√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley]... Mary Godwin Thomas Holcroft Adventures of Hugh Trevor, The 1900-1945 [List of books read in 1945]:
'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in... Hilary Spalding J. Patterson Milne Adventures of Jig and Co Print : Book1700-1799 'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that her father wrote the first two volumes: and in anothe... Samuel Johnson Delarivier Manley Adventures of Rivella, or the History of the Autho... Print : Book1800-1849 'read Somnium Scipionis & Roderick Random' Mary Shelley Tobias Smollett Adventures of Roderick Random Print : Book1800-1849 'finish Roderick Random' Mary Shelley Tobias Smollett Adventures of Roderick Random Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Fielding's Amelia - Sir Launcelot Greaves. a little of Tacitus - Twopenny post bag.' Mary Shelley Tobias Smollett Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves, The Print : Book1900-1945 In Diary of Virginia Woolf, facing page on which entry for 20 August 1932 and beginning of entry for 2 September written:
'Reading this August:
Souvenirs de Tocquev... Virginia Woolf Douglas Ainslie Adventures Social and Literary Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 7 August 1821: 'I have just been turning over the homicide review of J. Keats ...' George Gordon Lord Byron John Wilson Croker Adverse review of John Keats, Endymion Print : Serial / periodicalManuscript : Letter1800-1849 'These drawings were placed on the hands of Mr C J Smith, with whom I had become acquainted through an advertisement.' John Cole J Smith advertisement Print : Advertisement1850-1899 'I can?t be more satisfactory [= about his travel plans]. I think I must be a relative of a man who advertises near here "[italics] D.V. Thomas [end italics], Purveyor of... Robert Louis Stevenson D.V. Thomas advertisement Unknown Byron to Bryan Waller Procter, 1822, regarding Procter's drama Mirandola: ' ... "Mirandola" [was] not announced till the winter following [summer 1820]. The first time I ... George Gordon Lord Byron advertisement for "Mirandola" Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 8 February 1847:
'I see by the "Siecle" that Balzac's works are coming out in a complete edition arranged by
hims... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Advertisement for edition of Honore de Balzac, Com... Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1900-1945 'Some time ago I was convinced (I think through reading advertisements) that it was almost as rich in vitamins as butter. Then a friend whose opinion are usually sound to... Advertisement for margarine Print : Advertisement1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 24 December 1844:
'I observe an advertisement of [Charles Cowden Clarke's] wife's concordance.' Elizabeth Barrett advertisement for Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, The... Print : Advertisement, Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 12 June 1813: 'In yesterday's paper immediately under an advertisement on "Strictures in the Urethra" I see most appropriately consequent - a poem w... George Gordon, Lord Byron anon advertisement for Modern Poets; a Dialogue in Vers... Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 'This new edition of "Our Village" I have been coveting ever since I saw the advertisement of it, and I will tell you why. It is one of those cheerful, spirited works, fu... Mary Howitt Advertisement for new edition of Mary Russell Mitf... Print : Advertisement1800-1849 'P.S. - I have seen no public notice of your book, except the advertisement a fortnight since.' Eleanor Anne Franklin Advertisement for Our Village: Sketches of Rural C... Print : Advertisement1800-1849 Felicity Browne, mother of Felicia Browne, to Matthew Nicholson, 7 February 1812: 'I saw in the paper some time ago, that two thousand pounds would be given for the best ... Felicity Browne advertisement for poetry translation competition Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 22 July 1816, on advertisement falsely ascribing authorship of various poems to him: 'I enclose you an advertisement -- which was copied by Dr. P[ol... John Polidori advertisement for publications Print : Advertisement1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, c.26 February 1838:
'I saw the following advertisement in the Athenaeum of Saturday, & believing that it may interest you, do no... Elizabeth Barrett advertisement for rare antique Bible Print : Advertisement, Serial / periodical
