√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1900-1945 'To-day I ... prepare myself for leaving England.
I read, whilst [here] the "Ingoldsby Legends"
entire, Second Part "King Henry IV," and more
cursorily "Midsummer ... Wainwight Merrill William Shakespeare 2 Henry IV Print : Book1900-1945 'To-day I ... prepare myself for leaving England.
I read, whilst [here] the "Ingoldsby Legends"
entire, Second Part "King Henry IV," and more
cursorily "Midsummer ... Wainwight Merrill William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Print : Book1850-1899 'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I
think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major
Pendennis. Mer... Joseph Conrad Arthur Schopenhauer unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I
think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major
Pendennis. Mer... Joseph Conrad William Makepeace Thackeray The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfort... Print : Book1850-1899 'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I
think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major
Pendennis. Mer... Joseph Conrad Prosper Mérimée unspecified Print : Book1850-1899 'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I
think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major
Pendennis. Mer... Joseph Conrad Honoré de Balzac La Comédie Humaine Print : Book1850-1899 'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I
think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major
Pendennis. Mer... Joseph Conrad Thomas Hardy unspecified poetry Print : Book1850-1899 'Mr Joseph Conrad, the author, writes: I don’t remember any child’s book. I
don’t think I ever read any; the first book I remember distinctly is Hugo’s
"Travailleurs... Joseph Conrad Victor Hugo Les Travailleurs de la mer Print : Book1900-1945 'Mr Joseph Conrad, the author, writes: I don’t remember any child’s book. I
don’t think I ever read any; the first book I remember distinctly is Hugo’s
"Travailleurs... Joseph Conrad Edward Lear unspecified Print : Book1900-1945 'Mr Joseph Conrad, the author, writes: I don’t remember any child’s book. I
don’t think I ever read any; the first book I remember distinctly is Hugo’s
"Travailleurs... Joseph Conrad Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Grimm's Fairy Tales Print : Book1900-1945 'Mr Joseph Conrad, the author, writes: I don’t remember any child’s book. I
don’t think I ever read any; the first book I remember distinctly is Hugo’s
"Travailleurs... Joseph Conrad Hans Christian Andersen Tales (unspecified collection) Print : Book1900-1945 'The latest volume of M.Anatole France purports, by the declaration of its title-
page, to contain several profitable narratives. The story of Crainquebille's
encounte... Joseph Conrad Anatole France Crainquebille, Putois, Riquet, et plusieurs autres... Print : Book1900-1945 'You will find in his pages ["Quiet Days in Spain"] the humours of starving workers of
the soil, the vision among the mountains of an exulting ad spirit in a mighty bod... Joseph Conrad C.(Charles) Bogue Luffman Quiet Days in Spain Print : Book1900-1945 'The book [Existence afer Death Implied by Science][...] as a mere piece of writing
may be described as being breathless itself and taking the reader's breath away, not... Joseph Conrad Jasper B. Hunt Existence after Death Implied by Science Print : Book1900-1945 'The book ["The Ascending Effort"] which in the course of the last few days I have
opened and shut several times is not imaginative.' Joseph Conrad George Bourne The Ascending Effort Print : Book1900-1945 'It's no end good to think you like the book ["The Dark Flower"].' Joseph Conrad John Galsworthy The Dark Flower Print : Book1900-1945 'Please don't think I am pessimistic I'm only fed up
with the blooming rain. We are absolutely bound to
win this year if the weather holds good ... Thanks
very much... John Lawton New Testament Print : Book1900-1945 'I very much appreciate the Sentinel and the L.O.
There's nothing like L.O. for a good laugh. Did you
read the "Wisdom of Wunstar" (One star). Two months
ago I shou... John Lawton London Opinion Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'Did you read Beach-Thomas' account of bombing raids
on a Field Ambulance in Daily Mail of 23rd. The
Boche is a rotter! I'm afraid I have been
rather too optimistic... John Lawton Daily Mail Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'I am so very sorry to hear of the terrible disaster
which has once more overtaken the neighbourhood. I
read about it yesterday in the Daily Sketch. I do
hope there... John Lawton Daily Sketch Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Thanks very much indeed for the mail I had this
afternoon, three letters & the "Weekly Sentinel". It
bucked me up considerably as I had not heard from
you for some... John Lawton Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Please don't worry about me for one single moment.
