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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945Tuesday 1 January 1935: 'I had a lovely old years walk yesterday [...] & then in to Lewes to take the car to Martins [garage], & then home, & read St Paul & the papers [....Virginia Woolf Acts of the ApostlesPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Scottish dailies have begun to review my "Folly" ["Almayer's Folly"]. brief, journalistic, but full of praise! Above all, the "Scotsman", the major Edinburgh paper, ...Joseph Conrad newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'The late Mrs Laidlaw of Willenslee took some notice of me, and frequently gave me books to read while tending the ewes; these were chiefly theological. The only one, tha...James Hogg [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I delayed sending you my acknowledgement for the September issue [of Blackwood's Magazine] [...]The appreciation of Mrs Oliphant's work is just in the right note. It is ...Joseph Conrad Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Thanks for the copy of the November number [of Blackwood;'s Magazine][...] I turned to "Tennyson" with eagerness.' Hence follow several line of discussion on this revi...Joseph Conrad Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'The late Mrs Laidlaw of Willenslee took some notice of me, and frequently gave me books to read while tending the ewes; these were chiefly theological. The only one, tha...James Hogg [theological books]Print: Book
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to William Blackwood, 24 August 1819: 'I have received your last number [...] As a series of essays, critical and humorous, it is excellent; but i...John Wilson Croker Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[letter from M. Jusserand to Mrs Ward] 'I spent yesternight a most charming evening reading your essay [on the Brontes]. Shall I confess that I feel with Kingsley, havin...M. Jusserand [Rolls of Parliament]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'There are some very able papers in the last Magazine as usual but I do not think the selection likely to add much to its popularity The Notices however are inimitable mo...James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, including the poet...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'The Howard book I had read, but had not a copy of it. I have the Sonnet to Sharpe, which I admired greatly for its simplicity, and truly antique style, long ere I knew w...James Hogg [unidentified sonnet]Print: Book
1800-1849'This last is not near so interesting as the former, there is too much of pompous fine writing in it at least attempts at it. Such papers as that declamatory one on the s...James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have read the Review and no 23 of the Magazine and never did I read any works with so much interest Though quite different messes they are both exquisite in kind a fea...James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have read the Review and no 23 of the Magazine and never did I read any works with so much interest Though quite different messes they are both exquisite in kind a fea...James Hogg Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I find your Mag. a great favourite in Dumfriesshire especially with the ladies. Macculloch had been trying to stir up a party against it - It is little wonder With all t...James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I cannot tell you how much I think of the Magazine it is so interesting and spirited throughout it is safe'James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh magazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I am much pleased by your attention in sending me such [CUT] and confess my weakness that such [CUT] and Z. to Leigh Hunt are quite delicious pray may I ask if the India...James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - anonymous poem an...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I heard two gentleman [sic] reading with great glee and much laughter several sheets of a parody upon part of it yesterday which they gave me to understand would be publ...James Hogg [a parody of Scott's 'Marmion']Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'I have read several English reviews of my books at great length which are favourable in the extreme'.James Hogg [reviews of The Mountain Bard and The Shepherd's G...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'The Edin. and the Scottish Reviews were both published yesterday. Neither Rokeby nor the Wake is in the former. Rokeby it is certain is never to be in, but it is still r...James Hogg Edinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'The Edin. and the Scottish Reviews were both published yesterday. Neither Rokeby nor the Wake is in the former. Rokeby it is certain is never to be in, but it is still r...James Hogg Scotish ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical


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