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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'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubCharles StansfieldOne Generation & the next or Jobson on False Freed...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The subject of the evening "Gardens" was then taken. Geo Burrow reminded us that the world began in the garden of Eden. Miss Bowman-Smith played Debussy's "Garden Under ...Pattie Stansfield Charles Stansfield[essay on gardening]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Song of the Bells by Charles Swain'... 'Soft upon the summer air /...'[transcript of text] [NB there was a poet called Charles Swain who published from 1828-1850s].Emma Bowly Charles SwainSong of the BellsUnknown
1800-1849'Song of the Bells by Charles Swain "Soft upon the summer air,..."'Bowly groupCharles SwainSong of the BellsUnknown
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Charles TennysonSonnets and Fugitive Pieces, by Charles TennysonPrint: Book
1850-1899"I have been reading lately "Natural Philosophy" by Tomlinson and Sir John Herschel, and am now reading the "Chemistry of Creation" by Dr Ellis."Albert Battiscombe Charles TomlinsonIntroduction to the Study of Natural PhilosophyPrint: Book
1850-1899'I do not know whether you touch C. Voysey's writings. I was pleased with his last discourse, "Man the only Revelation of God".'Fanny Allen Charles VoyseyMan the only Revelation of God
1850-1899''I have been reading Waldstein's ''Ruskin''. The admiring part I did not feel up to, but the chapter on social questions delights me as speaking so strongly of his narro...Emma Darwin Charles WaldsteinThe Work of John Ruskin: Its influence on Modern T...Print: Book
1900-1945Passages in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1944) include description of domestic life from Charles Waterton, Wanderings in South America, accompanied by comment 'His s...Edward Morgan Forster Charles WatertonWanderings in South AmericaPrint: Book
1800-1849'April 20 1828 / on Betty Shaw wife of Benj. Shaw / ... this washer favourite verse Who suffer with our master here We shall before his face appear And by his side sit do...Betty Shaw Charles Wesley[Hymn] Come on my Partners in DistressPrint: Book
1700-1799'the Dean received from [italics] Spain [end italics], from one Mr [italics] Wogan [end italics], a green Velvet Bag, in which was contained the Adventures of [italics] E...Laetitia Pilkington Charles Wogan['Adventures of Eugenius' - veiled Autobiography]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'the Dean received from [italics] Spain [end italics], from one Mr [italics] Wogan [end italics], a green Velvet Bag, in which was contained the Adventures of [italics] E...Laetitia Pilkington Charles Wogan[Psalms of David in Miltonic verse]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'the Dean received from [italics] Spain [end italics], from one Mr [italics] Wogan [end italics], a green Velvet Bag, in which was contained the Adventures of [italics] E...Laetitia Pilkington Charles Wogan[letter on the subject of 'The Beggar's Opera']Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'the Dean received from [italics] Spain [end italics], from one Mr [italics] Wogan [end italics], a green Velvet Bag, in which was contained the Adventures of [italics] E...Matthew Pilkington Charles Wogan[various works sent to Jonathan Swift]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Our parents had accumulated a large number of books, which we were allowed to browse in as much as we liked.'Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes Charles and Mary Lamb Print: Book
1800-1849'Saturday May 29th. [...] Read Tableau de Societe de P-- [...] Le Baune [sic].'Claire Clairmont Charles Antoine Guillaume Pigault-Lebrun'Tableaux de Societe'Print: Book
1850-1899Gone on with Comparetti Vergilio nel Medio Evo. Bourget’s Physiologie de l’Amour. [next unclear] Dumas Nouveaux Entr’actes. Ribot Maladies de la Volonté. In Flaubert’s Co...Vernon Lee Charles Arthur MercierSanity and InsanityPrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter to Mrs Ward from Mr Creighton] I have read "Miss Bretherton" with much interest. It was hardly fair on the book to know the plot beforehand, but I found myself c...Mr Creighton Charles Augustin de Sainte-BeuveVoluptePrint: Book
1850-1899'We read, wrote and walked a little before dinner. After, I read Sainte Beuve aloud.'George Eliot [pseud] Charles Augustin Sainte Beuve[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Homer, Bain, St Beuve'.George Eliot [pseud] Charles Augustin Sainte BeuveunknownPrint: Book


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