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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
 
1850-1899
1900-1945		'None of the periodicals shown there are alive today. There was "Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday", my favourite comic. When Father had a spot of overtime in, he used to buy a ...Joseph Stamper Charles Henry RossAlly Sloper's Half-HolidayPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Noona seems to have a very interesting story in his bound up Cassell's Paper and I think we have one of them in our own.'Robert Louis Stevenson unknownCassell's Illustrated Family PaperPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Nor must I omit to mention the obligations I owe to some essays written by the late Rev. Thomas Scott and which were given me by my master. I do not remember their exact...Thomas Carter Rev. Thomas Scott[various essays]Print: Book
1850-1899'Not as a lesson, but for sheer pleasure, did I browse in "A Child's History of Rome", a book full of good stories.'Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes A Child's History of RomePrint: Book
1700-1799'Not at church all day, neither looked in any book all day except "The Tatler".'Thomas Turner The TatlerPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Not having frequented a club before I was at first enchanted by the number and variety of the newspapers and magazines, but soon found them spiritually a diet of hors d'...Ronald Storrs The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Not having frequented a club before I was at first enchanted by the number and variety of the newspapers and magazines, but soon found them spiritually a diet of hors d'...Ronald Storrs La Vie ParisiennePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Not knowing that I had reached the end of my travels for that day, I seated myself on the one chair and proceeded to read the "Church Times" which I had brought as readi...Zoe Procter [n/a]Church TimesPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Not long afterwards I was reminded of this conversation by some lines from E. A. Mackintosh's "Cha Till Maccruimein," in his volume of poems "A Highland Regiment", which...Vera Brittain E.A. MackintoshCha Till Maccruimein Print: Book
1800-1849'Not long ater this he brought from Bristol Dr Whitehead's Life of Mr Wesley, 2 vols. 8vo. I having expressed a wish to see in what state of mind Mr Wesley died. After ha...James Lackington John WhiteheadThe Life of the Rev John WesleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Not many miles away to the left lies Landrecies, which R. L. Stevenson refers to, in "An Inland Voyage," as, "a point in the great warfaring system of Europe which might...Ian Vivian Hay Robert Louis StevensonAn Inland VoyagePrint: Book
1800-1849'Not so clever as P.&P. - but pleased with it altogether. Liked the character of Fanny. Admired the Portsmouth Scene.' - Mr K.Edward Austen Knight Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1900-1945'Not until I read the fictitious account of this consultation four years afterwards in "South Riding" did I realise that the diagnosis then given her amounted to a verdic...Vera Brittain Winifred HoltbySouth RidingPrint: Book
1800-1849'Not very well - Shelley very unwell - read de Montfort - and talk with S. in the evening read View of the French Revolution'.Mary Godwin Joanna BaillieDe MontfortPrint: Book
1800-1849'Not very well - Shelley very unwell - read de Montfort - and talk with S. in the evening read View of the French Revolution'.Mary Godwin Mary WollstonecraftAn Historical and Moral View of the origin and pro...Print: Book
1800-1849'Not well - read Glenarvon all day and finish it'.Mary Godwin Caroline Lamb (anon.)GlenarvonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Not well - read the Martial Maid & the Wild goose chase of Beaumont and Fletcher'Mary Shelley Francis BeaumontLove's Cure, or the Martial MaidPrint: Book
1800-1849'Not well - read the Martial Maid & the Wild goose chase of Beaumont and Fletcher'Mary Shelley Francis BeaumontWild-goose Chase, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Not well in the evening so that I read nothing but an article on the Mormons in the W.R.'George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[article on Mormons in Westminster Review]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Not well in the morning. Finished Fanny Lewald's Wandlungen'.George Eliot [pseud] Fanny LewaldWandlungenPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown


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