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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Your mention of Hawthorne puts me in mind to tell you what rabid [underlined] admirers we are of his [...] There is no prose write of the present day I have half the i...Margaret De Quincey Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of UdolphoPrint: Book
1850-1899'Your mention of Hawthorne puts me in mind to tell you what rabid [underlined] admirers we are of his [...] There is no prose write of the present day I have half the i...Margaret De Quincey William Makepeace ThackerayunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Your mention of Hawthorne puts me in mind to tell you what rabid [underlined] admirers we are of his [...] There is no prose write of the present day I have half the i...Margaret De Quincey Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Golden LegendPrint: Book
1850-1899'The more I read of Mr. Hawthorne's writings the more intense does my admiration become. I read over the other day a part of his "House of the Seven Gables" and I don't...Margaret De Quincey Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of Seven GablesPrint: Book
1850-1899'The more I read of Mr. Hawthorne's writings the more intense does my admiration become. I read over the other day a part of his "House of the Seven Gables" and I don't...Margaret De Quincey William Wordsworth"She Was a Phantom of Delight"Print: Book
1850-1899'The more I read of Mr. Hawthorne's writings the more intense does my admiration become. I read over the other day a part of his "House of the Seven Gables" and I don't...Thomas De Quincey Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of Seven GablesPrint: Book
1850-1899'By the way do you like Maud. I cannot say I do. It strikes me that if John Smith or Bill Jones had written it, they would have been put into an asylum. There are only ...Emily De Quincey Alfred TennysonMaudPrint: Book
1850-1899'By the way do you like Maud. I cannot say I do. It strikes me that if John Smith or Bill Jones had written it, they would have been put into an asylum. There are only ...Emily De Quincey John Greenleaf WhittierunknownUnknown
1850-1899'Did you ever happen to come across Professor Reed of Philadelphia. I think he was drowned in returning to America along with his sister-in-law. We have been reading hi...Emily De Quincey Henry Hope ReedLectures on History and Tragic Poetry as Illustrat...Print: Book
1850-1899'Did you ever happen to come across Professor Reed of Philadelphia. I think he was drowned in returning to America along with his sister-in-law. We have been reading hi...Emily De Quincey Henry Hope ReedLectures on English Literature from Chaucer to Ten...Print: Book
1850-1899'I was much amused by one prisoner's letter that in the course of Duty I read to-day. The prisoner is in Gaol for beating his wife & excused himself in this fashion.'John Buckley Castieau [prisoner][letter]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'In the evening I read to the youngsters out of Peter [Parley?] & then heard Harry read a Page of Macauley. Went into the office & looked over some of the pages of my las...John Buckley Castieau John Buckley CastieaudiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'I met a rum old army doctor, called Lewins, who sent me a paper of his, full of matter that would not be very gratifying to the elect: In which paper he has the followin...Robert Louis Stevenson Robert LewinsunknownPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'[Letter from Rudyard Kipling to Mrs Ward] I am delighted to have "Sir George Tressady" from your hand. I have followed him from month to month with the liveliest wonder ...Rudyard Kipling Mary Augusta WardSir George TressadyPrint: Book
1850-1899[Signature] R.L.H. Stevenson 'You don’t know what H. means, ha? I have been reading Nym; and that’s the humour of it.' Robert Louis Stevenson William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am still ... doing a pleasanter spell of work over the Waverley novels.'Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottWaverley novelsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Harry this evening commenced reading McAuley's (sic) History of England. He is getting a great deal too fond of Plays & funny pieces & as he reads for marks I mean for t...Polly Castieau [n/a]Family HeraldPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Harry this evening commenced reading McAuley's (sic) History of England. He is getting a great deal too fond of Plays & funny pieces & as he reads for marks I mean for t...Harry Castieau Thomas Babington MacaulayHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have read one after another ... The Fortunes of Nigel.'Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottThe Fortunes fo NigelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Waverley is so poor and dull.'Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book


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