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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'January 1. Read W.J.D.'s poems. I feel very near to him in mind.'Katherine Mansfield W.J.D.PoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899"At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ...Louisa Martindale WaddingtonChurch HistoryPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		David Vincent notes how the nineteenth-century handloom weaver Wiliam Farish '"with Walkingham's arithmetic, and a slate and pencil at my side ... used to con over the pr...William Farish Walkinghamarithmetic textbookPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East...: not much of books not connected with India [but included] ... In poetry, ... all Walle...Mountstuart Elphinstone Waller[Poems]Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau to 'Mr Atkinson', 7 November 1847: 'Tomorrow morning I begin upon my (necessary) sketch of the history of Egypt; and in preparation I have been reading ...Harriet Martineau WarburtonunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 31 May 1792: 'You understand music. as I am ignorant of the tune I beg you will practise "Lillabullero" to teach me. You see ...Robert Southey WatsonChemical EssayPrint: Book
1800-1849[Letter from Byron to Annabella Milbanke, Aug 25th 1814]. 'You can hardly have a better modern work than Sismondi's, but he has since published another on the Literature ...George Gordon, Lord Byron Watson[book on Philip of Spain]Print: Book
1800-1849'Continued "Wonders of the human body" and began again Watson's "Intimations and evidences of a future state. Studied lecture.'John Cole WatsonIntimations and evidences of a future statePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon Watts Print: Book
1850-1899'He and I have read the same books, and discuss Chaucer, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Fletcher, Webster, and all the old authors.'Robert Louis Stevenson WebsterunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Novbr. [...] 14th. [...] dress and read Martin Luther with M. G[ambs]. His prayer just before presenting himself before the council at Worms is fine & full of ...Claire Clairmont WernerMartin Luther, oder die Weihe der KraftPrint: Book
1700-1799?The enthusiastic notions which I had imbibed, and the desire I had to be talking about religious mysteries, etc answered one valuable purpose; as it caused me to embrace...James Lackington WesleyHymnsPrint: Book
1700-1799?? for a long time I read ten chapters in the Bible every day, I also read and learned many hymns, and as soon as I could procure some of Mr Wesley?s Tracts, Sermons etc....James Lackington WesleyTracts and SermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the Evening we had Mrs. Lambert, who brought us a Tale, called Edwy & Edilda by the sentimental Clergyman Mr. Whaley, ? & [ital.] unreadably [ital.] soft & tender & ...Frances Burney WhalleyEdwy and Edilda: A Tale in Five PartsPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 23 October 1837: 'I read Whateley's review of Miss Austen. Good, but not particularly striking.'Harriet Martineau WhateleyReview of Jane AustenPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'The study of Metaphysics and Mental Philosophy in general had always been one of the favourite pursuits of George Grote. In the winter of 1829, a small group of studen...George Grote, J. S. Mill, Eyton Tooke, Charles Buller, J. A. Roebuck, G. J. Johnson and others WhatelyworksPrint: Book
1850-1899'Throughout the autumn and winter evenings [of 1854] he [Alfred Tennyson] translated aloud to my mother the sixth Aeneid of Virgil and Homer's description of Hades, and t...Alfred Tennyson WhewellPlurality of WorldsPrint: Book
1850-1899'While out to-night we purchased Whitford's stories of "Under the Dray". There is not much in them but they are decidedly readable & very good for sixpence. Harry commenc...Harry Castieau WhitfordThe Larrikin's StoryPrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, St Winifred's Dale, August 18 1793 'I admire the German you sent me extremely. I have read none since you left me, except two books of Dr Randolph's "Den...Elizabeth Smith WiessenLyrische GedischtePrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'In compliance with your request and my own wishes, I have been and am reading with much attention Mr. Wilberforce's book, a...Mary Berry Wilberforce?Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System...Print: Book


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