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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[Branwell Bronte to Francis H. Grundy, 9 June 1842:] 'Mr James Montgomery and another literary gentleman who have lately seen something of my "head work" wish me to ...James Montgomery Branwell Bronte Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Branwell Bronte to Francis H. Grundy, 9 June 1842: 'Mr James Montgomery and another literary gentleman who have lately seen something of my "head work" wish me to tu...anon Branwell Bronte Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899 'Especially effective [at transmitting conservative values to the working classes] were the pious works of Hesba Stretton, Mrs O.F. Walton, and Amy Le Feuvre, stories w...children and mothersBrenda NewFroggy's Little BrotherPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tuesday 22nd June ?Jack Hamlin?s Mediation?etc.. (Bret Harte) Wednesday 23rd June A quiet day today and then last thing, neurotic attack. Went and joined the Library...Gerald Moore Bret HarteJack Hamlin's MediationPrint: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account 'Of My Father's Illness': 'Jan. 27th. and 28th. [1889] We carried him down for the first time to the drawing-room [...] Read Bret Harte'...Alfred Tennyson Bret HarteCressyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Oh, I like all kinds of books - historical, semi-biography, well written. I liked "How Green was My Valley": and "All this and Heaven Too" ....I must say I can't read no...Brett YoungPortrait of a VillagePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have Brian's letter. The opening words are: "Dear Mum and Dad, I hope you are all right". This fills me with gloom. It can only mean that they have heard nothing of No...Thomas Kitching Brian Kitching[letter]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 6 August 1916: 'I saw from the Hospital Lists that an officer from Lovats Scouts was here, and went round at once to get news of Jerm...Edward Morgan Forster Bridget McLagan (i.e. Mary Borden Turner)'Bombardment'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 6 August 1916: 'I saw from the Hospital Lists that an officer from Lovats Scouts was here, and went round at once to get news of Jerm...Edward Morgan Forster Bridget McLagan (i.e. Mary Borden Turner)'Rousbrugge'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Our own attitude and our feeling of amateur enterprise have been summed up by Professor Bronislaw Malinowski, who in our first year's "Report" (Lindsay Drummond, 1938) ...Bronislaw Malinowski?[unknown]Manuscript: Sheet, Academic paper
1900-1945'As regards books, such a lot depends on what sort of life you are leading. I always relish Ingram's terse epigrammatic style, but more especially when I am actively bus...Donald William Alers Hankey Brooke Foss WestcottIntroduction to the Study of the GospelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Many thanks for the cuttings on higher criticism. I can't help thinking that this movement is larely the result of trying to reduce (as I tried to do a few days ago!) C...Donald William Alers Hankey Brooke Foss Westcott[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945' . . . as sentence follows sentence I marvel, and wonder, indeed, if the writer [Bruce Barton] is not himself an inspired seer and whether the spirit of the man he wri...Dora Seimons Bruce BartonThe Man Nobody KnowsPrint: Book
1900-1945'But in "Current History" for September, Bruce Bliven, an editor of "The New Statesman", ventured upon a prophecy: "An active progressive movement is needed as it has nev...Vera Brittain Bruce BlivenCurrent HistoryPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House. 18th October 1940.
    R. D. L. Moore in the Chair.
[...]
2. The minutes of the last meeting were r...		Margaret Dilks Bruce DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at Cintra Avenue
    22.IV.1938
1. Minutes of last read & approved.

[...]

The following essays wer...		Mary E. Robson Bruce DilksThe Spacious FirmamentsManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 16th December 1944
    Muriel Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & ...		Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks[Report on the finances of the XII Book Club, Dec ...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, 28th May 1945
    Elsie D. Harrod in the chair.

[...]

4. The subject of the eveni...		Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks[on John Ruskin’s ideas on political economy and s...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945
    A. Bruce Dilks in the chair

[...]

6. The rest of the evening...		Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945.
A. Austin Miller in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
...		Bruce Dilks Bruce DilksXII Book Club Account BookManuscript: Unknown


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