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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899From Phillips Brooks's journal (1883), on a visit to Tennyson's home: 'After dinner, Tennyson and I went up to the study [...] and I had him to myself for two or three...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaud (extracts)Unknown
1850-1899From Phillips Brooks's journal (1883), on a visit to Tennyson's home: 'After dinner, Tennyson and I went up to the study [...] and I had him to myself for two or three...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson'dialect poems'Unknown
1850-1899'1888. At Easter Miss Mary Anderson [actress] was with us again and he [Tennyson] read to her, whom he admired much, and held to be "the flower of girlhood," "The Leper's...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe Leper's BrideManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899From Tennyson's notes on Demeter and Other Poems: 'A lady tells me that when she read "The Northern Cobbler" at a village entertainment, the drunkard of the village, o...anon Alfred TennysonThe Northern CobblerPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'"Crossing the Bar" was written in my father's eighty-first year, on a day in October when we came from Aldworth to Farringford. Before reaching Farringford he had the Mo...Hallam Tennyson Alfred Tennyson'Crossing the Bar'Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		'My father considered Edmund Lushington's translation into Greek of "Crossing the Bar," one of the finest translations he had ever read'. Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson'Crossing the Bar'Unknown
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's journal (1890-91): 'May 28th. [1890] G. F. Watts left today, having done a fine portrait of my father [...] At the request of Watts, my father r...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonOde on the Duke of WellingtonUnknown
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's journal, 1890-91: 'Aug. 6th. [1890] Aldworth. The Duchess of Albany came to luncheon with us in honour of my father's eighty-first birthday [......Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonGuineverePrint: Book
1850-1899'In April [1891] the President of Magdalen, Oxford, and Mrs Warren called upon us [...] Mrs Richard Ward, who had joined us, wanted her little boy to hear my father read....Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonOde on the Duke of WellingtonUnknown
1850-1899'In April [1891] the President of Magdalen, Oxford, and Mrs Warren called upon us [...] Mrs Richard Ward, who had joined us, wanted her little boy to hear my father read....Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonDedication, OEnoneUnknown
1850-1899'In April [1891] the President of Magdalen, Oxford, and Mrs Warren called upon us [...] Mrs Richard Ward, who had joined us, wanted her little boy to hear my father read....Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonOEnoneUnknown
1850-1899'In January [1892] Dr Hubert Parry stayed with us at Farringford, for he wanted to hear my father read "The Lotos-Eaters" which he was setting to music. 'For the first...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe Lotos-EatersUnknown
1850-1899'In January [1892] Dr Hubert Parry stayed with us at Farringford, for he wanted to hear my father read "The Lotos-Eaters" which he was setting to music. 'For the first...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonOde on the Duke of WellingtonUnknown
1850-1899'In March [1892] he [Tennyson] recovered his voice [which had failed him during January] [...] He read "The Passing of Arthur" to Lord Houghton (now Lord Crewe) and his s...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe Passing of ArthurUnknown
1850-1899'On one of these June mornings [in 1892], Miss L----, who was a stranger to us, but whose brother we had known for some time, called upon us. My father took her over the ...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaud (extracts)Unknown
1850-1899'On one of these June mornings [in 1892], Miss L----, who was a stranger to us, but whose brother we had known for some time, called upon us. My father took her over the ...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe Spinster's Sweet-ArtsUnknown
1850-1899'On one of these June mornings [in 1892], Miss L----, who was a stranger to us, but whose brother we had known for some time, called upon us. My father took her over the ...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonEnoch Arden (extracts)Unknown
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of his father's funeral: 'Many were seen reading "In Memoriam" while waiting before the service.'Mourners at funeral of Alfred TennysonAlfred TennysonIn MemoriamPrint: Book
1850-1899John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'Under the date of Sunday, 20th October, 1850, I find the following [journal] entry: "Up at 6 A.M. and began the day by reading...John Tyndall Alfred TennysonPoems including 'The Two Voices'Print: Book
1800-1849John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'You were not born when the influence [of Alfred Tennyson] in my case began. Fifty years ago, in the sixth chapter of Carlyle's...Thomas Hirst Alfred TennysonPoemsPrint: Book


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