√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1900-1945 I am glad to see that today you give some figures to show what the coal strike is really about. The public seldom knows what a strike is about. . . No paper gives impart... Arnold Bennett Express Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'I wanted to see the Duchess Eleanor ever since I read that review - criticism - whatever you call it in the Times, long before I had the slightest suspicion it was yours... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Times, The [review of H.F. Chorley's play 'The Duc... Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'she [Charlotte Bronte] was very angry indeed with that part of the Examiner review of Esmond (I had forgotten it) which said his [Thackeray's] works would not live; and ... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Examiner [review of Thackeray's 'Henry Esmond'] Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'she [Charlotte Bronte] was very angry indeed with that part of the Examiner review of Esmond (I had forgotten it) which said his [Thackeray's] works would not live; and ... Charlotte Bronte Examiner [review of Thackeray's 'Henry Esmond'] Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Yes! I did read that letter of 'First Hand'; - those letters inded, and I liked the whole tone and mode of expression so much that I was thoroughly glad to see how peopl... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [letter of a 'First Hand'] Print : Unknown1850-1899 'Spectator, Lity Gazette, Sharp's Mag; Colborn have all abused it ['Ruth'] as roundly as may be. Litery Gazette in every form of abuse 'insufferably dull' 'style offensiv... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [various periodicals: reviews of Gaskell's 'Ruth'] Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Spectator, Lity Gazette, Sharp's Mag; Colborn have all abused it ['Ruth'] as roundly as may be. Litery Gazette in every form of abuse 'insufferably dull' 'style offensiv... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Literary Gazette [review of Gaskell's 'Ruth'] Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'The "North British Review"had a [italics] delicious [end italics] review of "Ruth" in it. Who the deuce could have written it? It is so truly religious, it makes me swea... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell North British Review [review of Gaskell's 'Ruth'] Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Thank you for the Atlas. The Guardian (Puseyite) has been very busy praising M[oorland] C[ottage] too. I hope the Times will be so kind as to leave it alone; for I think... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Times, The [review of a Thackeray book, perhaps Pe... Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'Thank you for the Atlas. The Guardian (Puseyite) has been very busy praising M[oorland] C[ottage] too. I hope the Times will be so kind as to leave it alone; for I think... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Guardian, The [review of Gaskell's 'The Moorland C... Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'from an accidental copy of the Leader I learn that a fourth edition [of Mary Barton] is coming out' Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Leader, The Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Thank you for the Atlas. The Guardian (Puseyite) has been very busy praising M[oorland] C[ottage] too. I hope the Times will be so kind as to leave it alone; for I think... Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Atlas, The [review of Gaskell's 'The Moorland Cott... Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 [Gaskell relates how Charlotte Bronte presented her father with 'Jane Eyre'] ''May I read you some reviews.' So she read them; and then she asked him if he would read the... Charlotte Bronte [reviews of Jane Eyre] Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'If you have heard no news lately from the south, it will be fresh intelligence for you that Lawson had a call to Selkirk, which as I learn from this day's newspaper (aft... Thomas Carlyle [newspaper] Print : NewspaperManuscript : Letter1800-1849 'My copy of 'Margaret' is in such demand since the review in the Athenaeum; it is pledged 3 deep'. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [review of 'Margaret, a tale of the Real and the I... Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 '[whilst Mrs Ward suffered her last illness] her son and her daughters took turns in reading to her the poets that she loved'. Mary Augusta Ward Print : Book1800-1849 'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo... Sarah Harriet Burney Il balliano; ovvero Il vero amore ne'cimenti e piu... Print : Unknown1900-1945 '[letter from Frederic Harrison to Mrs Ward] I am one of those to whom your book ["The Case of Richard Meynell"] specially appeals, as I know so much of the literature, t... Frederic Harrison Essays and Reviews Print : Book1900-1945 'Mrs Ward never allowed the springs of thought to grow dry for lack of reading. The one advantage that she gained from her short nights - for her hours of sleep were rare... Mary Augusta Ward Print : Book1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 24 December 1844:
'I observe an advertisement of [Charles Cowden Clarke's] wife's concordance.' Elizabeth Barrett advertisement for Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, The... Print : Advertisement, Serial / periodical