I'm as safe as houses here & having a very jolly
time ... Please thank Elsie very much for the
photograph & for ... John Lawton William John Locke Septimus Print : Book1850-1899 '[Conrad]admitted he was a Victorian, and that most of his reading was in nineteenth-
century authors. He had [...] read Poe in French. He was fond of Emerson and
Whit... Joseph Conrad Edgar Allan Poe unspecified Print : Book1900-1945 'I have been longing to be back among you all, and
feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I
have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the
Duke of Wellin... Robert Dunlop Smith Alfred, Lord Tennyson 'Ode to the Duke of Wellington' 1900-1945 'I have been longing to be back among you all, and
feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I
have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the
Duke of Wellin... Robert Dunlop Smith Alfred, Lord Tennyson 'Revenge' 1900-1945 'I have been longing to be back among you all, and
feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I
have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the
Duke of Wellin... Robert Dunlop Smith Alfred, Lord Tennyson 'Riflemen Form' 1900-1945 'I have been longing to be back among you all, and
feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I
have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the
Duke of Wellin... Robert Dunlop Smith Rudyard Kipling 'Children's Song' 1900-1945 'I have been longing to be back among you all, and
feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I
have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the
Duke of Wellin... Robert Dunlop Smith Henry Newbolt 'Clifton Chapel' 1900-1945 'I have been longing to be back among you all, and
feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I
have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the
Duke of Wellin... Robert Dunlop Smith Henry Newbolt 'He Fell Among Thieves' 1900-1945 'I have been longing to be back among you all, and
feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I
have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the
Duke of Wellin... Robert Dunlop Smith Henry Newbolt 'Vitae Lampada' 1900-1945 'I have been longing to be back among you all, and
feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I
have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the
Duke of Wellin... Robert Dunlop Smith Henry Newbolt 'The Vigil' 1850-1899 'My first English reading was the "Standard" newspaper, and my first acquaintance by
the ear with it was in the speech of fishermen, shipwrights and sailors of the East... Joseph Conrad Standard Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'He first read Twain in London in the late eighties. "Innocents Abroad"(1869) was all
the rage. But his description of life in America-some of his short stories as well... Joseph Conrad Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi Print : Book1850-1899 'She[a distant Polish relative of Conrad]spoke of you, told me you were her cousin,
that you always loved reading Jules Verne's travels, etc., etc.' Joseph Conrad Jules Verne unknown (see notes below) Print : Book1900-1945 'We started before 6 but, though the distance is
short, the difficult going prevented us reaching
here till 10.30 ... What a place it'll be to spend
the night! ... ... Robert Dunlop Smith Hugh Latimer Haughton Sport and Folklore on the Himalaya Print : Book1900-1945 'I have spent the day mostly in reading
Wellington's Army, by Oman, one of the most
interesting books I have read. I am awfully bucked
with it. The day has passed u... Robert Dunlop Smith Charles Oman Wellington's Army, 1809-1814 Print : Book1900-1945 'No change, every bit as bad as yesterday, nothing
but rain and mist ... I wrote the rest of the
morning in my tent, and in the afternoon continued
reading Wellingt... Robert Dunlop Smith Charles Oman Wellington's Army, 1809-1814 Print : Book1900-1945 'No change, every bit as bad as yesterday, nothing
but rain and mist ... I wrote the rest of the
morning in my tent, and in the afternoon continued
reading Wellingt... Robert Dunlop Smith Arthur Quiller-Couch Oxford Book of English Verse Print : Book1900-1945 'In the evenings we have cosy suppers in the
drawing-room, with little tables in front of the
fire. Sometimes we work, sometimes read and talk.
The other night Mrs.... Robert Dunlop Smith James Ernest Hodder-Williams Like English Gentlemen Print : Book1900-1945 'In the evenings we have cosy suppers in the
drawing-room, with little tables in front of the
fire. Sometimes we work, sometimes read and talk.
The other night Mrs.... Robert Dunlop Smith Arthur Quiller-Couch Oxford Book of English Verse Print : Book1900-1945 'We are now on board ship and expect to have four or
five days of it. It does seem a pity to have got so
near home and be unable to get nearer. Still, I have
heard ... Robert Dunlop Smith Ian Hay The Right Stuff Print : Book1900-1945 'On Sunday morning Blair and I left Hospital. We
drove to the McCormicks' Bungalow, and since then
I've been having a real slack time. I am reading
The Crisis by Wi... Robert Dunlop Smith Winston Churchill The Crisis Print : Book1900-1945 'On Sunday morning Blair and I left Hospital. We
drove to the McCormicks' Bungalow, and since then
I've been having a real slack time. I am reading
The Crisis by Wi... Robert Dunlop Smith Winston Churchill The Crossing Print : Book1900-1945 'Our section is sleeping in a cowshed with straw to
lie on. It is not so bad, but you have to sleep with
all your clothes on. I suppose you read every day
the lette... John Michael Howard Harker Western Daily Press Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Thank you very much for your letter and the "Smart
Set", which I think very good, also Bottomley's
article, which is much to the point. Since last
writing we have ... John Michael Howard Harker Smart Set Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'Since leaving Oxford I have had quite a little
opportunity for reading and have read all kinds of
things, some of the better books being: Conan
Doyle's "Micah Clar... Roderick Ward Maclennan Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit Print : Book1900-1945 'Since leaving Oxford I have had quite a little
opportunity for reading and have read all kinds of
things, some of the better books being: Conan
Doyle's "Micah Clar... Roderick Ward Maclennan Arthur Conan Doyle Micah Clarke Print : Book1900-1945 'Since leaving Oxford I have had quite a little
opportunity for reading and have read all kinds of
things, some of the better books being: Conan
Doyle's "Micah Clar... Roderick Ward Maclennan Alexandre Dumas [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Since leaving Oxford I have had quite a little
opportunity for reading and have read all kinds of
things, some of the better books being: Conan
Doyle's "Micah Clar... Roderick Ward Maclennan George A. Birmingham [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Since leaving Oxford I have had quite a little
opportunity for reading and have read all kinds of
things, some of the better books being: Conan
Doyle's "Micah Clar... Roderick Ward Maclennan George Bernard Shaw [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Church parade over, the day was before us for what
we liked ... Jack Hinchcliffe would come across and
sit outside the tent chatting and reading the paper
before d... Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands Herbert George Wells Kipps Print : Book1900-1945 'Church parade over, the day was before us for what
we liked ... Jack Hinchcliffe would come across and
sit outside the tent chatting and reading the paper
before d... Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands Herbert George Wells Tono Bungay Print : Book1900-1945 'The news of Lord Kitchener's death reached us while
we were at Hinges. Someone walked into our billet
and said they had just heard Kitchener was dead.
