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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
 
1900-1945'A letter in the "Jewish Chronicle" subsequently assailed Victor for publishing and commending "Above All Nations".'Vera Brittain Jewish ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'A letter was read from Mr Stubington expressing regret at withdrawing from the Club on account of leaving the town.'Alfred Rawlings Mr Stubington[letter of resignation from XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'A little before this time I had been reading that entertaining little volume, Miss Taylor's "Original Poems for Children", one of which, "The Truant Boys", had particula...Thomas Carter Anne TaylorOriginal Poems for Infant MindsPrint: Book
1800-1849'a little reading of Southey's "Colloquies" with which I was much pleased.'John Ruskin Robert SoutheySir Thomas More; or Colloquies on the Progress and...Print: Book
1900-1945'A mail arrived after dusk. Someone sent me the Bishop's address at the Guildhall, and I read it out to those around, at their request.'Douglas Herbert Bell [Address by the Bishop of London at Guildhall, 191...Print: Unknown
1900-1945'A man is playing the piano briskly; on music stand is a newspaper, open at the sports page, which he is reading. A hunchback, brown suit, bow tie, sings songs about lo... [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'A master's debate at school set me thinking, and I decided for myself as far as I could at that age. At 16 I joined the Under Thirty movement where I heard a debate on P...Dick ShepherdunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'A master's debate at school set me thinking, and I decided for myself as far as I could at that age. At 16 I joined the Under Thirty movement where I heard a debate on P...Aldous HuxleyEncyclopaedia of pacifismPrint: Book
1900-1945'A Meeting held at Ashton Lodge 8/11/29
H. M. Wallis in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting read and approved'		Howard Smith Howard Smith[Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held ...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'A meeting of the Club & a large number of guests met at Manor House Earley [?] on the kind invitation of Mr & Mrs Heelas on July 6 1908 to witness a []performance crosse...members of XII Book Club and friendsW.S. GilbertPalace of TruthPrint: Book
1900-1945'A meeting was held at Whinfield [?] on Dec 8 1904 devoted to H.G. Wells's Mankind in the Making. Howard R. Smith gave a good resume of the political and social proposals...Howard R. Smith Howard R. Smith[paper on H. G. wells's 'Mankind in the Making']Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'A meeting was held at Whinfield [?] on Dec 8 1904 devoted to H.G. Wells's Mankind in the Making. Howard R. Smith gave a good resume of the political and social proposals...Charles Stansfield Charles Stansfield[paper on H. G. Wells's 'Mankind in the Making']Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'A meeting was held at Whinfield [?] on Dec 8 1904 devoted to H.G. Wells's Mankind in the Making. Howard R. Smith gave a good resume of the political and social proposals...Charles Stansfield H.G. WellsMankind in the MakingPrint: Book
1900-1945'A meeting was held at Whinfield [?] on Dec 8 1904 devoted to H.G. Wells's Mankind in the Making. Howard R. Smith gave a good resume of the political and social proposals...Howard R Smith H.G. WellsMankind in the MakingPrint: Book
1850-1899'A Mental Struggle'Sarah Good Margaret HungerfordA Mental StrugglePrint: Book
1850-1899'A misty, rainy morning. Had not slept very soundly. We got up rather early, and sat working and reading in the drawing-room till the breakfast was ready, for which we ha...Queen Victoria unknownunknownPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'A more poignant Newcastle memory came later. Settled in the town in a house of our own, we had been reading David Copperfield aloud of an evening to manma, when she ...Ernest Rhys Charles DickensDavid Copperfield
1900-1945'A more recent influence was Huysmans' "Les Soeurs Vatards", a novel about artisan life in a lace-maker's atelier in Paris, which he read with great admiration in March 1...Arnold Bennett Joris Karl HuysmansLes Soeurs VatardsPrint: Book
1700-1799'A most comfortable reading with my little boys and one with my family'Elizabeth Gurney [unknown][unknown, probably religious, Bible?]Print: Book
1700-1799'A most comfortable reading with my little boys and one with my family'Elizabeth Gurney [unknown][unknown, probably religious, Bible?]Print: Book


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