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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
 
1850-1899'As I expect a heap of books from England, I am having two book shelves put up in my cabin. I am afraid it will darken it a little, mais n'importe I am reading the consti...Albert Battiscombe William Douglas HamiltonOutlines of the History of EnglandPrint: Book
1850-1899'reading "Cornhill Magazine" &c'Albert Battiscombe [n/a]Cornhill MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Commenced work again to day in earnest - read some of the [following page missing]' Albert Battiscombe [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1850-1899'Paymaster went ashore to inquire about coals &, he returned at 8 PM telling us to steam alongside a brig to morrow morning: he brought out some newspapers - I read in on...Albert Battiscombe [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I am going to try & commence work again, having done nothing since entering the sick list, except read a few novels and that class of books'Albert Battiscombe [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read a good deal during the day, and worked a Couple of hours at French.'Albert Battiscombe [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The Australasian & the Age. Then read a little to the youngsters & at ten o'clock went to bed'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]AustralasianPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The Australasian & the Age. Then read a little to the youngsters & at ten o'clock went to bed'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]The AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'The Australasian & the Age. Then read a little to the youngsters & at ten o'clock went to bed'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][stories]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the Evening I read a story from the Arabian Nights, then played a game of Bezique with Dotty.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Arabian Nights, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'was down in good time & had devoured my breakfast as well as the Australasian by a little past nine o'clock.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]AustralasianPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'This Evening was rather a lazy one. I read & afterwards played a game of Bezique with Polly, then went to bed'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read with Harry in the Evening, then played a long game of Bezique with Sissy'John Buckley and Harry Castieau [unknown][drama?]Print: Book
1850-1899'[letter from Mrs Ward to her father] Read the books about Lancashire life a hundred years ago, and see if they have not improved - if they are not less brutal, less eart...Mary Augusta Ward [books on 18th century Lancashire life]Print: Book
1850-1899'There, too, in the book-lined room which she had made her study, she would on Sunday evenings carry out in practice those ideas on the teaching of the Bible which she ha...Janet Ward GospelsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I was repelled at home, rather than encouraged to read, and I never remember to have seen a book in my elders' hands. Literature was limited to the "Daily Telegraph". To...Thomas Okey William Shakespeare[works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I was repelled at home, rather than encouraged to read, and I never remember to have seen a book in my elders' hands. Literature was limited to the "Daily Telegraph". To...Okey family, parents and grandparents of Thomas Okey [n/a]Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'The only books I remember seeing as a small child were an old copy of Foxe's "Book of Martyrs" and one of the Bible, including the Apocrypha, brought out of their hiding...Thomas Okey [n/a]The BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'The only books I remember seeing as a small child were an old copy of Foxe's "Book of Martyrs" and one of the Bible, including the Apocrypha, brought out of their hiding...Thomas Okey John FoxeBook of MartyrsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Readers of my generation owe a great debt of gratitude to the enterprise of Messrs. Dicks. My first introduction to great fiction dates from the publication by them of S...Thomas Okey Sir Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book


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