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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
 
1850-1899Henry James to Grace Norton, 14 January 1874, describing daily routine in Florence: "I write more or less in the mornings, walk about in the afternoons, and doze over a b...Henry James unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 3 May 1874: "Of Aldrich's tale, I'm sorry to say I've lost the thread, through missing a number of the magazine ..."Henry James Thomas Bailey AldrichstoryPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 29 July 1874: "I cut out of the Galignani the other day, to send you, a paragraph on Miss Lowe's marriage, at Venice, and have stupidl...Henry James wedding announcementPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 13 January 1875: "I have been staying at Mrs. Owen Wister's and having Fanny Kemble read Calderon for me tete a tete of a morning."Fanny Kemble Pedro Calderon de la BarcaunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 23 January 1875: " ... I have had nothing since my return to town that is worth your hearing of. I have seen a certain number of ordi...Henry James unknown"dullish books"Print: Book
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 19 or 26 March 1875: "I read this morning your notice of A Passionate Pilgrim ... If kindness could kill I should be safely out of th...Henry James William Dean Howellsreview of Henry James, A Passionate PilgrimPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I was fond of reading when at home, but we had not an abundance of books; so as soon as I settled at Notting Hill, I often in the evening made my way to Oxford and other...William Tinsley [unknown][various titles]Print: Book
1850-1899'Two little books that I read in my boyhood impressed and stimulated me greatly. They helped me in my efforts to live bravely and to use my life for noble ends. These wer...Thomas Burt Frederick DouglassNarrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an Am...Print: Book
1850-1899'There is a novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which I should not omit to mention, since it made a great sensation when it appeared, and it was the only book of its class brough...Peter Burt Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899'That would be in the year 1852, when I was fifteen. About the same time I read "The White Slave" and the autobiography of Frederick Douglass. Thus began a keen, lasting ...Thomas Burt Richard HildrethThe white slave, or memoirs of a fugitivePrint: Book
1850-1899'One of my aunts, living some two miles away, I discovered had a copy of Bunyan's immortal dream. The Bible and the pilgrim. Bunyan, for some reason, probably because of ...Thomas Burt John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1850-1899'With my scanty pocket-money, high-priced books were beyond my reach; but I was lucky enough, when hunting, as was my want, among the second-hand bookstalls in Newcastle ...Thomas Burt John MiltonAeropagiticaPrint: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt William Cowper[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt Henry Wadsworth Longfellow[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt John Milton[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt Alexander Pope[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt William Wordsworth[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educa...Thomas Burt [n/a]British ControversionalistPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educa...Thomas Burt [n/aPopular EducatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educa...Thomas Burt [n/a]Educational CoursePrint: Serial / periodical


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