√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 Lord Francis Jeffrey to Mary Berry, 23 April 1842 (in letter begun 22 April): 'I still read a good deal [...] I have just finished the last number of the "Edinburgh Revie... Lord Francis Jeffrey Thomas Babington Macaulay article on Frederick of Prussia Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 George Grote to Harriet Grote (wife), 14 October 1853:
'I immediately sent for the "Edinburgh Review," and have read [italics]the[end italics] article
with much sati... George Grote John Stuart Mill Article on George Grote's History of Greece Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'In the course of the summer of this year [1856] an article appeared in the pages of the
"Quarterly Review," upon Mr. Grote's "History of Greece," taken collectively as... George Grote William Smith Article on George Grote's History of Greece Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Harriet Martineau, Journal, 15 January 1838: 'Probably the greatest day of my year. While I was reading one article in the twenty-first volume of the Quarterly, on Greek ... Harriet Martineau Article on Grecian philosophy Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 George Grote to 'Mr Bain,' 4 Septemberr 1868:
'In coming down here [Long Bennington] yesterday, I read the September number of the "Fortnightly," seeing by the adverti... George Grote article on John Wilkes Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 From Hallam Tennyson's accounts of 'Last Talks' with his father:
'While reading an article in the Spectator on blank verse, he observed: "I have been reading in the Sp... Alfred Tennyson article on Keats and Wordsworth Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 The Rev. P. Elmsley to John Murray (1815), regarding the Quarterly Review:
'I think you have not been very brilliant of late. I must say there is as great a difference... Rev. P. Elmsley article on King of Saxony Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 [following journal entry for 19 February 1889]
'That evening [Lady Charlotte Schreiber's] youngest daughter, Blanche, dined and read to her the article on Lord Beacons... Blanche Countess of Bessborough Henry Layard article on Lord Beaconsfield Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Lord Mahon to John Murray, 11 December 1836:
'I am much obliged to you for the early copy of the [Quarterly] Review which I am reading
with great pleasure. The artic... Lord Mahon Lockhart article on Lord Mahon Print : Serial / periodical, 'early copy'1850-1899 'Lady Charlotte stopped a few days with friends near Winchester, and while there her husband read in The Times
'"[...] of a wonderful discovery in the manufacture of i... Charles Schreiber article on new method of iron production Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Lord George Bentinck to John Wilson Croker, 30 June 1847:
'I have read your article in the Quarterly and think it quite admirable -- a complete stunner for the Peel pa... Lord George Bentinck John Wilson Croker article on Parliament and Irish Catholics Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 S. T. Coleridge to John Murray, 26 March 1817:
'I read Southey's article [...] It is, in my judgement, a very masterly article.'
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert Southey article on Parliamentary Reform Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 [Following notes on life and thought of Pelagius] 'From a good article in the Biographie Universelle.' Edward Morgan Forster Michaud article on Pelagius Print : Book1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 January 1845: 'I have seen a page of the Lancet (which Nelly Bordman sent me), with extracts from the abominable "case". It ... Elizabeth Barrett unknown article on reported cure by mesmerism of Harriet M... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 John Wilson Croker to Sir Robert Peel, 7 October 1835:
'I am glad you like Robespierre. It is only an essay, which you put me upon, and which I wrote at the seaside wi... Sir Robert Peel John Wilson Croker article on Robespierre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 29 May 1843:
'By the way [...] I have been reading you in the Illuminated Magazine.'
Elizabeth Barrett Richard Hengist Horne article on Royal Commission on Children's Employme... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Harriet Martineau, Journal, 24 September 1837: '[italics]Evening[end italics] Read [...] to my mother [...] my Sedgwick article, which she likes.' Harriet Martineau Harriet Martineau article on Sedgwick Unknown 1900-1945 'I think the article on Sir John Gorst is able & shows a sufficient grasp of the subject; the tone of it also seems to me to be right . . . . As it stands, I think littl... Arnold Bennett Thomas Lloyd Humberstone article on Sir John Gorst Manuscript : Sheet1850-1899 'Have you read (Dilke's?) notice in the "Athenaeum", this day, on Sir Stafford Northcote? Andrew Lang had a most difficult task to fulfil. The judicious curtailment and... S.P. Oliver Dilke Article on Sir Stafford Northcote in the Athenaeum Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'As I am writing to you, it wd, I feel, be disingenuous in me if I did not tell you how fully I share the surprise and regret which some at least whose opinion you would,... J.C. Collins Article on Stephen Phillips in the Quarterly Revie... Print : Serial / periodical
