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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
 
1700-1799'On Tuesday, July 18, I found tall Sir Thomas Robinson sitting with Johnson. Sir Thomas said, that the King of Prussia valued himself upon three things;—upon being a hero...James Boswell Frederick II King of Prussia[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then read a paper on Mrs Besant's autobiography. Some discussion folowed. Mr Morland gave a summary of Fairbairn's Christ in Modern Theology which also excit...Frederick J. Edminson Frederick J. Edminson[paper on Annie Wood Besant's 'An Autobiography']Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'F.J. Edminson read an able and interesting paper on "The Tempest".'Frederick J. Edminson Frederick J. Edminson[paper on The Tempest]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'F.J. Edminson read a paper on Matthew Arnold with special reference to Literature & Dogma. Readings from both the prose & poetical works of Matthew Arnold were given by ...Frederick J. Edminson Frederick J. Edminson[essay on Matthew Arnold]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'J.J. Cooper introduced the subject of the life and Work of Goldwin Smith in an interesting essay. F.J. Edminson dealt with his historical work & his position as an histo...Frederick J. Edminson Frederick J. Edminson[Essay on Goldwin Smith as historian]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I knew I had forgot something: Furnivall is too free; it is permitted to be insolent, but not to be so strangely dull.'Robert Louis Stevenson Frederick James FurnivallReview in The AcademyPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945 I venture to write a very few words about your book on me. It has given me great pleasure. . . . The book is incomparably better than Darton’s—at any rate than the fir...Arnold Bennett Frederick Joseph Harvey DartonArnold Bennett Print: Book
1900-1945'Many thanks for the "Spectator" which I shall certainly keep for the sake of the poem. It is, I quite agree with you, a really notable piece of work, quite above the a...Clive Staples Lewis Frederick Samuel BoasUlster on the SommePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Read Ordeal by battle by F. S. Oliver (very interesting).'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Frederick Scott OliverOrdeal by BattlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...		Albert Ruskin Cook Frederick Scott OliverOrdeal by BattlePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Distant from us by 300 yards … snipers were continually firing, and rockets … lit up the night outside … we had two days like that, and played Auction Bridge, talked...Ivor Bertie Gurney Frederick Scott OliverOrdeal by BattlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Reading "Ordeal of War"—Oliver most interesting & instructive, also Report of committee on Belgian atrocities[.] Dined with Richmond at the Club.'Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar Frederick Scott OliverOrdeal by BattlePrint: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Frank [Lascelles] and I are reading Lord Roberts' book which is awfully interesting.' Gertrude Bell Frederick Sleigh RobertsunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to her uncle, Samuel Moulton-Barrett, November 1818: 'I have read "Douglas on the Modern Greeks." I think it a most amusing book ... I have not ye...Elizabeth Barrett Frederick Sylvester North DouglasAn Essay on Certain Points of Resemblance between ...Print: Book
1900-1945'"I have just put down the "Testament Politique,"" G. was writing to me, as though by telepathy, only a week later, "and I turn to think ... of you reading it to enlighte...Frederick the Great of Prussia Testament PolitiquePrint: Book
1800-1849'Have you Cap. Beecheys voyage to the Pacific? if you have not, I will buy it, as it contains some most excellent Meteorological Journals?'Charles Darwin Frederick W BeecheyNarrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's...Print: Book
1900-1945[Harry Burton recalled' "we wallowed in Eric and St Winifred's and other school stories, especially Talbot Baines Reed's"...[Burton] like other working class children pre...Harry Burton Frederick W. Farrar[St Winifred's School Stories]Print: Book
1900-1945'On Wednesdays the bells of St. Michael's Church on the neighbouring hill pealed for a service or, as some said, "choir practice". They filled me with dread, a reminder o...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion Frederick W. FarrarEric, or, Little by LittlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Religion was a sore trial ... Dean Farrar contributed to my suspicion of God, and my suspicion of God — "I haven't done anything; really I haven't" — gave ghastly realit...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion Frederick W. FarrarEric, or, Little by LittlePrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, July 1896-December 1896, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source text author notes that Wil...Oscar Wilde Frederick William FarrarLife and Works of St PaulPrint: Book


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