√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarborough Album, and in soliciting contributions of a poe... John Cole Archdeacon Wranghan Lines on the sea bathing infirmary at Scarborough Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'How you surprise me--write me but one word more [--] it is not true that he [Byron] sent word to you that he was very angry "Weep daughter" was cut out of the other edit... Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon Lord Byron Lines to a Lady Weeping Print : Unknown1800-1849 'Lines - To him that will understand them' 'Thou art no more my bosom's Friend;/...' 'Mrs Robinson' Molineux group, including Mrs Molineux Mary Robinson Lines To Him Who Will Understand Them Unknown 1800-1849 Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth 25 October 1821:
'We, including Mr. Canning, admire grandpapa's verses extremely.' Harriet Countess Granville, Canning and others in Granville household at Wherstead, Suffolk lines to Lady Holland Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'written by Peter Pindar, at Merton, the seat of the late Lord Nelson, onhis catching a nightcap on fire, which his lordship had lent him'. Molineux group, including Mrs Molineux Peter Pindar Lines to Lord Nelson Unknown 1700-1799 'As soon as I had learned to read, my great delight was that of learning epitaphs and monumental inscriptions. A story of melancholy import never failed to arrest my atte... Mary Darby Alexander Pope Lines to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady Print : Book1800-1849 'Mark well my shack and seriously attend/...' [6 lines] Molineux group, including Mrs Molineux Nathaniel Cotton (The Elder) Lines under a Sun-Dial in the Churchyard at Thornb Unknown 1800-1849 'Written Beneath a Picture' 'Dear object of defeated care!/...' 'R.G.C. 1835' 'R.G.C.' George Gordon, Lord Byron Lines Written Beneath A Picture Print : UnknownUnknown1800-1849 From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. Transcription of lines 'In East Barnet Churchyard': 'Couldst thou but view the distant shores, / Where endlass j... Lines written in East Barnet Churchyard Unknown 1800-1849 Felicia Hemans to ?H. F. Chorley, 24 June 1830, describing visit to Wordsworth's home Rydal Mount: 'The whole of this morning, he [Wordsworth] kindly passed in reading to... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth Lines. Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, ... Unknown 1800-1849 'I am going to begin Strauss, and see what I can make of him. - Have you seen the Opium-Eater's papers on the Lakers in Tait? They are very interesting , but, it seems to... Harriet Martineau Henry Fothergill Chorley Lion: A Tale of the Coteries, The Print : Book1850-1899 From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871):
'June. Aldworth. Tourgueneff [sic] the Russian novelist (whose Lisa and Pere et Enfants A. liked much) and Mr Ralston arrived. To... Alfred Tennyson Ivan Turgenev Lisa Print : Unknown1800-1849 Mary Berry, Journal, 30 August 1817, from Genoa: 'Mr. Wishaw leaves to-morrow for Florence. I showed him a sketch of the beginning for "The Life of Lady Russell," which ... Mr Wishaw List of MSS of Horner Unknown 1850-1899 'I have your List of Writings etc: a copy of it was lent to me by Mr Bain the bookseller.' Robert Louis Stevenson Alexander Ireland List of the writings of William Hazlitt and Leigh ... Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1945]:
'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in... Hilary Spalding D.E. Stevenson Listening Valley Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to the Rev Thomas Hall, 14 August 1822: 'I have observed in Galignani's paper lists of the Subscribers and Subscriptions for the Irish poor from Florence, but not f... George Gordon Lord Byron Lists of subscribers to Irish poor relief funds Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Do you know Doven's and Hagen's Hist. of German Poetry? I have seen it in the Edinr College Library, but read only a few pages of it.' Thomas Carlyle Friedrich Henrich von der Hagen Literarischer Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutsch... Print : BookUnknown1800-1849 Peter J. Manning, "Wordsworth in the Keepsake, 1829": "Charles Lamb, perusing the notices blazoning the annuals forthcoming in 1829, scoffed: 'Wordsworth I see has a good... Charles Lamb literary advertisements Print : Unknown1800-1849 Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, letter postmarked 2 October 1847:
'The most interesting [book] that I have read for many years is Lamartine's Histo... Mary Russell Mitford J. Heneage Jesse Literary and Historical Memorials of London Print : Book1800-1849 'What I deplore is that laziness and dissipation of mind to which I am still subject. At present I am quieting my conscience with the thought that I shall study very dili... Thomas Carlyle [n/a] Literary and Statistical Magazine for Scotland Print : Serial / periodical
