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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'Best wishes for the book's career begun yesterday—wasn't it?'Joseph Conrad Richard CurleInto the East: Notes on Burma and MalayaManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Better. Read a bit and smoked a bit. Head still bad. Bed all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Better. Read and wrote and smoked all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Between five & six Polly came down stairs & then I went off to the Athenaeum & read the papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'between reading, chatting and backgammon, we conclude the evening, and usually retire, making the remark, that if we are not regaled by any high-seasoned amusements, we ...Elizabeth Hamilton and her uncle, Mr Marshall [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of wellington said to be written by B.Constant "un heros froid et mediocre [...]" I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ...Benjamin Newton anonLetters written by an eminent persons in the seven...Print: Book
1800-1849'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of Wellington said to be written by B.Constant 'un heros froid et mediocre [...]' I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ...Benjamin Newton John HobhouseThe substance of some lettersPrint: Book
1800-1849'Biographical notices of painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was rather a desultory nature, being fond of variety; accordingly a ...John Cole European, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Birkbeck's second book is not so good as his first. He deceives himself - says he wishes to deceive himself - and is not candid. If a man chuses to say: I will live up t...Sydney Smith Morris BirkbeckNotes on a Journey in America from the Coast of Vi...Print: Book
1800-1849'Birkbeck's second book is not so good as his first. He deceives himself - says he wishes to deceive himself - and is not candid. If a man chuses to say: I will live up t...Sydney Smith Morris BirkbeckLetters from IllinoisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bkft in garden. Elsie read Prayers. Carefully studied newspapers.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknownPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1800-1849'Blackguardly letter in "Art Union", and interesting one in Rippingille's thing, to be answered; the last at great length.'John Ruskin E.V. Rippingille [ed.]Artist's and Amateur's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Blackguardly letter in "Art Union", and interesting one in Rippingille's thing, to be answered; the last at great length.'John Ruskin [unknown]Art UnionPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Blackwood's Magazine for this month has an appreciation of F.M. Kelly's [James Fitzmaurice Kelly 1857-1923] edition of Don Quixote. Very fair. Nothing striking but disti...Joseph Conrad Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Bland — Clinton — a little Herodotus.'William Ewart Gladstone Henry Fynes ClintonFasti hellenici: the civil and literary chronology...Print: Book
1850-1899'Blatchford, once he read it carefully found [Samuel Smiles's Self Help] "one of the most delightful and invigorating books it has been my happy fortune to meet with".'Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford Samuel SmilesSelf HelpPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bn. moved into Left sector. Macleod came back to "details" for a rest, and I went in as a/adjutant. Weather wet and cold. More "Strafes". Spent a very busy three days ...Robert Lindsay Mackay [n/a] [n/a][telegrams, letters, and reports]Manuscript: Letter, Sheet
1800-1849'Boccac[c]io I return! - I have read the introduction and three of the tales which I took by chance from different parts of the book - in the two first my choice was fort...Jane Baillie Welsh Giovanne BoccaccioDecomerone o ver Cento NovellePrint: Book
1900-1945'Bonar Law told him that "his sister had been a very great admirer", but that since this book she had "done with" him.'Miss Law Arnold BennettPretty Lady, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Bonn July 10th 1822. The [Harper?] crossed himself... adapted a popular Rhinish air... Dr Beattie's Tour in 1822'Bowly groupWilliam BeattieJournal of A Residence in Germany... in 1822, 1825Unknown


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