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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'[the father of C.H. Rolph] read diligently through a list of the "Hundred Best Books" compiled in 1886 by Sir John Lubbock. "It included nearly all of the books that one... KoranPrint: Book
1850-1899'[the father of C.H. Rolph] read diligently through a list of the "Hundred Best Books" compiled in 1886 by Sir John Lubbock. "It included nearly all of the books that one... The NiebelungliedPrint: Book
1850-1899'[the father of C.H. Rolph] read diligently through a list of the "Hundred Best Books" compiled in 1886 by Sir John Lubbock. "It included nearly all of the books that one...Friedrich SchillerWilliam TellPrint: Book
1850-1899'[the father of C.H. Rolph] read diligently through a list of the "Hundred Best Books" compiled in 1886 by Sir John Lubbock. "It included nearly all of the books that one...Charles DickensThe Pickwick PapersPrint: Book
1850-1899'[the father of C.H. Rolph] read diligently through a list of the "Hundred Best Books" compiled in 1886 by Sir John Lubbock. "It included nearly all of the books that one...Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldPrint: Book
1850-1899'[the father of C.H. Rolph] read diligently through a list of the "Hundred Best Books" compiled in 1886 by Sir John Lubbock. "It included nearly all of the books that one...Walter Scott[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'Miss Hutchison Stirling is I believe about to submit to you a little story which I read at her request some time ago and in which I thought there was great promise espec...Margaret Oliphant Amelia Hutchison StirlingMonsieur le ComteManuscript: Book in MS
1850-1899'Is it right to ask who was the author of a very short contribution called I think Tea at the farm, or some such name? ["Tea at the Mains", by Harriette Cheape] It was ex...Margaret Oliphant Harriette CheapeTea at the MainsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I should like to say my mind about Louis Stevenson's Wrecker and the Naulakhka - both of which are striking instances of the evils of collaboration.'Margaret Oliphant Robert Louis StevensonWreckerPrint: Book
1850-1899'I should like to say my mind about Louis Stevenson's Wrecker and the Naulakhka - both of which are striking instances of the evils of collaboration.'Margaret Oliphant Rudyard KiplingNaulakhaPrint: Book
1850-1899'May I say that the new story in the Magazine begins very well? - the incident is striking and I think quite original, though the name of the story might have been better...Margaret Oliphant Sarah GrandSingularly DeludedPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I see a delightful account of the origin of Bon Gaultier's parody of Locksley Hall in last night's St James's' by Sir Theodore Martin.'Margaret Oliphant St James'sPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'As for Mona Maclean I am afraid I could not say more than that it is a cleverish very youthful book, the author of which if she comes to anything will probably much regr...Margaret Oliphant Graham TraversMona Maclean: Medical StudentPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'As for Mona Maclean I am afraid I could not say more than that it is a cleverish very youthful book, the author of which if she comes to anything will probably much regr...Margaret Oliphant F Marion Crawford Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I see in the papers that that man Walter Scott is going to bring out shortly a collection of Anglicized versions of early Scotch poetry such as Dunbar, Henryson, &c.'Margaret Oliphant  Print: Advertisement, Newspaper
1850-1899'Old Lady Cloncurry, who I suppose knows as much about Ireland as most people, was quite enthusiastic about that article on "Priest-ridden Ireland" in the last magazine"Lady Cloncurry Priest-Ridden IrelandPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'[...] how extremely sorry I am for your great loss in Mr. Henderson. I saw a mention of him [Mr. Henderson] in the Athenaeum last Saturday with the greatest regret'.Margaret Oliphant  Print: Advertisement, Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The manager here Mr. Simpson hearing what I said of it [George Chesney's "The Battle of Dorking"] took a proof home at night and while he was still wrapt up in it was st...[?George] Simpson George T ChesneyBattle of DorkingManuscript: Sheet, Proofs of aricle
1850-1899'The manager here Mr. Simpson hearing what I said of it [George Chesney's "The Battle of Dorking"] took a proof home at night and while he was still wrapt up in it was st...Old Mrs Simpson George T ChesneyBattle of DorkingManuscript: Sheet, Proofs of article
1850-1899'I am much mistaken if the appearance of the article 'The Battle of Dorking' does not mark an epoch in the history of the Magazine. Nothing so good has appeared for year...G.C. Swayne George T ChesneyBattle of DorkingPrint: Serial / periodical


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