√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1850-1899 'All the reading up is Macaulay, p.530 to 535 and then p. 616 to 630'. [The context of the reference suggests the text is Macaulay's History of England. RLS has been refe... Robert Louis Stevenson Thomas Babington Macaulay The History of England Print : Book1850-1899 'At present I am going for Macaulay's History and no novels at all.' Robert Louis Stevenson Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England Print : Book1800-1849 'Get, and read, Macaulay's Papers upon the Indian courts and Indian Education. They are admirable for their talent and their honesty. We see why he was hated in India, an... Sydney Smith Thomas Babington Macaulay [writings on Indian Courts and Education] Print : Book1800-1849 'Have you read Macaulay's Lays? they are very much liked. I have read some but I abor all Grecian and Roman subjects'. Sydney Smith Thomas Babington Macaulay Lays of Ancient Rome Print : Book1850-1899 Elizabeth Missing Sewell, in letter to '_____', from Albano, April 1861 [re Remains of Roman theatre at Tusculum]:
'The seats of this Theatre are quite perfect [...] We ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Lay of the Battle of Lake Regillus Print : Book1800-1849 Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 13 December 1842:
'The only novelty we have had in books as yet, has been Macaulay's Lays of Rome -- a kind of
revenge on that lite... Robert Browning Thomas Babington Macaulay Lays of Ancient Rome (extracts) Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett, invalid, to Richard Hengist Horne, 5 October 1843:
'I very much admire Mr Macaulay -- & could scarcely read his ballads & keep lying down. They
se... Elizabeth Barrett Thomas Babington Macaulay Lays of Ancient Rome Print : Book1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 29 October 1844:
'There is an excellent refutation of Puseyism in the Edinburgh Review, .. by whom? -- and I
have been reading besi... Elizabeth Barrett Thomas Babington Macaulay 'Early Administrations of George the Third: The Ea... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson Croker, 12 January 1849, on Macaulay's recently-published History of England:
'He has written some very brilliant essays [...] but ... John Gibson Lockhart Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England, vols 1 and 2 Print : Book1800-1849 'I think I said in one of myy recent scrawls all I had to say concerning Mr Macauley's Review: every part of which I like mainly, except his severe mention of the Royal F... Sarah Harriet Burney Thomas Babington Macaulay [Review of Madame d'Arblay's "Diary and Letters" i... Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 Friday 15 April 1921: 'I have been lying recumbent all day reading Carlyle, and now Macaulay, first to see if Carlyle wrote better than Lytton [Strachey], then to see if ... Virginia Woolf Thomas Babington Macaulay unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'I am glad to hear you are giving Macaulay a turn. I believe, though it sounds rude and foolish, nothing will do you more good.' Sidney Colvin Thomas Babington Macaulay unknown Print : Book, Articles in the Edinburgh Review?1850-1899 'In the evening I read to the youngsters out of Peter [Parley?] & then heard Harry read a Page of Macauley. Went into the office & looked over some of the pages of my las... Harry Castieau Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England Print : Book1850-1899 'Harry this evening commenced reading McAuley's (sic) History of England. He is getting a great deal too fond of Plays & funny pieces & as he reads for marks I mean for t... Harry Castieau Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England Print : Book1850-1899 2 July 1876, from Brussels:
'After I went to bed I read over that wonderful part of Macaulay's History, the death of Charles II, and was quite excited by it, when I dr... Lady Charlotte Schreiber Thomas Babington Macaulay History Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 1 February 1849:
Patrick Brontë Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England: From the Accession of James II Print : Book1900-1945 'Strong breeze and weather agreeable so far from Karachi. Green's "History", Macaulay, Ruskin, "Oxford Book [?of English Verse]" and Horace every day.' Ronald Storrs Thomas Babington Macaulay unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Each night I hurried into my best second-hand suit of clothes, hurried down my tea and then hurried off to evening class to learn English grammar and literature. And wha... Vero Walter Garratt Thomas Babington Macaulay unknown Print : Book1900-1945 (1) 'I have now made a good start on my second volume of Macaulay, which is admirable. What
a nice man James must have been!' (2) 'I am nearly through Macaulay Vol. II,... Clive Staples Lewis Thomas Babington Macaulay The History of England from the Accession of James... Print : Book1850-1899 'June (-July with Winnie and Edith)' Sarah Good Thomas Babington Macaulay Lord Clive Print : Book
