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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
 
1900-1945I am getting hold of a copyist as there are various exciting manuscripts here and I can't deal with all myself. I have nearly finished one and it is full of useful ...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon][unidentified Yemen manuscript]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945I sat on my roof and went on with my manuscripts, distracted by bevies of women wanting medicines for what they call 'wind', i.e. pains from sitting in their perpet...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon][unidentified Yemeni manuscripts]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'[Ethel] Mannin was firmly rooted in the autodidact tradition. In her father's library she enjoyed Gissing and Wells, "Adam Bede" and "The Cloister and the Hearth". A Cla...Ethel Mannin Herbert George Wells[unknownPrint: Book
1850-1899''In the evening went to the Mechanics & poured over the papers. In the Evening Herald there was a paragraph stating "Butler" many years Police Magistrate at Beechworth w...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - comic periodicals]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'In the evening I strolled down to the Mechanics & had a glance at the pictures in the English comic periodicals. The Reading Room was very hot & I could not bring my m...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - comic periodicals]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'went to the Mechanics & turned over some of the "funny" periodicals'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - comic periodicals]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I am very glad you have enjoyed the court of Hayti, much the best part of the book in my opinion. I only barred your reading it out of propriety and for fear the other L...Louisa, Lady Holroyd [unknown][unknown - French? -text featuring travels in Amer...Print: Unknown
1800-1849'I am very glad you have enjoyed the court of Hayti, much the best part of the book in my opinion. I only barred your reading it out of propriety and for fear the other L...Louisa, Lady Stuart [unknown][unknown - French? -text featuring travels in amer...Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Went to the Yorick & read the papers then came home'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the English papers. There were a good many members assembled to do the same thing, it is of course quite the thing that there sho...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers. In the evening read for a while & played a couple of games of cribbage with Dotty'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & read before tea time. In the evening smoked & read until it was time to go to bed'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the evening went to the Athenaeum & read the papers, got home by a little after eight'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'in the evening I went into town, called at the Yorick & looked at the Weeklies'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Mustered in the afternoon & then went to the Yorick where I read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'After Muster I went to the Club & had a look at the Weekly Papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers, in the evening after tea read for a while & then played a game of Bezique with Dotty. Harry read a piece of prose as an...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & read the papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper


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