"Another rum... Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands Le Matin Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Off parade there was little enough to do. La
Thieuloye was a desolate hole, a mere hamlet with
hardly a shop for miles ... Our barn was a fine
roomy one and we wer... Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands [Anon] [Anon] [unknown] Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Most army hospitals acquired a varied collection of
books and this ward was no exception. With plenty of
time to pass in bed I naturally spent a lot of it
reading,... Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands William Tufnell Le Queux [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Most army hospitals acquired a varied collection of
books and this ward was no exception. With plenty of
time to pass in bed I naturally spent a lot of it
reading,... Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands Edgar Wallace [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Most army hospitals acquired a varied collection of
books and this ward was no exception. With plenty of
time to pass in bed I naturally spent a lot of it
reading,... Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights Print : Book1900-1945 'Most army hospitals acquired a varied collection of
books and this ward was no exception. With plenty of
time to pass in bed I naturally spent a lot of it
reading,... Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands Ivan Turgenev [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'We had spent many an evening in Teheran, poring
over maps and discussing our journey across the
Bakthiari country. It had not been easy to get
information; the map... Vita Sackville-West unknown unknown unknown Unknown 1900-1945 'Down in the village street stood our motor, the
ceiling light switched on, brilliantly illuminating
the interior, and inside it, oblivious to the crowd
that presse... unknown unknown Edward Gibbon unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'It was a change to spend such a lazy day. We read
the Apocrypha, I remember, and wandered a little,
but not very far afield, not much further than the
spring where... Vita Sackville-West unknown unknown Bible - the Apocrypha Print : Book1900-1945 'It was a change to spend such a lazy day. We read
the Apocrypha, I remember, and wandered a little,
but not very far afield, not much further than the
spring where... Vita Sackville-West unknown unknown unknown Unknown 1900-1945 ‘Reading East Lynne’ George Adcock Weston Ellen Wood East Lynne Print : Book1900-1945 ‘I was very glad to get your parcel in the week,
the cake was fine, & so were the fags. Im sure it
was very good of you to send them. I believe it
was Monday that I... George Adcock Weston Burton Chronicle Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'I wrote him long letters in Persian characters.
"Duste azize man," they began - "Dear friend of
mine." He would read them during the lesson, and
answer them in ter... Gertrude Bell Gertrude Bell [untitled Persian letters] Manuscript : Letter, Letters written in Persian as part of Persian composition lessons1850-1899 'For lighter reading we had the Shah's Diary, a
work whose child-like simplicity admitted of but
one interpretation. I never got through very much
of it, but I did ... Gertrude Bell Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Diaries Print : Book1850-1899 'We fell to wondering, while the evening light faded
from land to sea, what the meagre history of
Ineboli could be - so remote it seemed, so
forgotten - and it pres... Gertrude Bell Strabo Geographica Print : Book1900-1945 'Ahmed and I talked together and read the Quran,
when he would put on his tarbush, put out his
cigarette, and be careful that the Book should not
be touched except ... Doreen Ingrams [n/a] [n/a] Koran Print : Book, Read in Arabic1900-1945 'We set off early along a dry river-bed green with
date palms on either bank, pursued by thousands of
flies which we could not get rid off until we
reached the cold... Doreen Ingrams Anon Anon [poems] Print : Book, Read in Arabic1900-1945 'When we returned to Mukalla from the East Indies
there was more work than ever; the war meant a
number of new regulations which had to be enforced
including the ce... Doreen Ingrams [Anon] [Anon] [letters] Manuscript : Letter1900-1945 'We continued riding towards Leijun over the flat,
stony plateau with scarcely a shrub to break the
monotony. It was so monotonous that I read an
"Argosy" Magazine ... Doreen Ingrams [n/a] [n/a] Argosy Magazine Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'An imaginative aunt who, for my ninth birthday,
sent a copy of the "Arabian Nights", was, I
suppose, the original cause of trouble. Unfostered
and unnoticed, the l... Freya Stark [n/a] [n/a] The Arabian Nights' Entertainment Print : Book1900-1945 'The chief of the post, pushing his long hair out of
his eyes and leaning on his gun, slowly read the
address of my letter of introduction to the
Governor at Alisht... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] [letter of introduction] Manuscript : Letter1900-1945 'Here, owing to the fact that I had not yet
discovered the depths of my Philosopher's
incompetence, and we spent three weary days,
relieved only by "The Pilgrim's P... Freya Stark John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1900-1945 'As we sat waiting for dinner and discussing
