√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1850-1899 Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 15 November 1893: "The two beautiful volumes of dear J[ames] R[ussell] L[owell] constitute a gift for the substantial grace of which ... Henry James James Russell Lowell Letters of James Russell Lowell Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Junius - Rain all day - work' Mary Shelley Junius [pseud.] Letters of Junius Print : Book1800-1849 'work and read Junius read Amadis' Mary Shelley Junius [pseud.] Letters of Junius Print : Book'Talking of the wonderful concealment of the authour of the celebrated letters signed [italics] Junius [end italics]; he said, "I should have believed Burke to be Junius,... Samuel Johnson Junius [pseud.] Letters of Junius Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go... Catherine McMullen Philip Stanhope, 4th Lord Chesterfield Letters of Lord Chesterfield to his Son Print : Book1800-1849 'I have read some very delightful old books lately (for I now have just attained the wisdom to wish to make use of this ample library, and reject all borrowed or hired bo... Sarah Harriet Burney Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne Letters of Madame de Sevigne Print : Book1800-1849 'I have finished all dear old Sevigne's Letters...' Sarah Harriet Burney Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne Letters of Madame de Sevigne Print : Book1800-1849 'would you like, Ma'am, to know what I have been doing all alone and at home this winter? - I have, 'an please you, for the 2d time in my life read Mde de Sevigne, 9 vols... Sarah Harriet Burney Marie de Rabutin - Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Letters of Madame de Sevigne to her daughter and h... Print : Book1800-1849 'I am also reading an English translation of Mme de Sevigne and like it very much.' Charles Darwin Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné Letters of Madame de Sevigne to her daughter and h... Print : Book1800-1849 'There is a new edition of Mme Sevigne, 12 octavo vols. of which I read every one,
and with delight...' Jessie Sismondi Sevigne de, Madame Letters of Madame Sevigne to her daughters and her... 1850-1899 ?Have you read Mat Arnold?s letters? Some, I see, are addressed to you? I can imagine old Carlyle taking himself to be a prophet, as indeed he was; but Mat Arnold, I shou... Leslie Stephen Matthew Arnold Letters of Matthew Arnold: 1848-1888 Print : Book1700-1799 '[Mary] Jones particularly admired Pope's letters. In August 1735, not long after the publication of "Letters of Mr Pope and Several Eminent Persons", she wrote Martha Lo... Mary Jones Alexander Pope Letters of Mr Pope and Several Eminent Persons Print : Book1700-1799 'Have you read Mad. Sevigne's Letters from the [French]? Fine passages and Sentiments there are in it, & a notion given of the French manner tho' written in the middle re... Samuel Richardson Ninon de Lenclos Letters of Ninon de Lenclos to the Marquis of Sevi... Print : Book1900-1945 'Read "Letters of People in Love". Quite good.' Hilary Spalding Donagh McDonagh Letters of People in Love Print : Book1850-1899 'These last letters of Johnson are a treat to me. I enjoy poking out bits of news in them.' Emma Darwin Samuel Johnson Letters of Samuel Johnson, LLD 1850-1899 ?Another book, by the way, worth a glance is a collection of old S. T. Coleridge?s letters. I have had to write the beggar?s life & have a rather morbid familiarity with ... Leslie Stephen Samuel Taylor Coleridge Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print : Book1800-1849 '[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I believe I told you I had been reading Horace Walpole's Letters over again, and also Madame du Deffand's Letters to him, and... Marie Anne de Vichy-Chambrond, Marquise du Deffand Letters of the Marquise du Deffand to the Hon. Hor... Print : Book1800-1849 'Afterwards, when upstairs, Mrs Montagu's "Letters" which I think very highly of.' William Windham Mary Wortley Montagu Letters of the Right Hon. Lady Mary Wortley Montag... Print : Book1900-1945 '22nd September 1928 (Saturday).
I have started to read Kipling?s ?Letters of travel? again. I am very fond of this book although the slabs of jaunty, impatient, imper... Gerald Moore Rudyard Kipling Letters of Travel Print : Book1900-1945 '3rd October 1928 (Wednesday).
Late to work, naturally. Although tired, put in a good day?s work and returned home hungry as a hunter. Finished ?Letters of Travel?... Gerald Moore Rudyard Kipling Letters of Travel Print : Book
