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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Byron to Lord Holland, 14 October 1812, on looking out for reports of his Drury Lane Theatre address: 'I have seen no paper but [James] Perry's [Morning Chronicle] and tw...George Gordon, Lord Byron various[Sunday papers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Byron to Lady Melbourne, 17 October 1812, on reports of his Drury Lane Theatre address: '... my address has been ... mauled (I see) in the newspapers ... 'George Gordon, Lord Byron various[newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 22 August 1813: 'In a "mail-coach" copy of the Edinburgh, I perceive the Giaour is 2d article.'George Gordon, Lord Byron VariousEdinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Byron to Zachary Macaulay (editor of the Christian Observer), 3 December 1813: 'Sir / - I have just finished the perusal of an article in the "Christian Observer" on ye. ...George Gordon, Lord Byron VariousChristian ObserverPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 22 November 1813: 'I remember the effect of the first Edinburgh Review [containing negative review of his work] on me...George Gordon, Lord Byron VariousEdinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), ?27 November 1813: "Redde the Edinburgh Review of Rogers [with himself and other contemporary authors also discussed]...George Gordon Lord Byron VariousThe Edinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 10 January 1821: 'Midnight. I have been turning over different Lives of the Poets.'George Gordon Lord Byron variousLives of poetsPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Whatever little agues beset [Hugh] Walpole, there was always a cure in Scott: a cold would send him to bed, where he would happily read the Abbotsford Correspondence or ...Hugh Walpole variousThe Abbotsford CorrespondencePrint: BookUnknown
1850-1899'Is not your countryman Grant White a terrible bore? The question is prompted by the fact of me having just read a review of him in the Saturday. But my opinion is not fo...Leslie Stephen VariousSaturday ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The statement wh. I transmitted to you about Cortes was the vaguest but I will see if I can find out anything from my friend, whom I expect to see again. The general eff...Leslie Stephen VariousSaturday Review, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'6/11/1830 - I have just read the speeches of our Parliament in the Journal des Debats. How entirely I agree with Lord Grey; but the bare possibility of war with France i...Amelia Opie VariousJournal des DebatsPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849 'After an arduous str[uggle] with sundry historians of grea[t and] small renown I sit down to answer the much-valued epistle of my friend. Doubtless you are disposed to...Thomas Carlyle various[histories]Print: BookManuscript: Letter
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Anna Larpent's diary mentions over 440 titles, including forty-six English novels (She preferred those by women or works of sentimental fiction); twenty-two French works...Anna Larpent variousvariousPrint: Book
1850-1899'Bad headache. A regularly wet morning. Read the Athenaeum and Leader and finished Iphigenia'.George Eliot [pseud] variousThe LeaderPrint: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Bad headache. A regularly wet morning. Read the Athenaeum and Leader and finished Iphigenia'.George Eliot [pseud] variousAthenaeumPrint: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have continued reading Milne-Edwards aloud, and have also read Harriet Martineau's article on Missions in the "Westminster", and one or two articles in the "National"....George Eliot (pseud) various[articles in the National]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to the Earl of Lovelace, 14 January 1906, thanking him for a copy of "Astarte", Lovelace's account of his grandparents Lord and Lady Byron's marriage: 'I am g...Henry James variousByron family papersManuscript: Unknown
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1850-1899		Henry James to Elizabeth Jordan, 3 May 1907, in response to her question about his favourite fairy stories when a child (part of research for her 1907 book on the favouri...Henry James various[unidentified book of fairy stories]Print: Book
1800-1849'After an interval of 5 hours, spent in reading the Edinr Review and excecuting various commissions, I resume my lucubrations. the unhappy carrier is not come.'Thomas Carlyle VariousEdinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Mary Howitt?s last translation from Frederika Bremer?s Swedish "The Home" charms me even more than "The Neighbours" did. The Athenaeum compares these books to Miss Aust...Elizabeth Barrett variousAthenaeumPrint: Serial / periodical


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