religion, our first hostile impressions were
gradually smoothed away. I recited the opening
chapter of the Quran and pr... Freya Stark [n/a] [n/a] Koran Unknown 1900-1945 'As we sat waiting for dinner and discussing
religion, our first hostile impressions were
gradually smoothed away. I recited the opening
chapter of the Quran and pr... Freya Stark John Malcolm The History of Persia Print : Book1900-1945 'The Squire of Bijeno was a reader. We spent the
evening over the history of Alexander and over
'"Memoirs of the Boxer Rising", translated into
Persian from the Fre... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] The History of Alexander Print : Book1900-1945 'The Squire of Bijeno was a reader. We spent the
evening over the history of Alexander and over
"Memoirs of the Boxer Rising", translated into
Persian from the Fren... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] Memoirs of the Boxer Rising Print : Book1900-1945 'Rutba is the palace planted in the wilderness when
Aladdin's uncle rubbed the lamp; how else can it
have got there? It is 200 empty miles from
anywhere. It has bed... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] [notices posted on walls] Manuscript : Sheet, notices on walls1900-1945 'He had the daily paper folded under his arm with
his forage cap or sidara, and his latchkey, as
long and as heavy, and in fact an exact duplicate
of mine, in his h... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] [unknown] Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Then Yusuf, who is ten, read out the Gospel. He
stood straight with the lighted candle in his hand,
his face full of seriousness, an impressive little
figure under... Freya Stark [n/a] [n/a] Bible Print : Book1900-1945 'When we had looked over the crumbling edge, the
population took us to their mosque, in whose ruin
a wooden minbar with date carved upon it gave the
presumable age ... Freya Stark [n/a] [n/a] Koran Unknown 1900-1945 'In the evening I would take one or the other of my
companions [...] to the harims I knew, to meet
again the sayyid's lovely wife, and the singers
from Ghurfa, and ... Freya Stark [n/a] [n/a] Koran Manuscript : Sheet, Parchment1900-1945 'I lie contentedly enough, and amuse myself with a
book which Qasim, seeing me in pain, has brought
me in his kindness. It is his most treasured
possession, a life ... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] Life of the Prophet Muhammad Print : Book1900-1945 'In the evenings, if I have no one else below, I
climb upstairs to sit in comfort except for
mosquitoes - enormous creatures with white rings
round their legs - tha... Elinor Wight Gardner [Anon] [Anon] [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'In the evenings, if I have no one else below, I
climb upstairs to sit in comfort except for
mosquitoes - enormous creatures with white rings
round their legs - tha... Gertrude Caton-Thompson [n/a] [n/a] Time and Tide Print : Serial / periodical, weekly magazine1900-1945 'In the evenings, if I have no one else below, I
climb upstairs to sit in comfort except for
mosquitoes - enormous creatures with white rings
round their legs - tha... Gertrude Caton-Thompson [n/a] [n/a] Spectator Print : Serial / periodical, weekly magazine1900-1945 'The Mansab came this morning, and brought a very
precious possession, a manuscript copied by his
grandfather from earlier histories, a sort of
commonplace book of ... Freya Stark Habib Ahmed [untitled commonplace book] Manuscript : Codex, Arabic commonplace book1900-1945 'When the sun had set and I was in bed again, the
Mansab's brother, the Qadhi, came to help with
explanatory notes for the names of places in the
manuscript. We dis... Freya Stark Habib Ahmed [untitled commonplace book] Manuscript : Codex, Arabic commonplace book1900-1945 'I have a copyist now - a thin-faced student in a
long gown who writes out for me the manuscript of
the Sultan of Qatn for which I have no time: it is
six hundred p... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] Sirat al Mutawakkiliya Manuscript : Codex, Arabic history of Yemen1900-1945 'The first section of my own manuscript is copied
out now and has given useful information, such as
the date of the restoration and final ruin, in
A.D. 1298, of al-... Ali Qadhi of Shibam Habib Ahmed [untitled commonplace book] Manuscript : Codex, Arabic commonplace book1900-1945 'In the evening all the boys came rushing excited to
my terrace with baskets full of pots. They are
rough and ugly, but they have pre-Islamic letters
scratched on t... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] [inscriptions] Unknown 1900-1945 'I enjoy this peaceful interval of sickness and read
the works of Jane Austen, released from a fear of
death which, ever present in this land of unknown
diseases, s... Freya Stark Jane Austen [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Hasan, smoking wisps of paper filled with green
tobacco, walked on reciting poems composed by his
father about Harold and the R.A.F. and chucked his
long brown fin... Freya Stark Anon Anon [unknown Arabic poems in praise of the RAF and Har... Unknown 1900-1945 When I reached home I found a man with a qasida in
praise of Harold in his hand. 'He has broken the
horns of the wicked', it says. I wonder if this has
any relation... Freya Stark Anon Anon [Arabic qasida (praise poem) in praise of Harold I... Manuscript : Sheet1900-1945 Harold and I are the subject of song in Hureidha
