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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'J.J. Cooper introduced the subject of the Brontes with some excellent biographical notes & readings were given from the sisters' works by S.A. Reynolds, H.M. Wallis. C.I...Helen Rawlings Bronte Print: Book
1900-1945'J.J. Cooper introduced the subject of the Brontes with some excellent biographical notes & readings were given from the sisters' works by S.A. Reynolds, H.M. Wallis. C.I...Janet Rawlings Bronte Print: Book
1900-1945'15th March 1929 Miss M?ndel and I inspect my little library. We read some Brooks, Kipling, Holmes, Artemus Ward, de Quincey -- in short, a browse. We looked at ?...Gerald Moore BrooksunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I did not go out again but passed the time away in reading, amused the youngsters with some stories from Grimms Goblins a book I brought a few nights since.'John Buckley Castieau Brothers Grimm[fairy tales]Print: Book
1850-1899'After tea I read some goblin stories to the youngsters, then I went to the Mechanics & read the papers. "Touchstone" has come to life again. The first number of the ne...John Buckley Castieau Brothers Grimm[fairy tales]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening after tea I read a fairy tale to the Youngsters then went to the Mechanics & had a look at the Papers.'John Buckley Castieau Brothers Grimm[fairy tales]Print: Book
1850-1899'After tea I read a fairy tale to the youngsters & then went to the Mechanics & read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau Brothers Grimm[fairy tales]Print: Book
1850-1899'Dotty's two little girls are on a visit to us they came either yesterday or on the day previous. This evening I read them a fairy tale & they seemed very much delighted...John Buckley Castieau Brothers Grimm[fairy tales]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the afternoon I read a story out of Grimm's Goblins to the little girls & after Muster as the weather was wet I stayed at home & read ... In the evening I went to the...John Buckley Castieau Brothers Grimm[fairy tales]Print: Book
1850-1899'Mustered this afternoon, then sat & read till tea time. After tea had more than an hour with the youngsters reading to them from Grimm's Goblins.'John Buckley Castieau Brothers Grimm[fairy tales]Print: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Edminson then read an appreciative article on the life and letters of J.S. [?] Brown which was much appreciated'.Elizabeth Edminson Brown[letters of [?] J.S. Brown]Print: Book
1850-1899'We are in the far west. The journey North was a long one – from 9 am till 6.30 I had a Browning & Thackeray, a Criminal Digest & some need to work to occupy me & so t...Cornelia Sorabji BrowningunknownPrint: Book
1500-1599'In ["Ciceronianus" (published 1577; delivered c.1575)] [...] Harvey says he has been for nearly twenty weeks in his Tusculan villa, i.e. at his father's house in Saffron...Gabriel Harvey BuchananunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Arthur Hallam to Alfred Tennyson from Forest House, Leyton, Essex, 4 October 1830: 'I am living here in a very pleasant place, an old country mansion, in the depths of...Arthur Hallam BuhlePhilosophie ModernePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Benjamin Jowett to Alfred Tennyson [1858]: 'I have great pleasure in sending some books which I hope you will accept, the best books in the world (except the Bible), H...Benjamin Jowett Bunsenwork on BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell, on visits to her uncle Edwards (a barrister)'s library in his home at Binstead: 'My first sight of German letters, and my first wish to know t...Elizabeth Sewell BurgerLenorePrint: Book
1800-1849'I also sent for Bishop Watson's Apology for the Bible, in Letters to T. Paine; Bishop Porteus's Compendium of the Evidences of Christianity, Butler's Divine Analogy, Pal...James Lackington BurgesThe Progress of Pilgrim Good-IntentPrint: Book
1900-1945Describes studies in order to become an imposter - way of making a living 'Works of reference in public libraries furnished me with whatever data I required about partic...Stuart Wood [pseud?] BurkePeeragePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read again Burlamacchi's Life of Savonarola'.George Eliot BurlamacchiLife of SavonarolaPrint: Book
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...George Burrow Burrow[poems]Print: Book


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