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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Since reading "Cousin Marshall" and others of my Numbers, [Lord Henley] had dropped his subscriptions to some hurtful charities, and had devoted his funds to Education, ...Lord Henley Harriet MartineauStories including "Cousin Marshall"Print: Unknown
1800-1849'[S. T. Coleridge] told me [Harriet Martineau] that he (the last person whom I should have suspected) read my tales as they came out on the first of the month'.Samuel Taylor Coleridge Harriet MartineauTalesPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, on plans for, and execution of, her work on Toussaint L'Ouverture: 'I went to my confidante, with a sheetful of notes, and a heartful of longings to dr...anon Harriet Martineauwork on Toussaint L'OuverturePrint: Book
1800-1849'At a concert at the Hanover Square Rooms, some time before [Queen Victoria's accession] (I forget what year it was) the Duchess of Kent sent Sir John Conroy to me [Harri...Princess Victoria Harriet MartineauStories including "Ella of Garveloch"Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'[A friend] one day desired to be allowed to see and criticise the first chapter of my [Harriet Martineau's] "Retrospect of Western Travel." I gave him the MS. at night;...anon Harriet MartineauRetrospect of Western TravelManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Harriet Martineau to 'Mr Atkinson', 21 November 1847: 'I saw a sort of scared smile on Mrs. ----'s face the other day, when in talking about education, I said we had yet ...anon Harriet Martineauarticles on Household EducationPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte (writing as Currer Bell) to Harriet Martineau, 7 November 1849: 'When C.B. first read "Deerbrook" he tasted a new and keen pleasure [...] "Deerbrook" ran...Charlotte Bronte Harriet MartineauDeerbrookPrint: Book
1800-1849'"Currer Bell" [Charlotte Bronte] told me [Harriet Martineau] that she had read with astonishment those parts of "Household Education" which relate my own experience. It...Charlotte Bronte Harriet MartineauHousehold EducationPrint: Book
1850-1899'I [Harriet Martineau] wrote a letter [...] to an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, who was earnest in his endeavours to get workhouses supplied with milk and vegetables, ...Harriet Martineau Harriet MartineauLetter to Assistant poor-law CommissionerPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Harriet Martineau on the death of a Town Missionary acquaintance of hers: 'A friend of his at Birmingham wrote to me that he declared himself dying [of consumption] [...anon Harriet MartineauLetterManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Harriet Martineau on the death of a Town Missionary acquaintance of hers: 'A friend of his at Birmingham wrote to me that he declared himself dying [of consumption] [...anon Harriet MartineauLetterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Maria Weston Chapman on Harriet Martineau's story 'Mary and her Grandmother': 'I found it in the [italics]mansarde[end italics] of a Paris friend, and stood reading on th...Maria Weston Chapman Harriet MartineauMary and her GrandmotherPrint: Book
1800-1849Lord Durham to Harriet Martineau, 1 January 1834: 'I have read your excellent paper with great pleasure'.Lord Durham Harriet MartineauarticleUnknown
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 10 September 1837: 'Read to Mrs ---- my last chapters of my first volume of "Retrospect." She says the book will do.'Harriet Martineau Harriet MartineauRetrospectUnknown
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 24 September 1837: '[italics]Evening[end italics] Read [...] to my mother [...] my Sedgwick article, which she likes.'Harriet Martineau Harriet Martineauarticle on SedgwickUnknown
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 16 December 1837: 'Morning, read one of my own stories, -- "Loom and Lugger." Was quite disappointed in it. It has capital material, but is ...Harriet Martineau Harriet MartineauLoom and LuggerUnknown
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 6 February 1838: '[At Captain Beaufort's] Met [...] C. Darwin, Mr. F. Edgeworth, and Mr. Hamilton, brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, w...Harriet MartineauunknownPrint: Book
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1850-1899		Sir Arthur Helps to the publisher Macmillan, 'I have lately re-read "Deerbrook" with exceeding delight.'Sir Arthur Helps Harriet MartineauDeerbrookPrint: Book
1800-1849Lord Jeffrey to 'Mr. Empson', December 1840: 'I have read Harriet [Martineau]'s first volume [of "The Hour and the Man"], and give in my adhesion to her Black Prince [Tou...Francis Jeffrey Harriet MartineauThe Hour and the Man (vol. I)Print: Book
1850-1899Florence Nightingale to Jane Martineau, 29 June 1876: 'I have thought of "The Hour and the Man" as the finest historical romance in any language. You would wonder if you...Florence Nightingale Harriet MartineauThe Hour and the ManPrint: Book


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