at present. Old Abdulla the watch-mender came some
evenings ago to present me with an ode in my
honour. He had it o... Freya Stark Abdulla The watch-mender of Huraidha [Arabic qasida (praise poem) in praise of Freya St... Manuscript : Sheet1900-1945 I have spent a meandering day taking last pictures
in the town with the Qadhi, who read out the carved
inscriptions of the tombs, and standing with
upturned palms w... Freya Stark Anon Anon [unknown tomb inscriptions and Qu'ranic supplicati... Unknown 1900-1945 It is a huge citadel, nearly a mile in length I
should guess, on a low and stony ridge going east
and west [...] the inscription is inside the
southern gateway and ... Freya Stark Anon Anon [unknown Sabaean inscription at Naqb al-Hajar] Unknown 1900-1945 Great black blocks, roughly cut, show the seawall
protecting the citadel's approach; and on a ledge
east of the causeway the two inscriptions in the
rock are clear ... Freya Stark Anon Anon unknown inscriptions Unknown 1900-1945 I can remember at the age of fourteen the
tranquillity which a first reading of the Phaedon,
the death of Socrates, gave me - a widening of the
bounds of life which... Freya Stark Moses Mendelssohn Phaedon Print : Book1900-1945 I was also pained but amused at the pink, paper-
bound novels that went about: I asked my neighbour
to read me a paragraph, and this was it: "'Good
God,' said Susann... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] [unknown romance novel] Print : Book1900-1945 The people in the beds near me also kept quiet
during the days before the operation, when I lay
busily reading about South Arabia, and this
delicacy I have always r... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] [book on South Arabia] Print : Book1900-1945 From Mukalla I made my way with a small caravan of
donkeys, inland to the wadi Du'an [...] But in
Du'an I sickened, and in the great wadi Hadhramaut
I very nearly d... Freya Stark Virgil Aeneid Print : Book1900-1945 From Mukalla I made my way with a small caravan of
donkeys, inland to the wadi Du'an [...] But in
Du'an I sickened, and in the great wadi Hadhramaut
I very nearly d... Freya Stark Virgil Georgics Print : Book1850-1899 'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs.
History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was delete... Joseph Conrad Charles Darwin The Voyage of the Beagle Print : Book1850-1899 'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs.
History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was delete... Joseph Conrad Edward Whymper Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator Print : Book1850-1899 'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs.
History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was delete... Joseph Conrad Alfred Russel Wallace The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan,... Print : Book1900-1945 'As Conrad read for an hour or to before turning in, our one lamp, of the cheap
paraffin variety, was hung on a nail close to his bunk, and was generally kept alight
... Joseph Conrad Hartley Withers War and Lombard Street Print : Book1850-1899 'With his first wages Conrad bought a volume of Shakespeare, and at sea he also read
Mill's "Principles of Political Economy".' Joseph Conrad John Stuart Mill Principles of Political Economy Print : Book1850-1899 'With his first wages Conrad bought a volume of Shakespeare, and at sea he also read
Mill's "Principles of Political Economy".' Joseph Conrad William Shakespeare Complete Works Print : Book1850-1899 'Polishness which I took from Mickiewicz and Slowacki. My father read "Pan Tadeusz"
aloud to me and made me read it aloud. Not just once or twice. I used to prefer
"K... Joseph Conrad Adam Mickiewicz Pan Tadeusz Print : Book1850-1899 'Polishness which I took from Mickiewicz and Slowacki. My father read "Pan Tadeusz"
aloud to me and made me read it aloud. Not just once or twice. I used to prefer
"K... Joseph Conrad Adam Mickiewicz Konrad Wallenrod Print : Book1850-1899 'Polishness which I took from Mickiewicz and Slowacki. My father read "Pan Tadeusz"
aloud to me and made me read it aloud. Not just once or twice. I used to prefer
"K... Joseph Conrad Adam Mickiewicz Grazyna Print : Book1850-1899 'Polishness which I took from Mickiewicz and Slowacki. My father read "Pan Tadeusz"
aloud to me and made me read it aloud. Not just once or twice. I used to prefer
"K... Joseph Conrad Juliusz Slowacki [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 'I will send you soon a note on Miss Kingsley's book on Africa. C'est un voyageur et un
écrivain très remarquable. Her opinions on questions dealing with the colonies a... Joseph Conrad Mary Kingsley West African Studies Print : Book1850-1899 'The loading of ships was once a matter of skill, judgement and knowledge. Thick
books have been written about it. "Stevens on Stowage" is a portly volume with the
re... Joseph Conrad Robert White Stevens On the Stowage of Ships Print : Book1850-1899 'Thanks ever so much for the book ["Father Archangel of Scotland, and Other
Essays"]. I have read it once so far. The more I read you the more I admire. This is a
str... Joseph Conrad Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham Father Archangel of Scotland, and Other Essays Print : Book1850-1899 'Thanks for Cyrano. I haven't read it yet but will do so before the sun rises again.'
