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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849From George Grote's diary, kept for his fiancee Harriet Lewin (1819): 'Between 4 and 5 read Mr. Galton's "Chart on the Late Depreciation of Bank Notes" [...] During ...George Grote GaltonChart on the Late Depreciation of Bank NotesPrint: Unknown
1600-1699At meeting of new representative assembly for colony of Virginia in 1619, 'The man appointed speaker, John Pory, a veteran of the House of Commons, began the meeting by r...John Pory AnonCharter of Virginia AssemblyUnknown
1800-1849'"Chartism" gave me more pleasure and less pain than I expected: but the more I think it over the worse it looks. There is a fine sympathy with the many at the bottom; bu...Harriet Martineau Thomas CarlyleChartismPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been reading Carlyle, like all the rest of the world. He has been writing a sort of pamphlet on the state of England called ''Chartism.'' It is full of compassion...Emma Darwin Thomas CarlyleChartismPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Pouring wet day, so I read the Chartreuse de Parme, and revelled in it.'James Lees-Milne Stendhal (pseud.)Chartreuse de Parme
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Fine writing and realism were what John Masefield was after in prose. In poetry, it was the upsurge of feeling and rhythm first released by Swinburne. Masefield wrote in...John Masefield Algernon Charles SwinburneChastelardPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have bought Sainte-Beuve's Chateaubriand and am immensely delighted with the critic.'Robert Louis Stevenson Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveChateaubriand et son groupe litteraire sous l'Empi...Print: Book
1850-1899'I had all the youngsters in my own charge. We got on however capitally for I found a nice story in Chatterbox which I read much to the edification of us all & after that...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]ChatterboxPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Children's Papers could lead readers to great literature in more direct ways. As Willis noted, "Union Jack" serialised abridgements of Walter Scott novels, with more sen...Frederick Willis n/aChatterbox Christmas AnnualPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'In his copy of Vigny's "Chatterton" he marked the sentence, "En toi la reverie continuelle a tue l'action", and in Renan he marked a comment that the Celts knew how to p...Wilfred Owen Alfred de VignyChattertonPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tuesday 14th December. ?Cheap Jack Zita? (Baring Gould)'. Gerald Moore Sabine Baring-GouldCheap Jack ZitaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer ... liked to get away from political anxieties by devouring what he called "shilling shockers": adventure stories, American...Lloyd George cheap popular fictionPrint: Book
1800-1849'From The Cheltenham Chronicle of 11 Oct 1832 on the Death of Sir Walter Scott' ...'Harp of the North! the mighty hand /...[transcript of text].Deveraux Bowly Cheltenham ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'To the Great Pyramid' 'Mountain of art!... [transcript of text] 'From the [Cheltenham] Chronicle Feb 7th 1833'Emma Bowly Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucester AdvertiserPrint: Serial / periodical
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
1700-1799'He talked little to us in the carriage, being chiefly occupied in reading Dr. Watson's second volume of "Chemical Essays", which he liked very well, and his own "Prince ...Samuel Johnson Richard WatsonChemical EssaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, c.September 1835: 'I have been reading the Bridgewater treatises, -- and am now trying to understand Prout upon chemistry.' Elizabeth Barrett William ProutChemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digest...Print: Book
1900-1945Barrès is all right sometimes. The 'Jardin de Bérénice' is his best work. You ought to read Charles Louis Philippe’s 'Bubu de Montparnasse'. And Roger Martin du Gard’s...Arnold Bennett Colette ChériPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 16 May 1839: 'I am glad you have looked at Cheveley. [italics]Now[end italics] I can confess with one blush less that I hav...Elizabeth Barrett Rosina, Lady Bulwer-LyttonCheveley, or the Man of HonourPrint: Book
1700-1799'the Story of Elmerick in Lillo's Play seems taken from the Conte d'Andre & Gertrude in the Chevreana, but perhaps Lillo never saw it there - the Charge of Plagiarism sho...Hester Lynch Thrale Chevræana, ou Diverses Pensées Print: Book


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