√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1850-1899 'Read Hermann and Dorothea - 4 first books. G read 2nd Part of Henry IV'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Hermann and Dorothea Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I began to read aloud the Wanderjahre'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Came home and copied Goethe's discourse on Shakespeare. Read, at dinner, his wonderful observations on Spinoza. Particularly struck with the beautiful modesty of the pas... George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [discourse on Shakespeare] Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Came home and copied Goethe's discourse on Shakespeare. Read, at dinner, his wonderful observations on Spinoza. Particularly struck with the beautiful modesty of the pas... George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [on Spinoza] Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read at dinner Goethe's account of his relations with Herder at Strasburg in Dichtung und Warheit. Continued aloud Heine's Salon. G. read Knight's studies of Shakspeare.... George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Dichtung und Wahrheit Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read Goethe's "Maxims in the Wanderjahre". Then we compared several scenes of "Hamlet" in Schlegel's translation with the original. It is generally very close and often ... George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Maxims, in Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Finished the poetry of the West-Ostliche Divan'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe West-Ostliche Divan Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Tried reading the 2nd part of Faust aloud, but gave it up, as it was too difficult for G. to follow it rapidly enough. Read a little of Gervinus on Shakespeare, but foun... George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read the wondrously beautiful "Romische Elegien" again and some of the Venetian epigrams. G. began Winter's Tale'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Romische Elegien Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read the wondrously beautiful "Romische Elegien" again and some of the Venetian epigrams. G. began Winter's Tale'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Venetian Epigrams Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'In the evening... read the "Zueignung" to the "Gedichte" and several of the Ballads'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Zuegnung", "Gedichte", Ballads Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read Comte and began Hermann and Dorothea'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Hermann and Dorothea Print : Book1850-1899 'Began to read Egmont after dinner, then "The Hoggarty Diamond".' George Eliot (pseud) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [probably] Egmont Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I have begun Scherr's Geschichte Deutschen Cultur und Sitte'. George Eliot [pseud] Johannes Scherr Geschichte Deutschen Cultur und Sitte' Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read Scherr on the Ritterlich-romantische Literatur' George Eliot [pseud] Johannes Scherr [perhaps] Geschichte der englischen Literatur? Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things... George Eliot [pseud.] John Bright [Speeches] Print : Book1850-1899 'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R... George Eliot [pseud.] John Bright [4th speech on India] Print : Book1850-1899 'In the evening I read aloud a short speech of Bright's on Ireland, delivered 20 years ago, in which he insists that nothing will be a remedy for the woes of that country... George Eliot [pseud] John Bright [speech on Ireland and Church Establishment] Print : Book1850-1899 'I am reading old Bunyan again after the long lapse of years, and am profoundly struck with the true genius manifested in the simple, vigorous, rhythmic style.' George Eliot (pseud) John Bunyan unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'Reading Lubbock's Prehistoric Ages'. George Eliot [pseud.] John Lubbock Prehistoric Times Print : Book
