√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 22 August 1813, in description of Newstead Abbey: 'I remember, when about fifteen, reading your poems there ... ' George Gordon, Lord Byron Thomas Moore [poems] Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 22 August 1813: 'I hope you are going on with your grand coup - pray do - or that damned Lucien Buonaparte will beat us all. I have seen much of h... George Gordon, Lord Byron Lucien Buonaparte Charlemagne Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 28 August 1813: 'If you want any more books [on the Orient], there is "Castellan's Moeurs des Ottomans," the best compendium of the kind I ever met... George Gordon, Lord Byron A. L. Castellan Moeurs, usages costumes des Othomans, et abrege de... Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 21 September 1813, from Aston Hall, Rotherham (where staying with Sir James Wedderburn Webster): 'There is a delightful epitaph on Voltaire in Gr... George Gordon, Lord Byron Grimm unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron thanks J. Thomson (unidentified) for volume of poems, 27 September 1813: 'I have derived considerable pleasure from ye. perusal of parts of the book - to the whole ... George Gordon, Lord Byron J. Thomson unknown Unknown 1800-1849 September 5 1840. Went this morning to the house in Ship and Anchor court. On the parlour window of the house formerly kept by my father was a bill, 'a first, second and ... Francis Place Print : Advertisement, Handbill, Poster1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 12 October 1813: 'I have received and read the British Review ... ' George Gordon, Lord Byron British Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to Dr Samuel Butler, 20 October 1813: 'The little that I have seen by stealth and accident of Charlemagne quite electrified me.' George Gordon, Lord Byron Lucien Buonaparte Charlemagne Unknown 1800-1849 In postscript to letter written by Byron to John Murray, 3 am [29 November 1813]: 'I have got out of my bed (in which however I could not sleep ... ) & so Good Morning - ... George Gordon, Lord Byron Madame Germaine de Stael-Holstein De l'Allemagne Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, [29 November 1813 (c)]: 'there have been some epigrams on Mr. W[ar]d one I see today - the first I did not see but heard yesterday - the second seem... George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown [epigram on J. W. Ward] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, [29 November 1813 (c)]: 'there have been some epigrams on Mr. W[ar]d one I see today - the first I did not see but heard yesterday... ' George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown [epigram on J. W. Ward] Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to Madame de Stael, 30 November 1813, in praise of her De L'Allemagne: 'few days have passed since its publication without my perusal of many of its pages ... I sho... George Gordon, Lord Byron Madame Germaine de Stael-Holstein De L'Allemagne Print : Book1800-1849 Byron 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 Various Christian Observer Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 8 December 1813: 'I have met with an odd reflection in Grimm ... "Many people have the reputation of being wicked, with whom we should be too happy... George Gordon, Lord Byron Friedrich Melchoir Grimm Correspondance Litteraire Print : Book1800-1849 On my having read some portion of the preceding narrative to Mr Fenn Bookseller at Charing Cross he related circumstances respecting some families in the Strand and its n... Francis Place Francis Place Autobiography Manuscript : unpublished memoirs1800-1849 In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): 'I never in my life read a composition [of his own], save to Hodgson, as he pays me in kind. It is a horrible thing ... George Gordon, Lord Byron George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown Unknown 1800-1849 In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): '... [Madame de Stael] writes octavos, and talks folios. I have read her books - like most of them, and delight in t... George Gordon, Lord Byron Madame Germaine de Stael-Holstein unknown Print : Book1800-1849 In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): 'Read Burns to-day.' George Gordon, Lord Byron Robert Burns unknown Unknown 1800-1849 In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 17 November 1813: 'I wish I could settle to reading again, - my life is monotonous, and yet desultory. I take up boo... George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown [books] Print : Book1800-1849 In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 17 November 1813, on his and Lady Oxford's shared enthusiasm for Lucretius: '[Lady Oxford] is an adept in the text of... Lady Oxford Lucretius unknown Print : Book