[A week later Conrad wrote: 'Je ne suis bon qu'à lire Cyrano and such like coglione... Joseph Conrad Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac Print : Book1850-1899 'Nothing approaching it [Cunninghame Graham's book "Mogreb-el-Acksa"] has appeared
since Burton's "Mecca" [...] and Burton's "Mecca" is nowhere near it.' Joseph Conrad Richard Burton Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah a... Print : Book1850-1899 'My humble apology for not thanking you before for the volume of verses. I share your
opinion of Maupassant.The man is a great artist who sees the essential in everythi... Joseph Conrad Guy de Maupassant Des Vers Print : Book1850-1899 'The Warsaw Review (the one where 3 years ago I've read translations of Tennyson)
asks me to translate myself.' Joseph Conrad Alfred Tennyson Poems Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Our last 3 Sundays have all been stormy and it is
a great comfort to be able to read & think today.
I have so often wished on the passage that Mr.
Watson had his s... Jessie Scott Brown Thomas Guthrie Christ and the Inheritance of the Saints Print : Book1900-1945 What a bloody world we are living in! To read the
papers makes one quite sick and here one cannot
help feeling that the horror over poor little
Dollfuss is largely ... Freya Stark unknown unknown unknown Italian newspapers Print : Newspaper1900-1945 I have been rather feeble and depressed all
summer, and it will probably do a lot of good to
walk about the hills of Arabia. I have been
reading books about it and ... Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon] [unknown book about Arabia] Print : Book1900-1945 Last night M. Besse read Anatole France—the
charming tale of Celestin and Amicus, the hermit
and the fawn. Freya Stark Anatole France 'Amycus et Celestin' Print : Book1900-1945 Last night M. Besse read Anatole France—the
charming tale of Celestin and Amicus, the hermit
and the fawn. Antonin Besse Anatole France 'Amycus et Celestin' Print : Book1900-1945 He [M. Besse] took me and Mrs Ingrams for a
longish walk yesterday, over the crater edge and
down to the sea...M. Besse and I bathed
regardless of the sharks, of wh... Antonin Besse Maurice Maeterlinck Monna Vanna Print : Book1900-1945 He [M. Besse] took me and Mrs Ingrams for a
longish walk yesterday, over the crater edge and
down to the sea...M. Besse and I bathed
regardless of the sharks, of wh... Freya Stark Maurice Maeterlinck Monna Vanna Print : Book1900-1945 P.S. I recommend to you 'Zarathustra'. It is not a
book for the weak or the sentimental but a great
book. I have been fortifying myself with it in
moments of weakne... Freya Stark Friedrich Nietzsche Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Kei... Print : Book1900-1945 Luckily I have Virgil with me - I read him on my
terrace in the afternoon when the sun has gone
off. Nothing could be more comforting, more
serenely strong; he has ... Freya Stark Virgil Aeneid Print : Book1900-1945 I thought I was better yesterday and that a little
walk would improve matters and went and sketched
by the old wall - came back for lunch, lay on my
terrace reading... Freya Stark Virgil Aeneid Print : Book1900-1945 Three months in Asolo had passed in a sort of
dream, a little harassed by the floods of people
my mother poured over me in my enfeebled state. I
had spent long days... Freya Stark George Eliot Middlemarch Print : Book1900-1945 Three months in Asolo had passed in a sort of
dream, a little harassed by the floods of people
my mother poured over me in my enfeebled state. I
had spent long days... Herbert Young George Eliot Middlemarch Print : Book1900-1945 Even my little 'Oriente Moderno', the best paper
on current Eastern affairs I know, is now becoming
propagandist in a disguised way. The Abyssinian
business makes m... Freya Stark unknown Oriente Moderno Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'I've just finished Wells's God the Invisible
King . I have to write a criticism of it for
the friend who sent it to me ... I began it with
the firm convictio... Herbert Edward Read Herbert George Wells God the Invisible King Print : Book1900-1945 'Thanks for sending the socks and gloves
received yesterday, and for the letter which
came the day before. The socks are quite the
thing, and the gloves came in goo... Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a] Sunday Pictorial Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Last night I sent a field service card just to
let you know that I received the parcel alright
on Sunday. It was packed very well. There was a
lot of stuff in it, ... Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a] Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms Gazette Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Last night I sent a field service card just to
let you know that I received the parcel alright
on Sunday. It was packed very well. There was a
lot of stuff in it, ... Anon Anon [Anon] [Anon] [unknown] Print : Unknown1900-1945 'You will be wondering why I am not writing. I
have not found the time for several days to
write letters. Other things have taken my spare
hours, or I have felt tir... Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a] Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms Gazette Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'It is now about 2am. Yesterday evening when I got up I discovered a parcel waiting for me. I
opened it in semi darkness and was not able to make out all the contents, ... Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a] Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms Gazette Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Well, I have got another change. Am on night
duty again, but among the officers. Have been
doing it just a week ... It is 5.45 now and I
will soon take a cup of te... Thomas Wainwright [Anon] [Anon] [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'This letter will probably not be finished this
evening, for I am writing it in the YMCA hut at 6
o'clock and there is such a noise of chairs and
tables being moved... Thomas Wainwright [Anon] [Anon] [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Young Corbishley's letter in the Advertiser was
interesting about his march into Palestine. I
wrote to Mr Corbishley a week or so back for the
address of the ones ... Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a] Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms Gazette Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Young Corbishley's letter in the Advertiser was
interesting about his march into Palestine. I
wrote to Mr Corbishley a week or so back for the
address of the ones ... Thomas Wainwright Emmuska, Baroness Orczy The Tangled Skein Print : Book1900-1945 'This afternoon I was off duty, so went to the
cliffs on the other side of the village. Got down
behind a hedge in the shade and read "Cycling".
