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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'The writer [Ford Madox Ford] never saw Conrad read any book of memoirs except those of Maxime Ducamp and the Correspondence of Flaubert; those we read daily together ove...Joseph Conrad Horace George Montagu Rumbold, 9th Baronet Recollections of a Diplomatist AND/OR Further Rec...Print: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Rachel Talfourd, c.1842: 'Out of certain projects of calling personally and saying my thankful say -- comes this poor paper and ink acknowledgemen...Robert Browning Thomas Noon TalfourdRecollections of a First Visit to the Alps, in Aug...Print: Book
1800-1849'Will you thank Mr Talfourd for the kind present of his pleasant book' [letter to Edward Moxon]Mary Shelley Thomas Noon TalfourdRecollections of a first visit to the Alps, in Aug...Print: Book
1800-1849'When you have time & spirits for it, pray read "Sketches by Boz" with Cruikshank's designs. Except ones daily Scripture reading, I like no books that do not make me laug...Sarah Harriet Burney Benson Earle HillRecollections of an Artillery Officer including sc...Print: Book
1900-1945'De Quincey was the subject before the paper & number of extracts [sic] & two papers, one read by Mrs Rawlings & one by Miss Cole, gave a very interesting introduction to...Ernest E. Unwin Thomas de QuinceyRecollections of Charles LambPrint: Book
1900-1945'9. Charles Stansfield then read his paper on Charles Lamb. He gave us a clear picture of Lamb in his family relationships, beginning with a delightful study of Lamb’s ...Dorothy Brain Charles LambRecollections of Christ’s HospitalManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'On looking over the Articles of a General Factor in the village, where I was transacting some business, a little book of very tasteful and inviting appearance presented ...John Cole John EdwardsRecollections of FileyPrint: Book
1800-1849'If you want to read an agreeable book, read Galownin's narrative of his confinement in and escape from Japan; and I think it may do very well for reading out, which I be...Sydney Smith [Captain] GollowninRecollections of Japan, by Capt. Gollownin of the ...Print: Book
1800-1849'I strongly recommend to you Captain Golownin's narrative of his imprisonment in Japan; it is one of the most entertaining books I have read for a long time.'Sydney Smith [Captain] GollowninRecollections of Japan, by Capt. Gollownin of the ...Print: Book
1800-1849'I [ac]cordingly wrote off to St. Andrews; and the next day, to all the four winds in quest of recommendations. To Goethe, to Irving, to Buller, to Brewster &c &c. Thes...Thomas Carlyle David (dr) BrewsterRecommendationManuscript: Letter of recommendation
1850-1899'Finished Fanny Kemble's Records of a girlhood'.George Eliot [pseud] Frances Anne KembleRecords of a GirlhoodPrint: Book
1800-1849'"Sometimes although neither of us was gifted with a voice of much power..." (Captain Clapperton). Landar's Expedition - Captain Clapperton died of a fever at Soccatoo 1...Bowly groupRichard LanderRecords of Captain Clapperton's last expeditionUnknown
1800-1849'Song of the wives of the King of Cariba... Landar's expedition'Bowly groupRichard LanderRecords of Captain Clapperton's Last ExpeditionUnknown
1800-1849'The following imperfect translation of a song to the Sovereign of Khiama may serve as a specimen of the poetry of the Africans - Landor'Bowly groupRichard LanderRecords of Captain Clapperton's Last ExpeditionUnknown
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 25 November 1829: 'We have a quantity of leisure here, and go on in a spirited manner with Dante. I am now re...Harriet Countess Granville SumnerRecords of the CreationPrint: Book
1900-1945'E. [Edward] Grey's book, of which I have already read a considerable portion, has certainly the charm of a genuine feeling expressed in plain language worthy of a great ...Joseph Conrad Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of FallodonRecreationPrint: Book
1850-1899'We were told that a Bible and Testament were placed at the head of each bed; and we saw one convict reading "Recreations in Astronomy".'anon Rev Lewis TomlinsonRecreations in AstronomyPrint: Book
1850-1899"In the early 1870s Browning frequently dined at the Chelsea home of the newly married Sir Charles Dilke. In 1872 he read there Red Cotton Nightcap Country (1873) -- 'at...Robert Browning Robert BrowningRed Cotton Nightcap CountryUnknown
1900-1945'Thurs. Nil by mail. Read Red Eve by Ryder Haggard.'William Thomas Henry Rider HaggardRed EvePrint: Book
1900-1945'Miss Marriage then gave us some notes on Anatole France [sic] Life with references to some of his work & the order of their production. F.E. Pollard read an amusing acco...Elizabeth Marriage Anatole FranceRed Lily, ThePrint: Book


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