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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'In the evening I read aloud von Sybel's Lectures on the Crusades'George Eliot [pseud] Heinrich von SybelHistory and Literature of the CrusadesPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Finished reading the four last volumes of the "Histoire des Ordres Religieux". Began "La Beata", a story of Florentine life by T.A. Trollope. I am also reading Sachetti'...George Eliot [pseud.] Henri Marc-Bonnet"Histoire des Ordres Religieux"Print: Book
1850-1899'I am reading in the evenings the Memoirs of Beaumarchais and Milne Edwards's Zoology'.George Eliot [pseud] Henri Milne-Edwards[work on Zoology]Print: Book
1850-1899'I have continued reading Milne-Edwards aloud, and have also read Harriet Martineau's article on Missions in the "Westminster", and one or two articles in the "National"....George Eliot (pseud) Henri Milne-Edwards[work on Zoology]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Hallam on the study of Roman law in the Middle Ages'.George Eliot [pseud] Henry Hallam[perhaps The View of the State of Europe during th...Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'began Hallam's Middle Ages'.George Eliot [pseud.] Henry HallamThe View of the State of Europe during the Middle ...Print: Book
1850-1899'Reading Mommsen and Story's "Roba di Roma". Also Liddell's "Rome", for a narrative to accompany Mommsen's analysis'.George Eliot [pseud] Henry George LiddellA History of RomePrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished Buckle's "History of Civilization in England" vol. I which I began a fortnight ago.'George Eliot [pseud] Henry Thomas BuckleHistory of Civilization in EnglandPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Schrader. Spinoza. Leader and Athenaeum. "Genesis of Science". Gibbon.'George Eliot [pseud.] Herbert SpencerThe Genesis of SciencePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have read rapidly through Max Muller's History of Sanskrit Literature and am now reading Lecky's "History of Morals". I have also finished H. Spencer's last number of ...George Eliot [pseud] Herbert Spencer[probably] Principles of Psychology, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Read Spencer's Psychology'George Eliot [pseud] Herbert SpencerPrinciples of PsychologyPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I am reading about plants, and Helmholtz on music'George Eliot [pseud] Hermann von Helmholtz[book on music]Print: Book
1850-1899'We are reading in the evenings now, Sydney Smith's letters, Boswell, Whewell's "History of Inductive Sciences", "the Odyssey" and occasionally Heine's "Reisebilder". I b...George Eliot [pseud] Homer Iliad, book IIPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Finished Cesar Birotteau aloud.' George Eliot (pseud) Honore de BalzacThe Rise and Fall of Cesar BirotteauPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Magnus on the Farbensinn'George Eliot [pseud] Hugo MagnusDie Geschichtliche Entwickelung des FarbensinnesPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'There came from the library Hody de Graecis Illustribus, in which I looked at the life of Marullus...'George Eliot [pseud] Humphrey HodyDe Graecis IllustribusPrint: Book
1850-1899'Looked into the "Marmi" of Doni... read Saccheti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla - one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nig...George Eliot Jacopo Nardi (probably)unknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Aloud I read the concluding part of Walter Scott's "Life" which we had begun at Harrogate, two volumes of Froude's "History of England", and Comte's correspondence with ...George Eliot [pseud] James Anthony FroudeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading Burke's "Reflections on French Revolution" and "Mansfield Park" in the evenings.'George Eliot [pseud] Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1850-1899'read "Emma" in the evening.'George Eliot (pseud) Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book


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