Many German and Chi... Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a] Cycling Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'Today has been uneventful and we go into new
trenches at 9.30 tonight. It is one mass of mud
here now but will soon dry up with the sun. We
shall be six days in th... Arthur Oscar Hornung Jules Verne Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar Print : Book1900-1945 'Each night when I lie down I read a book until
lights go out. Am reading the end of one called
"By the Gods Beloved" by Baroness Orczy. Last
night I slept poorly a... Thomas Wainwright Emmuska, Baroness Orczy By the Gods Beloved Print : Book1900-1945 'Yesterday I was given half the day off. In the
afternoon I went to my tent and lay down to read
and sleep. In the evening I sat in the Salvation
Army room and read... Thomas Wainwright [Anon] [Anon] [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Am feeling in a happier frame of mind than I
have been for a long time, for a letter from
Nora came at tea telling me the best news that
I could possibly hear, tha... Thomas Wainwright Allen Raine A Welsh Singer: A Novel Print : Book1900-1945 'This afternoon I was off duty so got into my
blankets at 1.45 and read a book until I fell
asleep, and woke at 4.30.' Thomas Wainwright [Anon] [Anon] [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 ' ... this is being written in a cellar which
is my present billet. The house which stood
overhead was rendered a ruin a long time ago
and the bricks etc make a thi... Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a] Continental Daily Mail Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'There is nothing fresh for me to write about. Am
still in the same place and doing little work. A
good deal of my time is spent reading, and at
present my book is:... Thomas Wainwright Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge Print : Book1900-1945 'On the last day of my thirtieth year on earth I
am writing a few lines. Have moved a mile or so
and am now in a nice little village, the name of
which I must not s... Thomas Wainwright Charlotte Moor Miss Vaughan Print : Book1900-1945 'Somebody sent me a little book called "Aunt Sarah
and the War" the other day. Many thanks and jolly
good—whoever it was! Send me the "Times"
every now and again—wi... Arthur Oscar Hornung Wilfrid Meynell Aunt Sarah and the War Print : Book1850-1899 'As a reader he [the Hudson children's tutor, a Mr
Trigg] certainly was great, and every evening, when
the evenings were long, he would give a two hours’
reading to... William Henry Hudson Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers Print : Book1900-1945 'In literature it is only in Vaughan, Traherne, and
other mystics, that I find any adequate expression
of that perpetual rapturous delight in nature and
my own ex... William Henry Hudson Thomas Traherne Centuries of Meditations or Poems of Felicity Print : Book1850-1899 'In literature it is only in Vaughan, Traherne, and
other mystics, that I find any adequate expression
of that perpetual rapturous delight in nature and
my own ex... William Henry Hudson Henry Vaughan [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 Linking a childhood memory of a great storm with a
subsequent reading of Conrad's work:
'The wind blowing from this quarter is not
like the south-west wind of the No... William Henry Hudson Joseph Conrad The Mirror of the Sea Print : Book, Serial / periodical1850-1899 'One smiles at the vision of the gentle Richard
Jefferies slaughtering wild cattle in the
palaeolithic way, but that feeling and desire which
he describes with such... William Henry Hudson Richard Jefferies The Story of My Heart Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. February 2nd, 1832: "A little of the Prometheus tonight" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry, December 2, 1831: "Dealing with Euripides. The Iphigenia in Tauris. Very inferior to
the Iph: in Aulide, as far as I can read". Elizabeth Barrett Browning Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry, December 12, 1831: Finished the Iphigenia in Tauris – not worth re-reading! – and
began the Hippolytus. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry, December 12, 1831: "Finished the Iphigenia in Tauris –not worth re-reading! –and
began the Hippolytus" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Euripides Hippolytus Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry, December 19, 1831: The waking was not agreeable. But I read myself into a good
humour. Hippolytus is not one of Euripides’s best plays, tho’ it is very sup... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Euripides Hippolytus Print : Book1900-1945 'Prayer meeting 9 am. Litany & Sermon 10 am. Child
of Boranzina died at 1 pm. Read "A God of
Deliverance" by Saunders. It filled my eyes with
tears & humbled me gre... Thomas Buchanan Reginald Westgate Alexander R. Saunders A God of Deliverances Print : Book1900-1945 'Read three of Spurgeon's sermons on the great
themes of the day.' Thomas Buchanan Reginald Westgate Charles Haddon Spurgeon [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'St Patrick's Day. Read An Algonquin Bride by Alan
Wetherall.' Thomas Buchanan Reginald Westgate Alan Wetherall An Algonquin Bride Print : Unknown1800-1849 Diary entry. February 3rd, 1832: "While he was asleep, I went on with my Prometheus." Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. February 4th, 1832: "A lovely day! – Busy with my Prometheus. I have finished the
370th line. Reading what I have written to Bro who approves very much ind... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. February 6th, 1832: "Hard at work at the Prometheus. Finished the translation of
lines. Who cd. write in a diary after that?" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. February 7th, 1832: "Translated a hundred lines of Aeschylus. Up & at work both
today & yesterday before breakfast" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. February 8th, 1832: "Up before breakfast, at — Finished another hundred, in spite
of Mrs. Trant & Mr. Curzon" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. February 11th, 1832: "Intended to have finished the Prometheus today. Not
possible" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. February 14th, 1832: "The Prometheus not finished after all" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. February 15th, 1832: "I have finished my translation. lines of Aeschylus translated
