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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'Britain was a mainly urban society...and soon an expanding range of sexual literature became available in the cities. Mark Grossek, the son of a Jewish immigrant tailor ...Mark Grossek Richard QuainDictionary of MedicinePrint: Book
1900-1945'The [reference room of the public library] was almost airless, catarrhal from the fumes of the coke-stove, musty and dusty from the half-mouldering, out-of-date sets of ...Norman Nicholson [n/a]Dictionary of National BiographyPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge [...] had read and pondered Voltaire's "Dictionary of Philosophy" and Paine's "Age of Reason", but remained unconvinced [by ...Joseph Gutteridge Voltaire Dictionary of PhilosophyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I meant to inform you, that besides those books already mentioned, I sent for Bishop Horne's Sermons, 4 vols. Carr's Sermons, Blairs Sermons, 5vols. Scott's Christian Li...James Lackington Augustin CalmetDictionary of the BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Rev Charles Burney's] Abridgement of Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, is printed, though not yet published. He gave to my father & me each a Copy. His Motto, I think ...Sarah Harriet Burney Samuel JohnsonDictionary of the English Language, APrint: Book
1800-1849From George Grote's Journal, 4 December 1822: 'Rose at 6. Read Goguet on the different Arts until breakfast; after breakfast read some articles in Voltaire's Diction...George Grote Voltaire Dictionnaire [?philosophique]Print: Book
1800-1849From George Grote's Journal, 6 December 1822: 'Continued the perusal of Wolf's Prolegomena, which contains very much instruction as to the literature and MSS. of ant...George Grote Voltaire Dictionnaire [?philosophique]Print: Book
1900-1945'There travels with them an agreeable man called Pontremoli, who wrote an excellent book on the temple of Apollo Didymus. I've just read the book and I shall see the temp...Gertrude Bell Emmanuel Pontremoli (and Bernard HaussoullierDidymes: Fouilles de 1895 et 1896Print: Book
1900-1945Considerable marginalia in pencil, mainly in English, but some in German, throughout the volume. This volume was given to Vernon Lee by Lujo Brentano (no date recorded).Vernon Lee Lujo BrentanoDie Anf?nge des modernen KapitalismusPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Johann Gottlieb FichteDie Anweisung zum seeligen lebenPrint: Book
1900-1945Only one marginal gloss ('good') written in pencil on one page only. Note that this book does not have page numbers.Vernon Lee Karl GroosDie Befreiungen der SeelePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Johann Gottlieb FichteDie Bestimmung des MenschenPrint: Book
1850-1899'We have been reading the last two evenings, the Christmas number of "Household Words" - "Perils of Certain English Prisoners" - by Wilkie Collins and Dickens. I am readi...George Eliot (pseud) Wilhelm Heinrich RiehlDie Burgerliche GesellschaftPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday May [...] 27th. [...] After dinner read Die Cypressenkranze de la Baronne la Motte Fouque.'Claire Clairmont Friedrich Heinrich Karl Baron de la Motte FouqueDie CypressenkranzePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read Ritter.'Gertrude Bell Karl RitterDie Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zu...Print: Book
1850-1899'We have been reading the last two evenings, the Christmas number of "Household Words" - "Perils of Certain English Prisoners" - by Wilkie Collins and Dickens. I am readi...George Eliot (pseud) Wilhelm Heinrich RiehlDie FamiliePrint: Book
1800-1849'Of Richter I yet know little; I havelooked into his Herbst-Bluminen, his Flegaljahre, and am now reading his Fibel. It is easy to see already that next to Goethe (and T...Thomas Carlyle Jean Paul Friedrich RichterDie FlegeljahrePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Esaias TegnerDie Frithiofs-SagePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Heinrich SteffensDie gegenwartige zeit und wie sie geworden mit bes...Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Magnus on the Farbensinn'George Eliot [pseud] Hugo MagnusDie Geschichtliche Entwickelung des FarbensinnesPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown


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