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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
 
1800-1849My taste for light reading was diminished, yet works of fiction were not all abandoned. The beautiful productions of Miss Edgeworth's pen were fascinating, and there were...Anne Lutton [old-school novels]Print: Book
1800-1849My father's large bookcase was stuffed with odd volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine and other miscellaneous matters. Anacharsis' 'travels in Greece', Robertson's 'America...Anne Lutton The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849My brother and I rose in the mornings about four o'clock, to pray with each other and read the Scriptures; and oh what a power was at work in our hearts!Anne Lutton 'Scriptures'Print: Book
My brother and I rose in the mornings about four o'clock, to pray with each other and read the Scriptures; and oh what a power was at work in our hearts! 'Scriptures'Print: Book
1800-1849To our young ploughman, who, when I went to him where he was digging in atrench at the foot of the lawn, read the resolutions over carefully, then most reverently uncover...A Young Ploughman [series of 'Resolutions' in manuscript, drawn up bManuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'I think the praise of the "Saturday Review" and the "Times" - evidently both are much dissatisfied with the book [George Eliot's "Felix Holt"] and neither daring to say ...Margaret Oliphant Review of 'Felix Holt the Radical'Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I think the praise of the "Saturday Review" and the "Times" - evidently both are much dissatisfied with the book [George Eliot's "Felix Holt"] and neither daring to say ...Margaret Oliphant Review of 'Felix Holt the Radical'Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Only yesterday morning he [Cyril Oliphant] was well enough to read out to me [Francis Oliphant] a little notice of his De Musset which appeared in Willie Tulloch's littl...Cyril Oliphant Notice of Cyril Oliphant's 'De Musset'Print: Advertisement, Newspaper
1850-1899'Did you ever come across the "Illustrated Naval & Military Mag."? Genl. Sale-Hill, in the July no. of that periodical, controverts some statements made in "Broadfoot's ...S.P. Oliver Illustrated Naval and Military MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Dear Mr Blackwood, I see in "The Times" that you were present at the dinner of the Royal Literary Fund." The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I have been reading with interest today the last article in the current number of "Blackwood", entitled "The Two Blights in Ireland". But may I be allowed to point out ...P.L. Park 'The Two Blights in Ireland', Blackwood's Magazine...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Annotation]: Beside the printed words 'Just Publish'd', Peter Cunningham has added '(1744)' and [? - semi-legible - 'To Night 6' followed by [legible] '& Night-Thoughts...Peter Cunningham A Collection of Fifty Old PlaysPrint: Advertisement
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Annotations]: Just above the printed words 'A Proposal' Peter Cunningham has added [semi-legible] 'as such of Night' and [legible] '4. Of Young's Night Thoughts 1743'.Peter Cunningham 'A Proposal' [for subscribers to a volume of colle...Print: Advertisement
[Annotation NOT in Cunningham's hand (unidentified, but the same as that on MS about Tonson)]: Top LH corner, in pencil, 'Dodsley', underlined.Anon A ProposalPrint: Advertisement
1800-1849'I presented my manuscript [of her novel, "The Miser Married"] to Mr. Orme. In two days it was accepted, and I agreed to take half the profits. "Now", said Mr Orme, "I ...Catherine Hutton Review of The Miser MarriedManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'I presented my manuscript [of her novel, "The Miser Married"] to Mr. Orme. In two days it was accepted, and I agreed to take half the profits. "Now", said Mr Orme, "I ...Catherine Hutton Review of The Miser MarriedManuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'[Wilfrid] Meynell told [Wilfrid] Blunt that, as their train passed through the countryside [on way to visiting Blunt], [Francis] Thompson ignored the scenery and was "wh...Francis Thompson The GlobePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I think the enclosed is worth your notice. On making a search, there is no "enclosure". But the International Express Train Service Co, who have an office in Cockspur...R.E. Prothero International Express Train Co monthly guidePrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'The last Quarterly contained a dishonest and offensive attack upon me by an American journalist, whom I dimly remember as an employe of Blorrity years ago when I refused...J.E.C. Bodley Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I see that a new volume of the Dizzy life is announced.'Algernon Cecil Advertisement of book on Disraeli's Life in the Qu...Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical


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