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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
 
1800-1849Lady Palgrave to John Murray: 'I have many thanks to give you for the kind present of my cousin's "Letters on Esthonia [ apparently Letters from the Baltic]," with w...Lady Palgrave Miss Rigby'Letters from Esthonia' [?i.e. Letters from the Ba...Print: Book
1800-1849Sir Robert Peel to John Murray, 7 July 1840: 'I forgot to thank you for the last edition of the Handbook, but I have found leisure to look into it, and have read man...Sir Robert Peel 'Handbook'Print: Book
1800-1849Sir Robert Peel to John Murray, 7 July 1840: 'I forgot to thank you for the last edition of the Handbook, but I have found leisure to look into it, and have read man...Sir Robert Peel 'account of places in the neighbourhood of Paris'Print: Book
1800-1849Sir Francis Head to John Murray, 26 June 1842: 'My son will be quite proud at receiving the [italics]first[end italics] copy of the new Quarterly, the only one, I be...Sir Francis Head The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Mr Lockhart to John Murray, 24 September 1839: 'Morritt has just finished "Hallam's Literature." He is in raptures with it, and says such a book, forty years ago, wo... Hallam'Literature'Print: Book
1800-1849George Borrow to John Murray junior, 1 December 1842: 'Yesterday read "Letters from the Baltic"; much pleased with it; very clever writer; critique in Despatch harsh...George Borrow Miss RigbyLetters from the BalticPrint: Book
1800-1849George Borrow to John Murray junior, 1 December 1842: 'Yesterday read "Letters from the Baltic"; much pleased with it; very clever writer; critique in Despatch harsh...George Borrow Review of Miss Rigby, Letters from the BalticPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849George Borrow to John Murray junior, 31 December 1842: 'With respect to the critique [of his The Bible in Spain] in the Times, I fully agree with you that it was har...George Borrow Review of George Borrow, The Bible in SpainPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849George Borrow to John Murray junior, 31 December 1842: 'With respect to the critique [of his The Bible in Spain] in the Times, I fully agree with you that it was har...George Borrow Review of George Borrow, The Bible in SpainPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849W. E. Gladstone to John Murray (from January 1843), on Lieutenant Eyre, Military Operations in Cabool [sic for Kabul]: 'I have read it with great pain and shame, whi...W. E. Gladstone Lieutenant EyreMilitary Operations in CaboolPrint: Book
1800-1849Sir Francis B. Head to John Murray, 19 April 1843: 'I was at a committee this morning, when I heard a gentleman say: "My friend, Mr. Bouverie, got hold of Lady Sale'...Mr Bouverie Lady SaleJournal [of experience of retreat from Afghanistan...Print: Book
1800-1849George Borrow to John Murray, 25 February 1843: 'I have seen the article in the Edinburgh about the Bible [in Spain] -- exceedingly brilliant and clever, but rather ...George Borrow Review of George Borrow, The Bible in SpainPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox (Footnote: William Knox), a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since...His poeti...Walter Scott William KnoxLonely HearthUnknown
1800-1849'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox, a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since...His poetical talent - a very fine ...Walter Scott Michael BruceElegy - Written in SpringUnknown
1800-1849'His last works were Spiritual hymns and which he wrote very well. In his own line of Society he was said to exhibit infinite humour but all his works are grave and pens...Walter Scott Ben JonsonEveryman in his HumourUnknown
1800-1849'The gay world has been kept in hot water lately by the impudent publication of the celebrated Harriet Wilson.'Walter Scott Harriet WilsonMemoirsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I am well off for books, for I have a second in hand there almost more interesting, and that is Mungo Park's travels, which I never read before.'Charles Darwin Mungo ParkThe Life and Travels of Mungo Park
1800-1849Eliza Fenwick, a touring actress, to her mother, also Eliza Fenwick, 'Barbadoes, May 2nd [1812], Morning, 10 o clock,' describing her experiences following a nearby volca...Mr Rutherford Pliny the Youngeraccount of eruption of Vesuvius over PompeiiPrint: Book
1800-1849Eliza Fenwick, a touring actress, to her mother, also Eliza Fenwick, 'Barbadoes, May 2nd [1812], Morning, 10 o clock,' describing her experiences following a nearby volca...Mr Rutherford BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Eliza Fenwick, a touring actress, to her mother, also Eliza Fenwick, 'Barbadoes, May 2nd [1812], Morning, 10 o clock,' describing her experiences following a nearby volca...Eliza Fenwick junior Morning ServicePrint: Book


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