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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'I have been feasting upon the Demonology and Witchcraft; yet some stories freshly rung in my ears, and I am sure fully equal to any of those you tell, give me a longing ...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottLetters on Demonology and WitchcraftPrint: Book
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 15 October 1793: 'I called on the Princesse d'Hennin, who has been in town a week [...] She showed me several pieces of letters, I think fro...Horace Walpole ?Duchesse ?de BouillonLetters on developments in Revolutionary FranceManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'While at Mitchelstown she brushed up on her French by reading Madame de Genlis's Letters on Education, Louis Sebastien Mercier's comedy "Mon Bonnet de Nuit", and the Bar...Mary Wollstonecraft Madame de GenlisLetters on EducationPrint: Book
1800-1849'[EDITOR'S WORDS] In composing this work [her "Letters on Education"], she accustomed herself to read a few letters to some sensible female, who had an interest in the su...Elizabeth Hamilton Elizabeth HamiltonLetters on EducationManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'When the first proof came home, I did not like its look in print; so stopped the press, and wrote another first chapter'.Elizabeth Hamilton Elizabeth HamiltonLetters on EducationPrint: proof
1800-1849'[letter to Hector MacNeil - H.M.] In what you say with regard to the second volume of "Letters on Education" being, in some parts, too abstruse for certain readers, you ...Hector Macneil Elizabeth HamiltonLetters on EducationPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Voltaire was then taken. H. R. Smith gave an outline of his life. Mrs Robson read the Hermits Tale from Zadig. After refreshments F. E. Pollard gave us an...Katherine Evans Voltaire [pseud.]Letters on EnglandPrint: Book
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1800-1849		Letters on Mythology Addressed to a Lady by R. Morgan, 1 vol. A humourous and entertaining production, written in a light and easy style, to make it palatable to a lady's...Ellen Weeton R MorganLetters on MythologyPrint: Book
1700-1799[Mary Wollstonecraft] 'told Everina that she had been reading Hugh Blair's "Letters on Rhetoric" and found them "an intellectual feast".'Mary Wollstonecraft Hugh BlairLetters on RhetoricPrint: Book
1700-1799J. Duncombe, of Benet College, Cambridge, to Samuel Richardson, 17 November 1751: 'I have been reading lately, with great satisfaction, the Letters of Lord Orrery on D...J. Duncombe Lord OrreryLetters on SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'that gentleman [Dr Shebbeare], whatever objections were made to him, had knowledge and abilities much above the class of ordinary writers, and deserves to be remembered ...James Boswell John ShebbeareLetters on the English NationPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 1 February 1851: 'Have you yet read Miss Martineau's and Mr Atkinson's new work "Letters on the Nature and Development of Man?" ... It ...Charlotte Bronte Harriet and H. G. Martineau and AtkinsonLetters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Developmen...Print: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Harriet Martineau, on Martineau's published correspondence with Atkinson: 'Having read your book, I cannot now think it will create any outcry. You a...Charlotte Bronte Harriet Martineau and H.G. AtkinsonLetters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Developmen...Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 7 January 1851:

'I did enjoy my visit to Miss Martineau very much [...] I rather tremble at the anticipation of a ...		Harriet Martineau Harriet Martineau and H. G. AtkinsonLetters on the Laws of Man's Social NatureUnknown
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1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 7 January 1851:

'I did enjoy my visit to Miss Martineau very much [...] I rather tremble at the anticipation of a ...		Harriet Martineau Harriet Martineau and H. G. AtkinsonLetters on the Laws of Man's Social NatureUnknown
1800-1849'I read a volume which was called "The Guide to Domestic Happiness", but found that it had no direct bearing upon the case of a working man - all its reasonings, counsels...Thomas Carter [unknown]Letters on the Marriage StatePrint: Book
1800-1849'Fanny & I are to go on with Modern Europe together, but hitherto have advanced only 25 Pages, something or other has always happened to delay or curtail the reading hour...Jane Austen John BiglandLetters on the Modern History and Political Aspect...Print: Book
1600-1699As temporary President in Virginia, John Smith 'had the "letters patent" [for governing of the colony] read aloud "each week" in order to bolster his authority.' Letters patent for governance of colonyUnknown
1700-1799'So much for Mrs Piozzi. I had some thoughts of writing the whole of my letter in her stile [sic], but I beleive [sic] I shall not.'Jane Austen Hester Lynch PiozziLetters to and from the late Samuel JohnsonPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron in letter to Annabella Milbanke of 7 September 1814 praises Richard Porson's Letters to Archdeacon Travis (alluded to by Milbanke in a previous letter) but notes th...George Gordon Lord Byron Richard PorsonLetters to Archdeacon TravisUnknown


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