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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Sir Francis Knight to John Murray, 1 April 1839: 'I cannot help thanking you for having sent us such a shower of Quarterly Reviews. My Hens are quite delighted at the ...Sir Francis Head and (apparently) female family membersJohn Wilson Croker'Colonial Government -- Head's Narrative [of his A...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Sir Alexander Burnes to John Murray, 'On the Nile,' 30 March 1835: 'The Quarterly is lying before me [...] I have been reperusing the very article which treats of Ma...Sir Alexander Burnes Sir John MacNeill'England, France, Russia, and Turkey'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Joanna Baillie to John Murray, 16 March 1832: 'I thank you very heartily for your great courtesy in sending me a copy of Miss Kemble's tragedy. I have read it very eag...Joanna Baillie Frances KembleFrancis the FirstPrint: Book
1800-1849Joanna Baillie to John Murray, 16 March 1832: 'I thank you very heartily for your great courtesy in sending me a copy of Miss Kemble's tragedy. I have read it very eag...Joanna Baillie reviews of Frances Kemble, Francis the FirstPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Fanny Kemble to John Murray (1832): 'The article in the Quarterly on my "Francis the First," more than satisfied me, for it made me out a great deal cleverer than ever...Fanny Kemble MilmanReview of Fanny Kemble, Francis the FirstPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Lady Dacre to John Murray, 27 May 1835: 'Thousands of thanks, dear Mr. Murray, for allowing us to read those sheets of the wonderful Fanny's "Journal" in their rough s...Lord and Lady DacreFanny Kemble ButlerJournal [of residence in America]Print: Unknown
1800-1849Sir Francis B. Head to John Murray, 2 July 1835: 'I have not had time to finish Fanny Kemble's book, but have seen enough of it to feel that she has been most unkindly...Sir Francis B. Head Fanny Kemble ButlerJournal [of residence in America]Print: Book
1800-1849Fanny Kemble Butler to John Murray, 26 March 1836: 'Surely Captain Marryat is not a man to be trifled with; he don't write as if he were. How much I like his books, an...Fanny Kemble Butler Captain Marryat Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Callcott to John Murray (c.1835): 'Let me thank you for Mrs. Butler: very clever, very romantic, some excellent feelings, but (may I say) not as [italics]womanl...Lady Callcott Fanny Kemble ButlerJournal [of her residence in America]Print: Book
1800-1849Caroline Norton to John Murray, 4 November 1837: 'I have received "Don Juan" and the October Quarterly [Review]. ... In thanking you for the two volumes of Byron belon...Caroline Norton George Gordon Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1800-1849Caroline Norton to John Murray, 4 March 1840: 'Blessed be he [sic] who lately wrote "Cecil" (though it be but a novel), for it beguiled me through a weary night, and m...Caroline Norton Catherine GoreCecilPrint: Book
1800-1849Caroline Norton to John Murray, 31 October 1840: 'I ought to have thanked you from Ventnor, instead of waiting till my return to town, for your kindness in sending me ...Caroline Norton H. Nelson Coleridge'Modern English Poetesses'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Scrope Davies to John Murray, 17 May 1837: 'Barring the "Bubbles" (which I read because you recommended it to Nimrod [i.e. C. Apperly]) and Washington Irving's works, ...Scrope Davies 'Bubbles'Print: Unknown
1800-1849Scrope Davies to John Murray, 17 May 1837: 'Barring the "Bubbles" (which I read because you recommended it to Nimrod [i.e. C. Apperly]) and Washington Irving's works, ...Scrope Davies Washington Irving'Stout Gentleman'Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lord Mahon to John Murray, 11 December 1836: 'I am much obliged to you for the early copy of the [Quarterly] Review which I am reading with great pleasure. The artic...Lord Mahon Lockhartarticle on Lord MahonPrint: Serial / periodical, 'early copy'
1800-1849Lord Mahon to John Murray, 11 December 1836: 'I am much obliged to you for the early copy of the [Quarterly] Review which I am reading with great pleasure. The artic...Lord Mahon Lord Wellesley'Letter [on the character of Pitt, addressed to J....Print: Serial / periodical, 'early copy'
1800-1849Lord Mahon to John Murray, 11 December 1836: 'I am much obliged to you for the early copy of the [Quarterly] Review which I am reading with great pleasure. The artic...Lord Mahon Sir George Murray'article on Napier'Print: Serial / periodical, 'early copy'
1800-1849Lord Mahon to John Murray, 7 December 1840: 'Mr. Gladstone's volume has of late engaged much of my attention. It is difficult to feel quite free from partiality wher...Lord Mahon W. E. GladstoneChurch and StatePrint: Book
1800-1849Mr Longman to John Murray, from 2 Hanover Terrace (1838): 'Can you oblige me by letting me have a third volume of ["]Wilberforce." The fact is, that at in [sic] read...Mr Alexander 'Wilberforce' vol. 3Print: Book
1800-1849W. J. Broderip to John Murray, submitting Captain W. Cornwallis Harris's Wild Sports in South Africa, 8 April 1839: 'Capt. Harris's book is entertaining, and seems t...W. J. Broderip Captain W. Cornwallis HarrisWild Sports in South AfricaManuscript: Unknown


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