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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'He returned to London to . . . Somerset Maugham's "Cakes and Ale", which he admired . . .'Arnold Bennett W Somerset MaughamCakes and AlePrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] W Thomson[essay in Revue des Cours]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Read W Trimmer's Sacred History.'John Cole W TrimmerSacred HistoryPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been working with Shakespeare (a very good book) with an occasional dip into Aiken, and my B flats and Bs really do sound like them now, although I still get stif...Peter Pears W A AikenThe Voice: An Introduction to Practical PhonologyPrint: BookManuscript: Letter
1850-1899"And that reminds me that the last Contemporary is worth looking at, not only for Gladstone's twaddle about Ritualism, wh. has sold ten editions of the number, twaddle th...Leslie Stephen W E GladstoneRitualism and RitualPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899"I have hardly read a book except for strictly professional purposes for 3 months & more. One of the few I have read is Dixon's New America. I should like to know what yo...Leslie Stephen W Hepworth DixonNew AmericaPrint: Book
1850-1899George Grote to John Stuart Mill (October 1857): 'I have looked at W. Humboldt's book: it is written in a very excellent spirit, and deserves every mark of esteem fo...George Grote W. Humboldt Print: Book
1800-1849'Read a little of the life of Baxter; very interesting, and apparently deserving Coleridge's recommendation. Dreadful picture of the state of the church at that time - pl...John Ruskin W. OrmeLife and Times of Richard BaxterPrint: Book
1800-1849'Note Baxter's opinion in describing George Lawson: "the ablest man of them all, or of almost any I know in England, especially by the advantage of his age and very hard ...John Ruskin W. OrmeLife and Times of Richard BaxterPrint: Book
1900-1945'I return "The Moon and Sixpence" and your criticism. I agree with your criticism but I do not think that you have laid sufficient [? stress] on the positive qualities o...Arnold Bennett W. Somerset MaughamThe Moon and SixpencePrint: Book
1900-1945 In the main, the reviews of I.P. [Imperial Palace] have been excellent. But it is curious that 2 out of 3 of Max’s papers were excessively rude about it, the third (Sun...Arnold Bennett W. Somerset MaughamCakes and AlePrint: Book
1850-1899Lord Lyndhurst to Lord Strangford [1854]: 'I never hear Disraeli speak in any way unfriendly of [John Wilson] Croker, and was very much surprised and annoyed when I re...Lord Lyndhurst W. Vernon-Harcourtpamphlet attacking Lord DerbyPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'The Club then listened to a variety of readings from modern poets as follows: A Rawlings Extracts from "The Art of Poetry" T.C. Eliott from Chesterton's "Lepanto" M...Mary Pollard W. Watson'Lakeland'Print: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for the press cuttings. The accident on board that ship was an extraordinary one.'Joseph Conrad W. A. H. MullA True Story: Loss and Record of the Wreck of the ...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899James Martineau to Hallam Tennyson (1893), recalling meetings of the Metaphysical Society: 'I remember a special interest shown by your father in a paper contributed b...W. B. Carpenter W. B. Carpenter'The commonsense philosophy of Causation'Unknown
1900-1945'Very stuffy and hot though the temp. only 83. Played Bridge with Mrs Foster and Mr Grier and read Worsfeld's [sic] book on Java.' Gertrude Bell W. Basil WorsfoldA visit to Java: with an account of the founding o...Print: Book
1800-1849Lord Mahon to John Murray, 7 December 1840: 'Mr. Gladstone's volume has of late engaged much of my attention. It is difficult to feel quite free from partiality wher...Lord Mahon W. E. GladstoneChurch and StatePrint: Book
1900-1945'To console myself, I concluded, I had been re-reading one of our favourite fragments from W. E. Henley's "Bric-a-Brac":Vera Brittain W. E. HenleyBric-a-BracPrint: Book
1900-1945[Following notes on 'squabble' between SS. Jerome and Augustine] 'Extracted from ch. iv of Lecky's "Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne", interesting, ill-indexed, str...Edward Morgan Forster W. E. H. LeckyHistory of European Morals from Augustus to Charle...Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue: 23.6.36
    Francis E Pollard in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and, with the addition of No. 7, ap...		Reginald H. Robson W. H. Auden[unidentified poems]Print: Book


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