√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 29 March 1848:
Charlotte Brontë George Henry Lewes Ranthorpe Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 29 March 1848:
Charlotte Brontë [article on background to new novel by Julia Kavan... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 29 March 1848:
Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace Thackeray Vanity Fair Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 26 April 1848:
Charlotte Brontë G. H. Lewes Rose, Blanche, and Violet Unknown 1800-1849 'With my own share of the Packet I feel not less contented. Especially glad was I to find my old favourite the Wanderjahre so considerably enlarged: the new portions of ... Thomas Carlyle Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre Print : Book1800-1849 'The Briefwechsel [Goethe-SChiller correspondence] I have also read; and must soon read again; purposing to make it the handle for an Essay on Schiller, in the Foreign Re... Thomas Carlyle Goethe & Schiller Correspondence Print : Book1800-1849 'The Farbenlehre [The Theory (or Science) of Colour], which you are so good as to offer me, I have never seen, and shall thankfully accept, and study, it.' Thomas Carlyle Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Farbenlehre Print : Book1800-1849 'It luckily happened that Kehama was on board, and that many of the party, at my recommendation, had become familiar with it during the voyage. By the way, what a vast ... Unknown passengers aboard East Indiaman Thomas Grenville, Ramsgate-Calcutta, total duration of voyage June-October 1823 Robert Southey The Curse of Kehama Print : Book1800-1849 'Assure Mr Montagu, that his Book was the most delightful I have read for many days. Your hand also was visible in it. Why does he not publish more such?' Thomas Carlyle Basil Montagu Thoughts on Laughter By a Chancery Barrister Unknown 1800-1849 'I have got old Ascham, and read a little of him, when I have done work, every evening.' Thomas Carlyle Roger Ascham ?'Toxophilus' and 'The Scholemaster' Unknown 1800-1849 'Did you read Sir W Hamilton on Cousin's Metaphysics in the last Edinburgh Review? And what inferences are we to draw from it? Pity that Sir W. had not the gift of deli... Thomas Carlyle Sir William Hamilton Review of Victor Cousin's 'Cours de Philosophie' (... Print : Serial / periodicalUnknown1800-1849 'I have read the Briefechsel, a second time, with no little satisfaction; and even today am sending off an Essay on Schiller, grounded on that work, for the Foreign Revie... Thomas Carlyle Schiller & Goethe Correspondence Print : Serial / periodicalUnknown1800-1849 'I have read your Anim. Magnetism, and think it among the best in the Number; worthy indeed of a far better place. I durst bet, the Blacks have not paid you yet: they ar... Thomas Carlyle John A. Carlyle 'Animal Magnetism' Print : Serial / periodicalUnknown1800-1849 '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 'I am much obliged to you for Tytler, which I have read with pleasure and not without profit: it is a smooth, easy Book; seems well-founded, accurate, authentic; and with... Thomas Carlyle Patrick Fraser Tytler History of Scotland Print : BookUnknown1800-1849 'The Examiner comes with perfect regularity; and tho' a week old is a great blessing. Continue it, if you can. Nay, if it came on Saturday (that is half a week old) thi... Thomas Carlyle The Examiner Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [Charlotte Brontė to the grandson of Henry James Mercier, 1 June 1848:]
'I have read 2,500 with pleasure. It is a very clever and ingenious production, ...
Charlotte Brontė Henry James Mercier Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred Print : Book1800-1849 [Charlotte Brontë, as Currer Bell, to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 15 June 1848:]
'I duly received Mirabeau from Mr Smith [...] When I have read the book, I wil... Charlotte Brontë John Stores Smith Mirabeau: A Life History Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte, as Currer Bell, to her publisher W. S. Williams, 22 June 1848:
Charlotte Brontë John Stores Smith Mirabeau: A Life History Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to her publisher W. S. Williams, 13 July 1848:
Charlotte Brontë W. S. Williams [article on ancient and modern painting] Print : Serial / periodical
