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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
 
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram William CobbettAdvice to young menPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram George L. CraikPursuit of knowledge under difficultiesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram William TaitTait's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottThe Heart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottThe Bride of LammermoorPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottSt Ronan's WellPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'My father, who was in the employment of Mr Cadell, Sir Walter's publisher, brought home "The Monastery" and "The Fortunes of Nigel", and several others, much to the ...Walter ScottThe MonasteryPrint: Book
1800-1849'My father, who was in the employment of Mr Cadell, Sir Walter's publisher, brought home "The Monastery" and "The Fortunes of Nigel", and several others, much to the ...Walter ScottThe Fortunes of NigelPrint: Book
1800-1849'The novels of John Galt were always much to my taste. I fancy I have read every book that came from his pen, including his "Lives of the players", and once every year I ...James Glass Bertram John GaltLives of the playersPrint: Book
1800-1849'As an apprentice I was a subscriber to the Mechanic's Library, from which I borrowed a great supply of books - my tastes lying largely in the direction of biography ... ...James Glass Bertram Samuel Smiles[biographies of men]Print: Book
1800-1849'Another book I read with much zest was the autobiography of Lackington, the bookseller, a copy of which amusing and instructive work I still possess and read occasionall...James Glass Bertram James Lackington[autobiography]Print: Book
1800-1849Journals of Mary Shelley "We go out on the rocks & Shelley & I read part of Mary a fiction"Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary WollstonecraftMary, a fictionPrint: Book
1800-1849Journals of Mary Shelley "We read part of l'Abbe Barruels histoire de Jacobinism"Percy Bysshe Shelley Augustin BarruelMemoirs illustrating the History of JacobinismPrint: Book
1800-1849Journals of Mary Shelley "We read Abbe Barruel"Percy Bysshe Shelley Augustin BarruelMemoirs illustrating the History of JacobinismPrint: Book
1800-1849Journals of Mary Shelley "M. & S. walk to the shore of the lake & read the description of the seige of Jerusalem in Tacitus"Percy Bysshe Shelley TacitusHistories Book VPrint: Book
1800-1849'As a child [...] [Charles Shaw] [...] accepted without much complaint that at the age of seven he should abandon his games and go to work. Then, about a year later, whi... bookPrint: Book
1800-1849Thomas Carter on reading enabled at his Protestant Dissenting day school, where one master gave him the run of his own library: '"the books were chiefly old and odd volum...Thomas Carter The ArminianPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Thomas Carter on reading enabled at his Protestant Dissenting day school, where one master gave him the run of his own library: '"the books were chiefly old and odd volum...Thomas Carter The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical


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