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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
 
1900-1945Meeting held at 233 Shinfield Road, 29 XI. 1934

1. At Mrs Goadby’s request, C. E. Stansfield took the chair, and in the absence of the Secretary, F. E. Pol...		Members of the XII Book ClubA committee of the XII Book Club [A list of books proposed for purchase by the club...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943 Howard R. Smith in the chair.
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.
[...]
5. Kenneth Ni...		Kenneth F. Nicholson A Dean of Harvard [unspecified text]Unknown
1850-1899'Who did the Athenaeum I know not, but it is very kind.'Robert Louis Stevenson A J ButlerReview in AthenaeumPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge A member of the Church of England Eternal Punishment Proved to Be Not Suffering, But...Print: Book
1900-1945'I'm sure you have read "A Lost Dominion" — what a remarkable book! Well compare the picture there given with the views of our untutored Arab shaikhs and tell me if...Gertrude Bell A. Carthill (= al-katil. pseud. C. Kennedy)The Lost DominionPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding A. Quiller-CouchSelected Stories by QPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 10.3.41 F. E. Pollard in the Chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
3. Violet Clou...		Bruce Dilks A. A. MilneThe House at Pooh CornerPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 10.3.41
F. E. Pollard in the Chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
3. Violet...		Violet Clough A. A. Milne[Unnamed works]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue: 17. IV 40. F. E. Pollard in the chair
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
[...]
5. As an introduction to our...		Howard Smith A. A. Milne Print: Book
Byron to Thomas Moore, 2 August 1821: 'You may probably have seen all sorts of attacks upon me in some gazettes in England some months ago. I only saw them, by Murray's ...George Gordon Lord Byron A. A. Wattsseries of five articles alleging plagiarism in Byr...Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64, Northcourt Avenue. 24th. Sept. 1945.
Rosamund Wallis in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
A. Austin Miller A. Austin Miller[on the theory of the scientific method, and its a...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Thursday 22 March 1940: 'I read Tolstoy at Breakfast -- Goldenweiser, that I translated with Kot in 1923 & have almost forgotten. Always the same reality -- like touching...Virginia Woolf A. B. GoldenveizerTalks with TolstoiPrint: Book
1900-1945'The natives call it Juancito—Little Jack, and all we have about is habits is a note by the bird collector Stolzmann, quoted by L. Jaczanski, in his third volume (O...William Henry Hudson A. B. R. Trevor-BattyePictures in ProsePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Please send Gillette blades, and obtain a reserve of 12! Have just read a wonderful book by R. H. Benson: "Where no Fear Was", a collection of spiritual Essays. Why ...Wilfred Owen A. C. BensonWhere No Fear Was: A Book about FearPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 8th Nov. 1943 A. Bruce Dilks in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read. Frank Knight immediately proved w...		Kenneth F. Nicholson A. E. HousemanA Shropshire LadPrint: Book
1850-1899'Have you read Housman?s poems A Shropshire Lad? They are only immortal, that?s all. I take them as a tonic.' Arnold Bennett A. E. HousmanA Shropshire LadPrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 13 February 1915: 'After luncheon [...] I went to a concert at the Queen's Hall [...] I was annoyed by a young man & woman who took advantage of the music to p...'young man and woman'A. E. HousmanA Shropshire LadPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1930) include Poem LII ('Far in a western brookland') of A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad.Edward Morgan Forster A. E. HousmanPoem LII ('Far in a western brookland')Print: Book
1900-1945'He read — Sterne, Sydney Smith's letters, Canning's speeches, and two thrillers: A. E. W. Mason's Konigsmarch and Michael Innes's Lament for a Maker ...'John Buchan A. E. W. MasonKonigsmarchPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sunday. Rainy day. Met at 11am for Church Service which was cancelled. Walked about. Read The Broken Road by Mason.'William Thomas A. E. W. MasonThe Broken RoadPrint: Book


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