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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
 
1900-1945'Incidentally I have read the enchanting volume of Page's letters to President Wilson which Aunt Maisie [Stanley] angelically sent me. Is not he the best letter writer th...Gertrude Bell Burton Jesse HendrickLife and Letters of W. H. PagePrint: Book
1850-1899'Sunday morning, as I was out getting chocolate, I found two new manifestoes on the walls. One from a private person, editor of a Radical journal, calling on the people t...Robert Louis Stevenson By or on behalf of Edme-Patrice-Maurice MacMahon[political manifesto]Print: Poster, election posters.
Came upstairs at 10 1/2 [...] musing melancholily over the fire till 11. From then till 3.10, read the whole of (M-sen t it to me Saturday 15 November) some passages in t...Anne Lister By the author of valerius and Reginald Dalton Some passages in the life of Mr Adam BlairPrint: Book
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1800-1849		Windermere: A Novel in 2 vols This is below Mediocrity; the title [title is underlined]induced me to read it; and with the title I am satisfied-and disappointed.Ellen Weeton By the Editor of the Letters of Maria Windermere. A NovelPrint: Book
1700-1799'On the next day (Tuesday 31st) I went to Canterbury in the coach & on the same evening in the diligence to Dover where I amused myself with reading "Herman of Unna" (a t...John Marsh C B E NaubertHermann of UnnaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am forming my opinions mainly from what I read in books on economies, politics, history, etc. I read the daily papers, but I do not take a lot of notice of what I read...C E M Joad[unknown]Print: Book
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 C. E. Montague[unspecified text]Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday [...] July 11th. [...] Read Der ewige Jude by Schubart, the translation of which is in the Notes of Queen Mab.'Claire Clairmont C. F. D. Schubart'Die ewige Jude: Ein lyrische Rhapsodie'Print: Unknown
1900-1945H. J. Jackson discusses T. H. White's reading and annotating of C. G. Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (1928); Sigmund Freud, Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Ana...T. H. White C. G. JungTwo Essays on Analytical PsychologyPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Muir] wrote to Stephen Spender in the summer of 1944 that Bowra's book had made him realise that he had been writing symbolist poetry himself for years without realisin...Edwin Muir C. Maurice BowraThe Heritage of SymbolismPrint: Book
1800-1849John Murray to Walter Scott, 25 December 1815: 'I was with Lord Byron yesterday. He enquired after you, and bid me say how much he was indebted to your introduction ...George Gordon Lord Byron C. R. MaturinBertramUnknown
1800-1849John Murray to Walter Scott, 25 December 1815: 'I was with Lord Byron yesterday. He enquired after you, and bid me say how much he was indebted to your introduction ...The Hon. George Lamb C. R. MaturinBertramUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.

[...] ...		Rosamund Wallis C. S. LewisThe Screwtape LettersPrint: Book
1800-1849Charles Arbuthnot to John Wilson Croker, 7 December 1848: 'That I had the greatest regard and affection for my departed friend Lord Castlereagh is most true. But I hav...Charles Arbuthnot C. W. Vane, Marquess of Londonderry, editorCorrespondence, Dispatches, and other papers of Vi...Print: Book
1900-1945'You will find in his pages ["Quiet Days in Spain"] the humours of starving workers of the soil, the vision among the mountains of an exulting ad spirit in a mighty bod...Joseph Conrad C.(Charles) Bogue LuffmanQuiet Days in SpainPrint: Book
1850-1899"'Every Day?s News', the last Pseudonym, contains this passage:??Literature was to him passion & a torment. . . . the author of this book evidently knows his character in...Arnold Bennett C.E. FrancisEvery Day's NewsPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Yes I know Sudermann ? his play ?Magda? was one of Mrs Pat. Campbell?s great parts ? and I believe he was the author of a book called ?The Song of Songs? that Billie Woo...Winifred Agnes Moore C.E. MontagueRight off the MapPrint: Book
1900-1945'As it was very hot I decided to pretend I had finished HSC [Higher School Certificate], and read Joad's book on Post War World, while drying my hair in the garden.'Hilary Spalding C.E.M. JoadAdventures of a Young Soldier in Search of a Bette...Print: Book
1900-1945'Monday 13th September ?Thrasymachus? (C.E.M. Joad)'Gerald Moore C.E.M. JoadThrasymachusPrint: Book
1900-1945'J.J. Cooper read a paper on Robert Bridges & some selections from his poetry. C.I. Evans dealt with Newbolt & E.E. Unwin with Masefield in a similar way. Alfred Rawlings...Alfred Rawlings C.H. FrogleyVoice from the trees, APrint: Book


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