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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'Thank you very much for "Battle" [W. W. Gibson], but curse this nib. To me it is not as good as Housman; some things appeal to me for setting, but not strongly[.] Th...Ivor Bertie Gurney Wilfrid Wilson GibsonBattlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for "Battle" [W. W. Gibson], but curse this nib. To me it is not as good as Housman; some things appeal to me for setting, but not strongly[.] Th...Ivor Bertie Gurney Weekly DispatchPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thank you very much for Mr Holliday's book, which has certainly got a lot of good things in it and which I enjoyed greatly.'Joseph Conrad Robert Cortes HollidayunspecifiedPrint: Book
1850-1899'Thank you very much for sending me the Missing Link, and remembering my wish to know more about "Marian" [Evans]. The book came in the middle of a storm of wind & rain o...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Ellen RaynardMissing Link, The; or Bible Women In The Homes Of ...Print: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending me the papers — it's a treat to read some B'ham news and know what's going on in Brum.'Bernard Wilfrid Long Birmingham Daily PostPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending me the text [of John Galsworthy's play "The Family Man"] which I have looked over with considerable interest. There are several rather co...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Family ManPrint: playscript
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending me your contribution towards the solution of the great problem [Polish independence].[...] Your arguments and your conclusions seem to me...Joseph Conrad Roman DmowskiRussian Realities and Problems (chapter) or Proble...Print: Book, Pamphlet, see additional comment, identity of text uncertain
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending the Fortnightly Leaflet with your history of the robin. It is a charming paper—written charmingly and very interesting.’William Henry Hudson Ethel WilliamsFortnightly LeafletPrint: Pamphlet
1850-1899'Thank you very much for the "Life of George Eliot," and for the kind and flattering inscription. I am very glad to have the book, which is as curious a book as any I ev...Margaret Oliphant John MorleyLife of George EliotPrint: Book
1850-1899'Thank you very much for the "Life of George Eliot," and for the kind and flattering inscription. I am very glad to have the book, which is as curious a book as any I ev...Margaret Oliphant Review of the Life of George EliotPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thank you very much for the books. Monahan I like. E[zra] P[ound] is certainly a poet but I am afraid I am too old and too wooden-headed to appreciate him as perhaps he ...Joseph Conrad Michael MonahanNew AdventuresPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thank you very much for the books. Monahan I like. E[zra] P[ound] is certainly a poet but I am afraid I am too old and too wooden-headed to appreciate him as perhaps he ...Joseph Conrad Ezra PoundPavannes and DivisionsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thank you very much for the gift of "Ion"; the tragedy was known to us by extracts, and our desire to see it was great. We like it very much - it is a noble descendant o...Mary Howitt Thomas Noon TalfourdIonPrint: Book
1850-1899'Thank you very much for the Magazine - I am charmed with "St Stephen's". It is Sir Edward's, of course.'Margaret Oliphant Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Thank you very much for the Magazine - I am charmed with "St Stephen's". It is Sir Edward's, of course.'Margaret Oliphant ?Edward ?Bulwer LyttonSt Stephen'sPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thank you very much for your letter and the "Smart Set", which I think very good, also Bottomley's article, which is much to the point. Since last writing we have ...John Michael Howard Harker Smart SetPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thank you very much for your letter and the pamphlet in which I was very much interested.' Joseph Conrad David John Nicoll"Commonweal": The Greenwich MysteryPrint: Pamphlet, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Thank you very much for your list of authors. You may think how we [italics] savoured [end italics] the papers on the Catacombs. Marianne & Meta always write the names o...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Atlantic MonthlyPrint: Serial / periodical, Unknown
1900-1945'Thank you, my dearest for all the books you have presented me with, in particular for Fredro, qui m'a donné un plaisir extrème à lire et à regarder les images.'Joseph Conrad Alexandr FredroTrzy po TrzyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thank your kind friend and host for his little Book, great part of which I read that afternoon: but my Mother got it and carried it down with her, she seemed to so anxio...Thomas Carlyle Edward IRvingOrthodox and Catholic Doctrine of Our Lord's Human...Print: Book


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