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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
 
1900-1945'I am disgusted with myself for letting so long a time pass before thanking you for the Gissing book ["The House of Cobwebs and other stories"], as I suppose it was...William Henry Hudson George GissingThe House of Cobwebs and Other StoriesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am disgusted with myself for letting so long a time pass before thanking you for the Gissing book ["The House of Cobwebs and other stories"], as I suppose it was...William Henry Hudson George GissingThe Private Papers of Henry RyecroftPrint: Book
1900-1945'‘We were going to congratulate you on Tuesday after the play ["The Silver Box" 25 Sept 1906] but we saw you shut in by such a vast throng of eager friends tha...William Henry Hudson William Archer[review]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Very many thanks for the book ["The Country House"] and its dedication—it makes me very proud. I received it on Friday and began reading it straight off, but it wa...William Henry Hudson John GalsworthyThe Country HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'Many thanks for your Hill book. ["On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills"] I had meant to thank you verbally on the evening of your annual meeting last Friday but it cam...William Henry Hudson Henry SaltOn Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills: Pilgrimages to Sno...Print: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending the Fortnightly Leaflet with your history of the robin. It is a charming paper—written charmingly and very interesting.’William Henry Hudson Ethel WilliamsFortnightly LeafletPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'I owe you my best thanks for the gift of Mrs Cornford’s book of poems which I am delighted to have. I have been away in Wiltshire or would have thanked you sooner....William Henry Hudson Frances Crofts CornfordPoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945 'I owe you my best thanks for the gift of Mrs Cornford’s book of poems which I am delighted to have. I have been away in Wiltshire or would have thanked you soo...William Henry Hudson [n/a] [n/a]Morning PostPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Many thanks for your new book: I see that there are many things that I have read before, and shall be glad to read again in book form. Last evening I read your poi...William Henry Hudson John GalsworthyA MotleyPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Many thanks for your new book: I see that there are many things that I have read before, and shall be glad to read again in book form. Last evening I read your poi...William Henry Hudson John Galsworthy[article in 'The Nation']Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Tell Sylvia that when I came back [from Norfolk a week before] I read the rest of "Uncle Paul’s Education" and that though there are beautiful things in it and a b...William Henry Hudson Algernon BlackwoodThe Education of Uncle PaulPrint: Book
1900-1945'I’ve read nothing but poetry since I saw you, except one novel, a curious rough sort of book called "Fortuna Chance" by James Prior, the scene laid in Sherwood Fo...William Henry Hudson James PriorFortuna ChancePrint: Book
1900-1945'I've been frightfully lazy today: it's been too hot to do anything. Pater was a gem: he brought my breakfast up about 9.30 and I didn't get up until eleven. I read...Dora Willatt Ian HayGetting TogetherPrint: Book
1900-1945'I should like to have three more copies of the poem, if you will kindly send them. I give sparingly—to those only who are able to appreciate good poetry, and you ...William Henry Hudson Lascelles AbercrombieThe Sale of Saint Thomas [The First Act of a Play ...Print: Book
1900-1945I am just now reading Benson's life of Queen Victoria and can't help feeling that if we had old Lord Palmerston now he would probably close the canal and have done ...Freya Stark E. F. BensonQueen VictoriaPrint: Book
1900-1945I am so delighted to have 'The Seven Pillars'. I read the poem again, which I liked, and am keeping the rest for a little as all the household here are enjoying the...Freya Stark Thomas Edward LawrenceSeven Pillars of WisdomPrint: Book
1900-1945I am reading 'The Seven Pillars'. The chapter about the Arab character is very true and finely put.Freya Stark Thomas Edward LawrenceSeven Pillars of WisdomPrint: Book
1900-1945I have just done a review of a charming book on the Libyan desert by a man called Bagnold who first proved that one can motor up sand dunes. Did you know the Libyan...Freya Stark Ralph A. BagnoldLibyan Sands: Travel in a Dead WorldPrint: Book
1900-1945I have been for two motor drives, so you see I am getting on: and I am reading a book called 'Tadpoles and God' which pleases me by talking of Mr Wells who 'in his ...Freya Stark Laurence Oliver BrownTadpoles and GodPrint: Book
1900-1945'I enjoyed your tales, the uneasy ones ["Tales of the Uneasy"]—nasty on any night before going to bed. I wonder which famous case you were thinking of when y...William Henry Hudson Violet HuntTales of the UneasyPrint: Book


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