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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'That reminds me of Mallock?s New Republic in Belgravia; it is decidedly clever ? Jowett especially. If you have the key to all the actors please send it to me.'Oscar Wilde William Hurrell MallockThe New Republic, or Culture, Faith and Philosophy...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I am now off to bed after reading a chapter of S. Thomas ? Kempis. I think half-an-hour's warping of the inner man daily is greatly conducive to holiness.'Oscar Wilde Thomas ? KempisThe Imitation of ChristPrint: 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...Polly Castieau [n/a][stories]Print: Book
1850-1899'I have the whole of her novels before me. Even La Petite Fadette, for as long as it was in the house, I had not read.'Robert Louis Stevenson George SandLa Petite FadettePrint: Book
1850-1899'Disraeli's, Tulloch's and Greyfriars' addresses were all three excellent; Disraeli's brilliant.'Robert Louis Stevenson newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Piano again disentangled; and some hope, not for it only, but for the tale. I have read it to my mother, who thought it was the only one of mine she had ever heard, that...Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevensonunknown "Tale"Manuscript: Unknown, Seems to refer to one of a set of stories that RLS had at various stages of planning and completion, see Letter 329.
1850-1899'Mahaffy's book of Travels in Greece will soon be out. I have been correcting his proofs and like it immensely.'Oscar Wilde John Pentland MahaffyRambles and Studies in GreeceManuscript: Codex, publisher's proofs
1850-1899'I am deep in a review of Symonds's last book whenever I can get time.'Oscar Wilde John Addington SymondsStudies of the Greek PoetsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Many thanks for your delightful letter. I am glad you are in the midst of delightful scenery and Aurora Leigh.'Richard Reginald Harding Elizabeth Barrett BrowningAurora LeighPrint: Book
1850-1899'I see the Nineteenth Century has a full list each month of its articles and contributors, which is put in the windows and on the counters of the booksellers.' Oscar Wilde Nineteenth CenturyPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I do not know how many Greek plays you intend publishing, but I have been working at Euripides a good deal lately and should of all things wish to edit either the Mad He...Oscar Wilde EuripidesHercules FurensPrint: BookUnknown
1850-1899'I do not know how many Greek plays you intend publishing, but I have been working at Euripides a good deal lately and should of all things wish to edit either the Mad He...Oscar Wilde EuripidesPhoenissaePrint: BookUnknown
1850-1899'He discussed books with me and gave me my first volume of poetry, Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold, marking his favourites.'Oscar Wilde Matthew ArnoldSelected Poems of Matthew ArnoldPrint: Book
1850-1899'[?] I could not [?] pay the postage for the book. [?] The book, you will receive shortly. Do not run away with the idea that I think it specially commendable. Only I th...Robert Louis Stevenson Charles BaudelairePetits Poemes en ProsePrint: Book
1850-1899'[?] it was that paper of yours that made me think of the book[Baudelaire's "Petits Poemes en Prose"]' (see RED ID18015)Robert Louis Stevenson Katharine de MattosunknownManuscript: Sheet, Referred to here by RLS as "that paper of yours".
1850-1899'I have found what should interest you dear. A paper in which I had sketched out my life, before I knew you. Here is the exact copy even to spelling.[?]'Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis StevensonDesiderataManuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'Is not this verse pretty? Thou wast that all [sic] to me, love, For which my soul did pine -- A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine.' Robert Louis Stevenson Edgar Allan PoeTo One in Paradise (1834)Print: Book
1850-1899'I have made myself so ill with a story of Poe?s − ?King Pest?, by name. I did not sleep last night and I have scarcely been able to eat today.'Robert Louis Stevenson Edgar Allan PoeKing Pest: A Tale Containing An Allegory.Print: Book
1850-1899The circulating record of the Cardigan Book Society suggests that this reader read the work, as the "Remarks" section of the record is filled in (although the remarks are...Mrs Miles Temple BarPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899 'As soon as I have done, I shall begin my ?Pastoral Drama? business; I have so many nice things to say about "Midsummer Night?s Dream"[?]'Robert Louis Stevenson William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's Dream.Print: Book


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