in a fortnight. I think I am satisfied — tolerably satisfied. But the... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. March 5th, 1832: "As soon as I cd. get into Mr. Boyd’s room, I went there. He
made me read his preface & some additional translations. He had had my extra... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. June 16th, 1831: "I heard Stormy & Georgie read Homer & Xenophon — as usual, —
tho’ I have not yet commemorated them here" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Homer [unknown] Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. June 16th, 1831: "I heard Stormy & Georgie read Homer & Xenophon — as usual, —
tho’ I have not yet commemorated them here" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Xenophon [unknown] Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. July 9th, 1831: "After breakfast, heard the boys read Homer & Zenophon" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Xenophon [unknown] Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. July 9th, 1831: "After breakfast, heard the boys read Homer & Zenophon" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Homer [unknown] Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. July 16th, 1831: "After dinner we had a little more of the Seven Chiefs; & I heard
him recite some of the Prometheus; & then we talked; and at half past 7 ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. August 4th, 1831: "After nearly 3 quarters of an hour, Mrs. Boyd advised me to go
in to him. I went. Heard him repeat some passages from Aeschylus, which h... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus [unknown] Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. August 8th, 1831: "I have written a letter to Papa, read the first vol: of the Last
man, which Mrs. Martin has sent me at last —& read the whole of the 8th... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Homer [unknown] Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. August 8th, 1831: "I have written a letter to Papa, read the first vol: of the Last
man, which Mrs. Martin has sent me at last —& read the whole of the 8th... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Xenophon [unknown] Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. October 18th, 1831: "From thence I went in to Mr. Boyd who had breakfasted. I
spent a happy day with him, hearing him repeat passages from the Prometheus, ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. October 20th, 1831: "Was in Mr. Boyd’s room before nine. Heard him say over the
passages in the Prometheus" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Unknown 1800-1849 Diary entry. October 20th, 1831: "Was in Mr. Boyd’s room before nine. Heard him say over the
passages in the Prometheus, & read Gregory. He told me that he had a great ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Gregory of Nazianzus Orations Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. September 19th, 1831: "He showed me his Benedictine edition of Gregory. It is in
high preservation, & very beautiful. I will get one like it, whenever I ha... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Gregory of Nazianzus Apologeticus Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. September 26th, 1831: "We read another passage from Gregory’s Apologia — not a
very fine one. Then we read the exordium of The Orations against Julian. It ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Gregory of Nazianzus Apologeticus Print : Book1800-1849 Letter 433. December 1st, 1831:
"I both Simpson’s & Hutchinson’s editions of Zenophon, the double tau takes the place of the
double sigma, — and sun of ksun." Elizabeth Barrett Browning Xenophon [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. September 26th, 1831: "We read another passage from Gregory’s Apologia — not a
very fine one. Then we read the exordium of The Orations against Julian. It ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Gregory of Nazianzus Orations against Julian Print : Book1800-1849 Letter 433. December 1st, 1831:
"You know my Isocrates is a bad edition. In it, there is sometimes a double tau & sometimes a
double sigma quite ad libitum. For insta... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Isocrates [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. November 30th, 1831: "We read passages from Gregory’s apologetic, — comparing
his marks with mien, in different copies, — & came to the conclusion, that ou... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Gregory of Nazianzus Apologeticus Print : Book1800-1849 Diary entry. December 8th, 1831: "Mr. Boyd certainly pleased to see me. I read what he wanted
to hear out of Phillips —& something form the apologetic besides". Elizabeth Barrett Browning Gregory of Nazianzus Apologeticus Print : Book1800-1849 Letter 443. March, 29, 1832:
"Nonnus appears to have few instances of hiatus. I have observed— αυτοθι εμπεδα... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Nonnus of Panopolis [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 Letter 444. March, 31st, 1832:
"I think it may be better to write directly to yourself, on the subject you enquire about.
In Theocritus—καλα ε... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Theocritus Idylls Print : Book1800-1849 Letter 444. March, 31st, 1832:
"I think it may be better to write directly to yourself, on the subject you enquire about.
In Theocritus—καλα ε... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Hesiod Theogony Print : Book1800-1849 Letter 447. April, 19th, 1832: "These are the lines from Anacreon,
Makarizomen se tettix,
Hote dendreoon ep’ akroon
Oligeen droson pepookoos,
Basileus hopoos, aeide... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Anacreon Print : Book1800-1849 Letter 447. April, 19th, 1832: "I have looked over the first Pythian again. The finest passage in it,
is longer than Synesius’s ninth hymn" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Pindar First Pythian Ode Print : Book1900-1945 Fortunately books are fairly plentiful and I keep
my own books (“Dombey & Son” and “Three
Musketeers”) for the time when I am in a place
which nobody has left any b... Arthur Morris James Matthew Barrie Sentimental Tommy Print : Book
