√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1850-1899 'I read with the greatest pleasure what you say about Trollope. I made his acquaintance full thirty years ago and made up my mind about his value then, as a writer of re... Joseph Conrad Anthony Trollope Phineas Finn: The Irish Member Print : Book1700-1799 'Read Shaftesbury's "Enquiry concerning Virtue". His ideas are not very distinctly state; but he seems, to place Virtue in a proper management of the affections...' Thomas Green Anthony Ashley Cooper Inquiry concerning Virtue Print : Book1700-1799 Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 26 November 1754:
'I was going one day to have writ to you in a hurry to ask you whether I had dreamt it, or whether it was possi... Catherine Talbot Anthony Ashley Cooper Characterisks of Men, Manners, Times, Opinions, [v... Print : Book1700-1799 Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 11 January 1755:
'It is very long since I read Lord Shaftesbury, and I only remember that I was in general charmed with his imagi... Elizabeth Carter Anthony Ashley Cooper Characterisks of Men, Manners, Times, Opinions. Print : Book1700-1799 'It is known to every learned Divine, that the Priests engross'd the whole Country of [italics] Egypt [end italics], as the eldest Son of ev'ry Priest was born a Priest, ... Laetitia Pilkington Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury Characteristics Print : Book1700-1799 'Why sure every Person must acknowledge, that while [italics] he [Pope; end italics] is insulting [italics] his [end italics] Betters, his Ethic Epistles are little more ... Laetitia Pilkington Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury Philosophical Rhapsody, A Print : Unknown1700-1799 'Now I have mentioned this small but inimitable well wrote Book (Xenophon's 'Symposium'], which was recommended to me by Dr [italics] Swift [end italics], and which I in ... Laetitia Pilkington Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury Characteristics Print : Book1900-1945 'Read. Wounds dressed ... Visit from Miss Davies and a friend (Miss Stevenson). She brought 8 books & chocs. Talked for 1/2 hour. Also a book of Camp Songs by Dr Walford ... John Frederick William Dunn Anthony Hope Hawkins The Chronicles of Count Antonio Print : Book1900-1945 'Read - book "Gallipoli" from Rev. Robt. Overton by post. Parcel cake from Mrs Scales. Wrote Reg ... Crib[bage] & read "Tales of Two People".' John Frederick William Dunn Anthony Hope Hawkins Tales of Two People Print : Book1800-1849 'Dr Scudamore, recommended and has just sent me to look at Thomsons Conspectus of the Pharmacopeias, a nice little 42mo. Price 5/-, 5th edition. Anne Lister Anthony Todd Thomson A Conspectus of the pharmacopeias of the London [e Print : Book1800-1849 Dr Scudamore, recommended and has just sent me to look at Thomsons Conspectus of the Pharmacopeias, a nice little 42 mo. Price 5/-, 5th edition Anne Lister Anthony Todd Thomson A conspectus of the pharmacopeias of the London Print : Book1800-1849 'I have been reading aloud Beauvilliers book of Cookery. I find as I suspected that garlic is power; not in its despotic shape but exercised with the geatest discretion'. Sydney Smith Antoine Beauvilliers L'Art de Cuisiner Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge Antoine Desmoulins Histoire naturelle des races humaines Print : Book1600-1699 'and so away to my Bezan again - and there to read in a pretty French book, "La Nouvelle Allegorique", upon the strife between Rhetorique and its enemies - very pleasant.... Samuel Pepys Antoine Furetiere Nouvelle Allegorique, ou Histoire des derniers tro... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Mille et un nuits' Mary Shelley Antoine Galland Les Mille et une Nuits: contes arabes traduits en ... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read 2nd Canto of Oriosto [sic] & Mille et une nuits in the evening' Mary Shelley Antoine Galland Les Mille et une Nuits: contes arabes traduits en ... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Horace - Memoires du Comte Grammont - S. writes his letter concerning Carlile - & reads Mme de Staels account of the Revolution - & Clarendon aloud' Mary Shelley Antoine Hamilton M?moirs de la vie du comte de Grammont contenant p... Print : Book1800-1849 'Saturday [...] Oct. 8th. [...] Read in the afternoon [following funeral of one of her pupils].
Histoire de la Revolution francaise par Antoine Fantin Desodoards [sic]... Claire Clairmont Antoine Etienne Nicolas Fantin des Odoards Histoire philosophique de la revolution de France Print : Book1850-1899 "At the Paris Exhibition of 1878 I saw, and never forgot, a picture of the death of Manon Lescaut,
and asked my Father many questions. I read that amazing 'one book' o... Rudyard Kipling Antoine Francois Prevost L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Le... Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Madame Sergent-Marceau, 5 May 1823 (translated from Italian): 'no present you might give me would be more welcome than the short work in which the actions of you... George Gordon Lord Byron Antoine Francois Sergent-Marceau Notices Historiques sur le General Marceau Print : Book
