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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
 
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the works of Laurence Housman. Most of the members had seen & heard Mr Housman recently so there is no need to give any personal d...R.B. Graham R.B. Graham[paper on Housman's 'Little Plays of St.Francis']Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the works of Laurence Housman. Most of the members had seen & heard Mr Housman recently so there is no need to give any personal d...Reginald Robson Reginald Robson[paper on Housman's 'New Child's Guide to Knowledg...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the works of Laurence Housman. Most of the members had seen & heard Mr Housman recently so there is no need to give any personal d...Elizabeth Marriage, Ernest Unwin & Alfred RawlingsLaurence HousmanQueen, The! God Bless HerPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the works of Laurence Housman. Most of the members had seen & heard Mr Housman recently so there is no need to give any personal d...Henry Marriage Wallis Laurence HousmanEnglishwoman's Love-letters, AnPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the works of Laurence Housman. Most of the members had seen & heard Mr Housman recently so there is no need to give any personal d...Katherine and Charles EvansLaurence HousmanSheepfold, ThePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the works of Laurence Housman. Most of the members had seen & heard Mr Housman recently so there is no need to give any personal d...R.B. Graham Laurence HousmanLittle Plays of St. Francis, ThePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the works of Laurence Housman. Most of the members had seen & heard Mr Housman recently so there is no need to give any personal d...Reginald Robson Laurence HousmanNew Child's Guide to KnowledgePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'She [Mona Limerick, South American-born actor being considered for the leading female role in "Victory"] had excellent notices in J[osé] Echegarray's play ("Cleansing St...unknown  Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I see the "Obs[erv]er" every Sunday and I am waiting the next number with impatience.' [For a review by Sidney Colvin of "The Shadow-Line"]Joseph Conrad Observer Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'My diary for October 5th, 1932, recorded the impression made upon me by the writer whose "Modern Utopia" had been a beacon light of my schooldays:'Vera Brittain Herbert George WellsModern UtopiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I'll show you where I got the hint for it [his story "The Warriors' Soul"] in Philippe de Ségur. There's a hint for another in him but I fancy too macabre (and improper)...Joseph Conrad Philippe-Paule Ségur (Comte de) Un Aide de Camp de Napoléon (de 1800 à 1812Print: Book
1900-1945'Amid several warmly appreciative judgements came a frank note from St. John Ervine, who wrote that my book had entirely changed his opinion of me.'St. John Ervine Vera BrittainTestament of YouthPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yet the previous December, after reading my first nine chapters, G. had written to me at Halifax: "Your book, I think, is a very great, a very moving book...powerful, s...George Catlin Vera BrittainTestament of YouthPrint: Book
1900-1945'As he left Frankfort the passengers in the train were discussing the break-up of the Disarmament Conference, and in London a "Times" editorial reproved the Fuhrer like a...Vera Brittain The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'"We face a choice of evils," H. N. Brailsford had written in "The New Clarion" after the break-up of the Disarmament Conference.'Vera Brittain H. N. BrailsfordThe New ClarionPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Shortly afterwards Victor Gollancz issued a pamphlet, entitled "Fascists at Olympia", which contained statements from eye-witnesses, vistims of assault, and doctors who ...Vera Brittain anonFascists at OlympiaPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'The Minutes of the last meeting were read & approved'Howard R. Smith Howard R. Smith[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1900-1945'The Minutes of last meeting were read & agreed'Howard R. Smith Howard R. Smith[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1900-1945'Only recently I discovered its origin in Longfellow's "New England Tragedies", read and re-read during my childhood when Longfellow and Matthew Arnold were the only poet...Vera Brittain Henry Wadsworth LongfellowNew England TragediesPrint: Book
1900-1945'On the plane I saw in the paper of the fellow ahead of me, "Le Marechal Pilzudski est mort hier".'George Catlin  Print: Newspaper


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