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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'Enjoyed Bees in Amber.'Albert Ruskin Cook John Oxenham (pseud.)Bees in Amber: A Little Book of Thoughtful VersePrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Enjoyed Ps 39.'Albert Ruskin Cook [n/a] [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1900-1945'Enjoyed reading war news and papers.'Albert Ruskin Cook unknownunknownPrint: NewspaperManuscript: Telegraph cable
1800-1849'entertained me much, though they would probably have not so much interest out of this family, to which so many of them relate. My father is much annoyed at having so man...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth George SelwynCorrespondencePrint: Book
1800-1849'Epitaph' 'Part of an inscription for amonument to be erected/by a gentleman to the memory of his lady' 'Farewell my best beloved! Whose heavenly mind...'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxJames BeattieEpitaph OR [Poems on Several Occasions]Unknown
1850-1899'Eric, - oh my dear Harrie I have always been meaning to read it,& never have. You see I was out of the house at Heidelberg when Marianne & Julia read it'.Marianne and Julia GaskellFrederick William FarrerEricPrint: Book
1900-1945'Erich had a little book which he greatly valued. In order to cheer my captivity he showed this book to me. When I saw the way Erich used to linger over its pages at nigh...Desmond Malone unknown unknown[German pornography]Print: Book
1850-1899'Especially effective [at transmitting conservative values to the working classes] were the pious works of Hesba Stretton, Mrs O.F. Walton, and Amy Le Feuvre, stories ...children and mothersHesba StrettonJessica's First PrayerPrint: Book
1850-1899'Especially effective [at transmitting conservative values to the working classes] were the pious works of Hesba Stretton, Mrs O.F. Walton, and Amy Le Feuvre, stories wi...children and mothersMrs O.F. WaltonChristie's Old OrganPrint: Book
1850-1899'Essay on Addison'Sarah Good Thomas Babington MacaulayEssay on AddisonPrint: Book
1850-1899'Essays on Pitt, E. [sic] of Chatham'Sarah Good Thomas Babington MacaulayEssays on William Pitt, Earl of ChathamPrint: Book
1900-1945'Essays were then read. The Secretary does not feel able to do more than indicate the general nature of these essays. 1. Read by R.H. Robson. An essay written by H.M.W. ...Reginald Robson Henry Marriage Wallis[paper on an altar stone found near Carthage]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Essays were then read. The Secretary does not feel able to do more than indicate the general nature of these essays. 1. Read by R.H. Robson. An essay written by H.M.W. ...Elizabeth Ann Smith Elizabeth Ann Smith[paper on the mind and its training]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Essays were then read. The Secretary does not feel able to do more than indicate the general nature of these essays. 1. Read by R.H. Robson. An essay written by H.M.W. ...Charles Stansfield Reginald Robson[paper on political situation]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Essays were then read. The Secretary does not feel able to do more than indicate the general nature of these essays. 1. Read by R.H. Robson. An essay written by H.M.W. ...Ernest E. Unwin Ernest E. Unwin[essay on 'The Humours of Man']Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Ethel Mannin was an exceptionally liberated letter-sorter's daughter, an early reader of Freud who made something of a career championing sexual freedom in the popular p...Ethel Mannin [unknown][home medical books]Print: Book
1900-1945'Ethel Mannin was an exceptionally liberated letter-sorter's daughter, an early reader of Freud who made something of a career championing sexual freedom in the popular p...Ethel Mannin Sigmund Freud[unknown-works]Print: Book
1900-1945'Ethel Mannin was an exceptionally liberated letter-sorter's daughter, an early reader of Freud who made something of a career championing sexual freedom in the popular p...Ethel Mannin n/a[encyclopaedias]Print: Book
1900-1945'Ethel Mannin was an exceptionally liberated letter-sorter's daughter, an early reader of Freud who made something of a career championing sexual freedom in the popular p...Ethel Mannin n/aSong of SolomonPrint: Book
1900-1945'Ethel Mannin was an exceptionally liberated letter-sorter's daughter, an early reader of Freud who made something of a career championing sexual freedom in the popular p...Ethel Mannin n/aGenesis (story of Jacob and Esau)Print: Book


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