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√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1700-1799 1800-1849	When I begin to enumerate the works I have read since I came to Dove's-Nest, I feel surprised that I should have read so few, and that the greater part of those few shoul...	Ellen Weeton		[novels]	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	A Satyrical View of London, by J. Corry. 1 vol. The above vol. is a tolerable production; it treats principally of fashion, beaux, belles, London tradesmen, quack doctor...	Ellen Weeton	John Corry	A Satirical View of London at the Commencement of	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	Windermere: A Novel in 2 vols This is below Mediocrity; the title [title is underlined]induced me to read it; and with the title I am satisfied-and disappointed.	Ellen Weeton	By the Editor of the Letters of Maria	Windermere. A Novel	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	Letters on Mythology Addressed to a Lady by R. Morgan, 1 vol. A humourous and entertaining production, written in a light and easy style, to make it palatable to a lady's...	Ellen Weeton	R Morgan	Letters on Mythology	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	Lessons of a Governess to her Pupils by Madame de Silery- Brulart (formerly Countess de Genlis) 3 vols. For further remarks see page 11th.	Ellen Weeton	Stephanie de Genlis Brulart	Lessons of a Governess to Her Pupils	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	Lake of Killarney, by A.M. Porter. 3 vols. Rose de Blaguere, a foundling, is the heroine of the tale. Mr Clermont the hero. Mr O'Neil and his maiden sister bring up Rose...	Ellen Weeton	Anna Maria Porter	Lake of Killarney	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	The Cottagers of Glenburnie. 1 vol. by Miss Hamilton. A little tale tending to shew the folly of adhering to old customs merely because they have been habitual for many g...	Ellen Weeton	Miss Elizabeth Hamilton	The Cottagers of Glenburnie: A Tale for the Farmer	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	The Mysterious Gentleman Farmer. 3 vols. by J.Cory [sic] There is nothing in this novel, or in the author's Satyrical View of London, that would induce me to waste my tim...	Ellen Weeton	John Corry	The Mysterious Gentleman Farmer	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	An Essay on Old Maids. 3 vols. Has my approbation, although, or because, I am an Old Maid. What is the public opinion, I never heard - nor any opinion - but shall take t...	Ellen Weeton	W Hayley	A Philosophical, Historical and Moral Essay on Old...	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	I read very seldom indeed having in the first place but very little time for it... and in the second place, Mr & Mrs A. having never offered to lend me any books except a...	Ellen Weeton	David Brewster	The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Conducted by D. Brews	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"Anthony Errington, a Tyneside wagonway wright, sat down in 1823 to write out his life history ... After brief accounts of his parents and his infancy, he turned to his e...	Anthony Errington			Print: tombstone epitaphs
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"Alexander Somerville, a young farm-worker growing up in the Lammermuir Hills, made his first great journeys without leaving the fields in which he laboured: "'The next ...	Alexander Somerville	Anson	Voyage Round the World	Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled, "'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,...	Alexander Somerville			Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled, "'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,...	Alexander Somerville			Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled, "'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,...	Alexander Somerville			Print: Book
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced: "'About now all my sto...	John Clare		Cinderella	Print: Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced: "'About now all my sto...	John Clare		Little Red Riding Hood	Print: Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced: "'About now all my sto...	John Clare		Jack and the Beanstalk	Print: Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced: "'About now all my sto...	John Clare		Zig Zag	Print: Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"
	1700-1799 1800-1849	"John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced: "'About now all my sto...	John Clare		Prince Cherry	Print: Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"

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