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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
 
1800-1849George Grote to George W. Norman (April 1817): 'I send you down the best "Lucretius" I have [...] Though the reasoning is generally indistinct, and in some places unin...George Grote David HumeEssaysPrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, July 1896-December 1896, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source text author notes that Wil...Oscar Wilde Ralph Waldo EmersonEssaysPrint: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 15 January 1755:] 'You have a very just opinion of St. John's works [...] As far as I have seen, and I read at Ember the last vol...Thomas Edwards Henry St. John, Viscount BolingbrokeEssaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 4 February 1849:

'I send the parcel [returning books loaned by Williams] up without delay [...] Emerson's ...		Charlotte Brontë Ralph Waldo EmersonEssaysPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 25 October 1850:

'The box of books came last night [...] I am now abundantly supplied for a long time. I l...		Charlotte Brontë William HazlittEssaysPrint: Book
1850-1899'Will you send me the second volume of Pattison's essays, if you are not reading it. I have nearly finished the first and will post it to you. I think some of them most i...Gertrude Bell Mark PattisonEssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I’ve been reading Wells’ "What is coming …" Hazlitt’s Essays, and a glorious book of critical essays by A. K. Thompson, called "The Greek Tradition". I read no ficti...Wilfred Owen William HazlittEssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Ridges followed with an address on Augustine Birrells Essays illustrated by copious illustrations selected from the two volumes which had just completed the rota'.Blanche Ridges Augustine BirrellEssays About Men, Women And Books Print: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Ridges followed with an address on Augustine Birrells Essays illustrated by copious illustrations selected from the two volumes which had just completed the rota'.Members of the XII Book ClubAugustine BirrellEssays About Men, Women And Books Print: Book
1900-1945'[letter from Frederic Harrison to Mrs Ward] I am one of those to whom your book ["The Case of Richard Meynell"] specially appeals, as I know so much of the literature, t...Frederic Harrison Essays and ReviewsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Recieved another parcel from Hessey [...] a present of "Aytons Essays" a young writer of great promise which was killed in the bud these essays are excelent and contain ...John Clare Richard AytonEssays and Sketches of CharacterPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read Tacitus - 3 of Hume's essays VIII IX X - some of the German theatre - write - walk - Shelleys [sic] reads Political Justice & 8 Cantos of his poem.'Mary Shelley David HumeEssays and Treatises on Several subjectsPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. finishes Political Justice Read Tacitus & Hume - work in the evening read Mandeville.'Mary Shelley David HumeEssays and Treatises on Several SubjectsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish the 1st part of Humes Essays'Mary Shelley David HumeEssays and Treatises on Several SubjectsPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Hume'Percy Bysshe Shelley David HumeEssays and treatises on several subjectsPrint: Book
1800-1849But too much of one thing - as it is in the adage. Therefore I reserve the account of Hume's essays till another opportunity. At any rate the Second volume is not finis...Thomas Carlyle David HumeEssays and Treatises on Several Subjects, 2 volsPrint: Book
1850-1899'[from Mary Arnold, later Ward's diary] "Read Uncle Matt's [Matthew Arnold's] Essay on Pagan and Medieval Religious Sentiment. Compares the religious feeling of Pompe...Mary Augusta Ward Matthew ArnoldEssays in CriticismPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road. 5th May 1941
A. G Joselin in the chair.

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5. F. E. Pollard then undertook to guide us through “t...		Francis E. Pollard Matthew ArnoldEssays in CriticismUnknown
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Bertrand RussellEssays in ScepticismPrint: Book
1800-1849'read some pages in Shakspear - turnd over a few leaves of Knoxes Essays'John Clare Vicesimus KnoxEssays Moral and LiteraryPrint: Book


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