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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 19 August 1837: 'I scarcely ever do anything -- in the way of [italics]business[end italics] I mean -- except writing [......Elizabeth Barrett J. C. F. von SchillerMaria StuartPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 12 March 1839: 'I like Schiller's Robbers better than any other play of his I have read.'Elizabeth Barrett J. C. F. von SchillerDie RauberPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road. 5th May 1941
A. G Joselin in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved

2. Apolo...		Arnold Joselin J. Dover Wilson[Introduction to Matthew Arnold’s Culture and Anar...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Finished Batchelor's Comedy.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook J. E. Buckrose (pseud.)A Bachelor's ComedyPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945Wednesday 14 February: '10 days recumbent [with headache], sleeping, dreaming, dipping into oh dear how many different books, how capriciously: Thackeray, Young's travels...Virginia Woolf J. E. NealeQueen ElizabethPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads St Helena Manuscript'.Percy Bysshe Shelley J. Frederic Lullin de ChateauvieuxManuscrit venu de St Helene d'une maniere inconnuePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tacitus and St Helena manuscript'Mary Shelley J. Frederic Lullin de ChateauvieuxManuscrit venu de St Helene d'une maniere inconnuePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Joanna Hutchinson, 5 September 1819: 'We have been very comfortable and without the least bustle until last night when before the Gentlemen had left...Thomas Monkhouse J. G. Crump Manuscript: Letter, Sheet
1900-1945Sunday 21 May 1933: 'Tonight sitting at the open window of a secondrate inn in Draguignan [...] I dip into Creevey; L[eonard]. into Golden Bough.'Leonard Woolf J. G. FrazerThe Golden BoughPrint: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's journal (1890-91): 'May 28th. [1890] G. F. Watts left today, having done a fine portrait of my father [...] At the request of Watts, my father r...Hallam Tennyson J. G. FrazerThe Golden BoughPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 29 June 1821: 'I have just read "John Bull's letter" -- it is diabolically well written -- & full of fun and ferocity' [goes on to speculate as to w...George Gordon Lord Byron J. G. LockhartJohn Bull's Letter to Lord ByronPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849'You see I quote Sir W. Scott. I am reading in the evenings at the Athenaeum his life, and am in the sixth volume.' Charles Darwin J. G. LockhartThe Life of Sir Walter Scott bart.
1900-1945Friday 15 August 1924: 'When I was 20 I liked 18th Century prose; I liked Hakluyt, Merimee. I read masses of Carlyle, Scott's life & letters, Gibbon, all sorts of two vol...Virginia Stephen J. G. LockhartLife of Walter ScottPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday 9 April 1826: 'Lockhart's Review -- Don't like his article on Sheridan's Life. There is no breadth in it, no general views -- the whole flung away in smart bu...Walter Scott J. G. Lockhartreview of Thomas Moore, Life of SheridanPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk was written by [J. G.] Lockhart, aided probably by one or more [...] clever young advocates [...] Sophia probably knew who its author was...Charlotte Sophia Scott J. G. LockhartPeter's Letters to his KinsfolkUnknown
1800-1849Charlotte Sophia Scott to Miss Millar (former governess), 5 July 1819: 'I would advise you to read a new book, which will be out soon called Peter's Letters to his Ki...Walter Scott J. G. LockhartPeter's Letters to his KinsfolkUnknown
1850-1899From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's recommendations of non-fictional works 'which I can guarantee myself' in 'Hints on Reading': 'Culture and Religion, by J. G. Sharp, i...Elizabeth Missing Sewell J. G. SharpCulture and ReligionPrint: Book
1800-1849'By the by have you read my friend Mr Crag's [sic] "Hunting of Badlewe" published by Colburne. If you have not I wish you would and tell me punctually what you think of h...James Hogg J. H. CraigHunting of Badlewe, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to J. H. Jesse, 5 December 1843: 'I am much obliged by your kind attention in sending me your Selwyn volumes: but to be candid with you, I can by no...John Wilson Croker J. H. Jesse(apparently) Selwyn and His ContemporariesPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, letter postmarked 2 October 1847: 'The most interesting [book] that I have read for many years is Lamartine's Histo...Mary Russell Mitford J. Heneage JesseLiterary and Historical Memorials of LondonPrint: Book


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