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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
 
1850-1899'In the evening went for a walk with Polly, called at the Mechanics & got some periodicals, took a turn through the Eastern Market & Bourke Street & then home, read the A...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]AustralasianPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Went to the Mechanics & read the Evening paper, not much news.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the evening went into town & read the papers, there was very little new & the town seemed quiet Bourke Street being I thought remarkably so.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'A leading article appeared in the Argus of this morning lauding the management of Dunedin Gaol & calling attention to a report of the Governer that the Gaol was more tha...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]ArgusPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went in the evening to the Mechanics & read the papers, or rather tried to do so. The Church Assembly was sitting in conference in a room over the Reading Room & the noi...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Mechanics this evening & had a look at the Herald.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Evening HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Mechanics this evening & had a look at the papers, the Philarmonic (sic) people were practising so ready (sic) was not pleasant nor very profitable.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'My letter appeared in the Argus this morning & created quite a flutter.' [letter to the editor in response to the article on the Dunedin Gaol, written 10 Feb]John Buckley Castieau [n/a]ArgusPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the Argus of this morning a Leading Article appeared in which "my taking an erroneous view of the meaning of a previous article" was "readily excused" "in considerati...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]ArgusPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Looked in at the Mechanics & read a little in Punch & the papers, then came back to the Gaol'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Looked in at the Mechanics & read a little in Punch & the papers, then came back to the Gaol'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]PunchPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Went down to the Mechanics Institute this evening, the Library was shut up, found however all the English periodicals on the table of the Reading Room, came home & went ...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][English periodicals]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Went into town in the evening & read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went into town in the evening saw by the Ovens Paper of Thursday that Mrs Zincke gave birth to a little girl on the 21st.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Ovens and Murray AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899' In the evening I went to the Mechanics & read the Evening Paper.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went into town in the evening & read the papers, on my return the girls were very jolly.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the evening went to the Mechanics & read the papers, returned had some beer & went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I went to the Mechanics in the evening & read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went into town in the evening to the Mechanics read the papers came home'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the evening I went to the Mechanics & read the papers, came home after a stroll in Bourke Street'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper


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