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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'Miss Maggie Bell has sent me [a] MS. novel to look over, - she is a nice person, and I know I once wanted to help sorely'Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Maggie Bell[MS. novel]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'There was a tale in the Age of yesterday called "The wife's revenge" it was very well written & described a heartless scoundrel who to the world appeared everything that...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]The AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Commenced as soon as I had been through the Gaol to read some of my Diary for 1871'John Buckley Castieau John Buckley CastieaudiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'In the evening I tried the reading powers of Walter & Godfrey with a chapter in the testament, both of the boys have lost their front teeth & were not able to speak plai...Castieau children [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Mustered in the afternoon & then worked in the office for a couple of hours, employing myself first with my Diary & afterwards in reading a Prison Report from which I in...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][prison report]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In the evening commenced reading again a book called Five years in Penal Servitude. The book refers to English prisons & professes to have been written by one who has se...John Buckley Castieau [unknown]Five Years in Penal ServitudePrint: Book
1850-1899'You may remember that I used to desire to outlive you: I have changed my cue: I should be left to speak in the words of surely the most affecting historical document in ...Robert Louis Stevenson Emery Tylney(in) Foxe's Book of MartyrsPrint: Book
1850-1899'?Miss Griffin? is capital stuff; not the least dull, a little ragged and loquacious, of course. Go on. Give me more types in the same style; and when I have the lot , I?...Robert Louis Stevenson Katharine de MattosunknownManuscript: UnknownUnknown
1850-1899'I have another letter from Groves [sic] about my ?John Knox?, which is flattering in its way: he is a very gushing and spontaneous person.'Charles Grove Robert Louis StevensonJohn KnoxManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Today we saw the cathedral at Chester; and, far more delightful, saw and heard a certain inimitable verger who took us round. He was full of a certain recondite, far awa...Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[?] I am seen about the garden with large and aged quartos [?]'Robert Louis Stevenson unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899I' wonder if you ever read Dickens?s [italics] Christmas Books [end italics] ? I don?t know that I would recommend you to read them, because they are too much perhaps. I ...Robert Louis Stevenson Charles DickensChristmas Stories (2, unnamed)Print: Book
1850-1899'The Evening Herald published an account of the trial of the Captain of the Carl at Sydney. The brutalities that took place according to the evidence were something terri...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Evening HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I stayed at home & after [reading] the paper smoked till I was sleepy then I went off to bed & was sleeping soundly when Polly returned home'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I have the "PTFL" proof; and it is very fourth rate, I am afraid; not quite [italics] dead [end italics] you know, but ailing − very ailing.'Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson"On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places"Print: Proof copy of RLS?s essay.
1850-1899'I found the proof of ?John Knox? waiting me here, and have despatched it.'Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson?John Knox and his Relations with Women??Print: Proof copy.
1850-1899'My dear Katharine, I have gone over your paper at last (I would have done it sooner, had I found the time) [?].'Robert Louis Stevenson Katharine de MattosIncluded "Miss Griffin"?Manuscript: Sheet, RLS calls it "your paper".
1850-1899'In the evening I read to the youngsters until it was time for them to go to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'While Polly was away I read to Harry & Dotty one of the Ingoldsby's Legends'John Buckley Castieau Richard Harris BarhamIngoldsby LegendsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Then your simile about the spider and the King?s palace is very grim and good; like a sort of Quarles emblem; and that sentence begins admirably, although its feet are o...Robert Louis Stevenson Francis QuarlesEmblemsPrint: Book


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