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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Did you read Sir W Hamilton on Cousin's Metaphysics in the last Edinburgh Review? And what inferences are we to draw from it? Pity that Sir W. had not the gift of deli...Thomas Carlyle Sir William HamiltonReview of Victor Cousin's 'Cours de Philosophie' (...Print: Serial / periodicalUnknown
1900-1945'The only thing S.L. [Violet Hunt's memoirs] says about you, by the bye, is that I am now wandering homeless over Europe with a younger and more robust Egeria. I meant to...Ford Madox Ford [unknown]review of Violet Hunt's 'The Flurried Years' in th...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945Friday 19 March 1937: '"They" say almost universally that The Years is a masterpiece [...] The praise chorus began yesterday: by the way I was walking in Covent Garden & ...Virginia Woolf Howard Springreview of Virginia Woolf, The YearsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945Thursday 1 September 1937: 'A violent attack on 3 Gs in Scrutiny by Q. Leavis. I dont think it gave me an entire single thrill of horror. And I didnt read it through [......Virginia Woolf Queenie LeavisReview of Virginia Woolf, Three GuineasPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I had already spotted your Dickens; very pleasant and true.'Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henleyreview of Vol 3 Letters of Charles Dickens in Athe...Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Thursday 2 June 1932: 'Lord David [Cecil]'s party last night. Half across London [...] Edwardes Sq[a]re very large leafy silent Georgian refined: so too no. 41 [...] Talk...Virginia Woolf Naomi MitchisonReview of W. H. Auden, The OratorsPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Uvedale Price, c.15 April 1827: 'I have done reading your correspondence with Mr Commeline [...] I thought it odd that an article of the Edinbur...Elizabeth Barrett unknownReview of William Mitford, An Inquiry into the Pri...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, mid-February 1840: 'Did you ever hear how poor Mr Reade has compromised himself with Fraser .. in the magazine? [...] how ...Elizabeth Barrett Review of William Reade's poems Italy and The Delu...Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 1-10 October 1795, 'I am obliged to Nares for a very handsome review. it is my intention next year to write a tragedy. the...Robert Southey Robert NaresReview of work by SoutheyPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'My book reviews find considerable favour. The eclectic Chapman has much encouraged me by the statement that he reads no criticism which he likes better.'Frederic Chapman Arnold BennettreviewsPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Main page reviews in the "Observer", "Reynolds News" and the "Sunday Chronicle", and a warm tribute in the "Yorkshire Post" to both Winifred and the book on publication ...Vera Brittain Reviews in the "Observer," "Reynold's News," "Sund...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 2 April 1817: 'There have been two Articles in the Venice papers one a review of C. Lamb's "Glenarvon" ... the other a review of C[hilde] Har[ol]d i...George Gordon Lord Byron reviews of Caroline Lamb, Glenarvon, and Byron, Ch...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Joanna Baillie to John Murray, 16 March 1832: 'I thank you very heartily for your great courtesy in sending me a copy of Miss Kemble's tragedy. I have read it very eag...Joanna Baillie reviews of Frances Kemble, Francis the FirstPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to her father, Edward Moulton-Barrett, c. November 1817: 'I have been reading Lord Byrons Corsair &c how foolish I have been not to read them before ...Elizabeth Barrett George Gordon, Lord ByronReviews of the CorsairPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Robert Southey to Robert Lovell, 5-6 April 1794: 'I have not yet seen Priestleys reasons for quitting this country. from the review I collect that he compares the presen...Robert Southey anonReviews of William Belsham's Remarks on the Nature...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The swollen, childish and pedantic vanity that moved the said revisers to put 'bring' for 'lead', is a sort of literary fault that calls for an eternal hell ..'Robert Louis Stevenson Revised Version of New TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849Read some passages from Shelley?s Revolt of Islam before I was up. He is a great poet; but we acknowledge him to be a great poet as we acknowledge Spenser to be so, & do...Elizabeth Barrett Percy Bysshe ShelleyRevolt of IslamPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Aminta - Read Livy - Transcribe the Symposium - Read the Revolt of Islam'Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe ShelleyRevolt of Islam, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Livy - The Revolt of Islam - 1st Canto of Tasso'Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe ShelleyRevolt of Islam, TheManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'S. reads Beaumonts & Fletchers plays - and the Revolt of Islam aloud in the evening'Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe ShelleyRevolt of Islam, ThePrint: Book


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