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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
 
1800-1849Saturday, 28 February 1829: 'Read part of a curious work calld Memoirs of Vidocque, a fellow who was at the head of Bonaparte's police. It is a picaresque tale, in oth...Walter Scott Memoires de Vidocque, Chef de la Police de Surete ...Print: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 3 July 1830: 'I read Southey's Pilgrim's Progress and think of reviewing the same [...] Read Hone's Every day Book and with a better opinion of him than I ex...Walter Scott John BunyanJohn Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, With Life of the...Print: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 3 July 1830: 'I read Southey's Pilgrim's Progress and think of reviewing the same [...] Read Hone's Every day Book and with a better opinion of him than I ex...Walter Scott William HoneEvery-Day Book and Table Book: or Everlasting Cale...Print: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 31 January 1829: 'Lookd over Cumnor Hall by Mr. Usher Tighe of Oxford.'Walter Scott H. U. TigheHistorical Account of Cumnor ... illustrative of t...Print: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 31 May 1828: 'I have finishd Napier's War in the Peninsula. It is written in the spirit of a Liberal but the narrative is distinct and clear and I should sup...Walter Scott Colonel W. F. P. NapierHistory of War in the Peninsula (vol. 1)Print: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 6 January 1827: 'In the evening read Foote's farce of the Commissary, said to have been levelled at Sir Laurence Dundas.'Walter Scott FooteThe CommissaryPrint: Book
1800-1849Saw in the Rockingham that seven of the Ministers have sent in their resignation - Amongst the rest the Lord, Chancellor...Robert Sharp Rockingham and Hull Weekly AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899School for female prisoners at Holloway: 'On a subsequent day we visited the class with the matron, which was then engaged with the Bible lesson. Most of the prisoners ...female prisoners at Holloway [n/a][Bible]Print: Book
1700-1799School hours were from 9 to 12 and from 2 to 5. The mode of teaching was this. Each of the boys had a column or half a column of spelling to learn by heart every morning ...Francis Place BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899Schoolroom for boy prisoners at Tothill Fields: 'At the other end of the room the lads were making even greater havoc with the words; and though the lesson consisted of ...boys in prison [n/a][school textbook]Print: Book
1850-1899Schoolroom for boy prisoners at Tothill Fields: 'At the time of our entry, the warder schoolmaster was hearing the boys read aloud from the Bible, the class standing in ...boys in prison [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
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
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 [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899Schoolroom in the female prison at Tothill Fields: 'The warder, to let us see the acquirements of her scholars, bade one of them read a passage from the Bible, that each...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Scott probably knew de Stael, he was certainly acquainted with her work, friends, lifestyle etc. Here is a brief excerpt: '...the tendency of the last of her productions,...John Scott Anne-Louise-Germaine de StaelConsiderations sur les Principaux Evenements de laPrint: Book
1800-1849Scrope Davies to John Murray, 17 May 1837: 'Barring the "Bubbles" (which I read because you recommended it to Nimrod [i.e. C. Apperly]) and Washington Irving's works, ...Scrope Davies 'Bubbles'Print: Unknown
1800-1849Scrope Davies to John Murray, 17 May 1837: 'Barring the "Bubbles" (which I read because you recommended it to Nimrod [i.e. C. Apperly]) and Washington Irving's works, ...Scrope Davies Washington Irving'Stout Gentleman'Print: Unknown
1900-1945Second confinement in the Prison at Hull: 'I remember how when the light began to fail of evenings, I often risked punishment by getting up to my window to finish an ess...Stuart Wood [pseud?] Thomas Babbington Macaulay[uknown]Print: Book
1900-1945Second confinement in the Prison at Hull: 'I remember how when the light began to fail of evenings, I often risked punishment by getting up to my window to finish an ess...Stuart Wood [pseud?] Thomas Carlyle[uknown]Print: Book
1900-1945Second confinement in the Prison at Hull: 'To enumerate some of the books I read would be to write a small catalogue; but I covered a fairly wide range in drama, fiction...Stuart Wood [pseud?] [unknown][unknown - various titles]Print: Book


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