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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
 
1700-1799'he [Mr Hale] was a clever man enough too, valued himself on his Literature, and made some pretty verses. as for Example he translated the Arria Pateo well enough'. [a sa...Hester Lynch Thrale William Hale[translation of one of Martial's 'Epigrams']Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'having shewed her [Sophia Streatfield] the other day three Translations of a few Verses written by Voltaire She immediately guessed one of them to be mine, and pitched u...Sophia Streatfield Hester Lynch Thrale[translation of Voltaire's 'A Madame de Chatelet']Print: Book
1700-1799'And here give me Leave to observe, that amongst the Ladies who have taken up the Pen, I never met with but two who deserved the Name of a [italics] Writer [end italics];...Laetitia Pilkington Anne Lefevre Dacier[translations of and notes on Homer]Print: Book
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and SophiaAlexander Pope[translations of Homer and other works]Print: Book
1900-1945'Gilbert Murray & his work was the subject for the evening & a paper was read by H.M. Wallis. This afforded an interesting & useful introduction to the evening's subject ...Elizabeth Marriage Gilbert Murray[translations]Print: Book
1900-1945'Derek Davies could not recall that his mother had ever read a book. His father, a die-caster in an automobile factory, read only local and sports papers and two novels a...Derek Davies [unknown][travel books, including some on Tibet]Print: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham, ['Early Spring 1812']: 'I see no new books except by the merest accident ... The only modern Books that I read are those of travel...William Wordsworth [travel books]Print: Book
1900-1945'The father of Labour politician T. Dan Smith, a Wallsend miner, was facinated by travel books, Twain's Innocents Abroad, Chaliapin, Caruso, and European affairs. But har... [unknown][travel books]Print: Book
1900-1945'I like Travel books - something uplifting - teaches you something. Of course, I like dirty books too....Have you read John Blunt - you ought to - "Mein Kampf". Oh, I lik... unknown[Travel books]Print: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Private in an infantry regiment, formerly a skilled pai...questionaire respondent Fridtjof Nansen[Travels - probably 'Farthest North']Print: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Private in an infantry regiment, formerly a skilled pai...questionaire respondent Robert Falcon Scott[Travels in the Antarctic]Print: Book
1900-1945[analysis of a female respondent in Arnold Freeman's 1918 Sheffield Survey] 'Housewife, age twenty-eight... Has read "David Copperfield", "The Old Curiosity Shop", "Lorna...questionaire respondent David Livingstone[Travels, probably 'Missionary Travels And Researc...Print: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Private in an infantry regiment, formerly a skilled pai...questionaire respondent David Livingstone[Travels: perhaps, 'Missionary Travels And Researc...Print: Book
1800-1849'During the Napoleonic Wars, Scottish cotton-spinner Charles Campbell earned 8s. to 10s. a week, but set aside a few pennies for a subscription library, where he read his...Charles Campbell [travels]Print: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Private in an infantry regiment, formerly a skilled pai...questionaire respondent Matthew Peary[Travels]Print: Book
1800-1849'I like the books which we purchased though the Physiological Botany is rather too minute & supposes the Reader a Learner indeed. The Travels are I think really good & go...George Crabbe [unknown][Travels]Print: Book
1700-1799'He censured a writer of entertaining Travels for assuming a feigned character, saying, (in his sense of the word,) "He carries out one lye; we know not how many he bring...Samuel Johnson John Moore[travels]Print: Book
1900-1945'The treasurers report showing a balance in hand of 19/- was read'Edith Smith Edith Smith[treasurer's report of XII Book Club]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 20. 8. 40
A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
2. The Treasurer ...		Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks[Treasurer’s report to the XII Book Club, August 1...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly...George Smith [unknown][treatises on algebra and geometry]Print: Book


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