeon.'		Albert Ruskin Cook Charles Haddon Spurgeon?Our Own Hymnbook: A Collection of Psalms and Hymn...Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 12 June 1766:] 'I have been reading your third volume of Peruvians with pleasure, and though the objection you made is just, it ...Catherine Talbot ?Thomas Simon ?Gueullette?Peruvian Tales (vol 3)Print: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...		Harriet Bickersteth Cook ?Robert ?Bridges?PoemsPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'In compliance with your request and my own wishes, I have been and am reading with much attention Mr. Wilberforce's book, a...Mary Berry Wilberforce?Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System...Print: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 7 December 1848:

'I duly received Dr Curie's work on Homoeopathy, and ought to apologise for having forgotten to thank yo...		Charlotte Brontë Paul Etienne François Gustave Curie?Practice of HomoeopathyPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 7 December 1848:

'I duly received Dr Curie's work on Homoeopathy, and ought to apologise for having forgotten to thank ...		Emily Brontë Paul Etienne François Gustave Curie?Practice of HomoeopathyPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am also reading Clough's ''Life''. He was as religious as Lamb at the same age.'Emma Darwin Blanche Clough?Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough: With a Selec...Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, 20.II.’39
R. D. L. Moore, & subsequently H. Stevens in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
[...]
5. R....		Roger Moore Edmund Spenser?ProthalamionUnknown
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 18 March 1768:] 'I fancy you were not greatly edified by the study of Mr Walpole's book. There is always some degree of entertain...Elizabeth Carter Horace Walpole?Royal and Noble AuthorsPrint: Book
1900-1945'We had a beautiful service and a celebration afterwards. Just as I was packing up we heard a crackling overhead and, on looking up, saw a plane come tearing down on fire...Rowan Ernest Grice-Hutchinson ?Sunday TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Still the same fine weather. Reading Head Injuries.'Albert Ruskin Cook Louis Bathe Rawling?Surgery of the HeadPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...		Albert Ruskin Cook Louis Bathe Rawling?Surgery of the HeadPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...		Albert Ruskin Cook Louis Bathe Rawling?Surgery of the HeadPrint: Book
1850-1899'The French stories by Julliot are dull and odious, and the little novel ''La Folle du Logis'' quite pretty and nice. How very odd the French are.'Emma Darwin Francois de Julliot?Terre de FrancePrint: Book
1900-1945'I read Mrs Besant three times, and made fresh notes every time, in order to do the second part; [The Glimpse] a fearful grind; & the Theosophical Society ought now to re...Arnold Bennett Annie Besant?The Ancient WisdomPrint: Book


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