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1850-1899'Among the writers who deserve attention the first is Rudyard Kipling (his last book,”The Day’s Work”, a novel[sic]). J.M. Barrie—a Scotsman. His last book “Sentimenta...Joseph Conrad Rudyard KiplingThe Day's WorkPrint: Book
1850-1899'Among the writers who deserve attention the first is Rudyard Kipling (his last book ,”The Day’s Work”, a novel). J.M. Barrie—a Scotsman. His last book “Sentimental T...Joseph Conrad J M BarrieSentimental TommyPrint: Book
1850-1899Among the writers who deserve attention the first is Rudyard Kipling (his last book ,”The Day’s Work”, a novel). J.M. Barrie—a Scotsman. His last book “Sentimental To...Joseph Conrad George MooreEvelyn InnesPrint: Book
1900-1945'A good many English here. We stare and are silent, following the manners of our own race. Don Quixote and walking are my only friends.'John Masefield Miguel de CervantesDon QuixotePrint: Book
1900-1945'In the afternoon, at a tennis party at Blair Castle, a bicycle orderly arrives with an urgent telegram for my battalion. Being the senior Cameronian officer present ...James Lochhead Jack [n/a] [n/a][telegram]Manuscript: telegram
1850-1899"At the Paris Exhibition of 1878 I saw, and never forgot, a picture of the death of Manon Lescaut, and asked my Father many questions. I read that amazing 'one book' o...Rudyard Kipling Antoine Francois PrevostL'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Le...Print: Book
1850-1899At the Paris Exhibition of 1878 I saw, and never forgot, a picture of the death of Manon Lescaut, and asked my Father many questions. I read that amazing 'one book' of...Rudyard Kipling Paul ScarronLe Roman ComiquePrint: Book
1900-1945And, if it be in your power, bear serenely with imitators. My "Jungle Books" begat zoos of them. but the genius of all the genii was one who wrote a series called "Ta...Rudyard Kipling Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesPrint: Book
1850-1899"There were not many books in that house, but Father and Mother as soon as they heard I could read sent me priceless volumes. One I have still, a bound copy of 'Aunt J...Rudyard Kipling Juliana Horatia Gatty EwingSix to SixteenPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I've read the "Seven Seas" and Jessie has used the scent (after heroic struggles with Kipling's diction and the glass stopper)and we are full of gratitude. Both things...Joseph Conrad Rudyard KiplingThe Seven SeasPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945
'The last words unveiling the mystery of the Erebus and Terror expedition were brought home and disclosed to the world by Sir Leopold M’Clintock in his book "The Voyage...Joseph Conrad Leopold M'ClintockThe Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas: A Narr...Print: Book
1850-1899'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 of questions dealing with the colonies a...Joseph Conrad Mary KingsleyWest African StudiesPrint: Book
1850-1899This growing interest in Indian India was further whetted by Ruddy's reading of a new novel "Lalun the Bergun, or the Battle of Panipat: A legend of Hindoostan", publishe...Rudyard Kipling Mirza Moorad ‘Gaekwaree’ Alee BegLalun the Beragun or the Battle of Panipat: A lege...Print: Book
1700-1799'Mary Gaywood giving evidence at the trial for theft of her servant Eleanor Clark at the Old Bailey, 21 October 1761: "Last Tuesday right she went away, and not coming ...Eleanor Clark John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1800-1849'The book of my boyhood was, however, the "Pilgrim's Progress", a beautiful edition of which was given me by a paternal uncle. I used to read it from morning to night, ...John Leatherland John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1800-1849'I was also much struck with many parts of the Bible. My favourite chapters were the xv. of the 1 Ep. of Corinthians; the xi of Hebrews; Ezekiel's vision; and most of t...John Leatherland [n/a] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I was passionately fond of poetry, being led to its study by accidentally meeting with Milton's minor poems, when about fourteen years of age. Though so young, I was i...John Leatherland John MiltonComusPrint: Book
1800-1849'Speaking of the Quarterly Review, a "stray number" of which was a prize I once found on the counter of a grocer, and which I rescued from the ignominious fate of being...John Leatherland [n/a] [n/a]Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899“What further stimulated Ruddy’s interest in the British soldier was a book he reviewed for his paper: Nathaniel Bancroft’s “From Recruit to Staff Sergeant” the autobiog...Rudyard Kipling Nathaniel BancroftFrom Recruit to Staff SergeantPrint: Book
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Louisa May AlcottLittle Women
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Susan CoolidgeWhat Katy Did
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Hans AndersenHans Andersen's Fairy Tales
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of books read]'Eileen Lawrence Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of books read]'Eileen Lawrence Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsPrint: Book
1900-1945'One sat or stood waiting, humbly, through hours which scarcely melted, for something to happen, something which would bring this eternity to a conclusion: but, one...Guy Patterson Chapman Thomas HardyJude the ObscurePrint: Book
1700-1799'8 April 1742: I have myself, upon your recommendation, been reading Joseph Andrews. The incidents are ill laid and without invention; but the characters have a great ...Thomas Gray Henry FieldingThe History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews an...Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter: 1 January 1743]: [Joseph Andrews] contains such a surprising variety of nature, wit, morality, and good sense, as is scarcely to be met with in any one compos...Elizabeth Carter Henry FieldingThe History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews an...Print: Book
1900-1945'As you say, Mother, the war does not look like ending for a long time yet. You never want to read the Daily Mail. It is almost a pro German paper. There are things...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Daily MailPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'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]Weekly NewsPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899
1900-1945
'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 WallaceThe Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan,...Print: Book
1900-1945'The weather is perfectly ideal and it’s a country holiday to be here [i.e., picnicking in a meadow 1 mile from Talbot House]; the only things we left behind of val...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Walter BesantThe Golden ButterflyPrint: Book
1900-1945I am reading the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea (how much prettier a name than Red Sea): it was an old commercial chart by an unknown Greek of Alexandria in the firs...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon]Periplus of the Erythrean SeaPrint: Book
1900-1945'So home to tea … And after tea, letters, etc., together with a Daily Chronicle I had managed to cadge from the A.S.C., till family Evensong at 7 p.m.'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Daily ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on “shepherd.” Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton TreasuryPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on “shepherd.” Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton SketchPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on “shepherd.” Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Comic CutsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'What with slumber, sandwiches and a copy of the Scotsman secured by the canny guard of our train from one proceeding in the contrary direction—the trains were appa...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton ScotsmanPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Who put that dreadful note about me in the "Pauline"? I’m Chaplain to one battery only, and gunners don’t have forts. I wish they did! Please strafe the unknown aut...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton PaulinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'… folk talk about men not wanting religion—the men who really know what the War is have a different tale to tell—have you read Neville’s book, just out? I’ll send ...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Neville TalbotThoughts on Religion at the FrontPrint: Book
1900-1945'Your delightful letter, the Challenge (which I think grows better and better—especially the Prayer suggestions on the last page), and various enclosures arrived on...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton The ChallengePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The weekly Evensong [i.e., 22-25 Oct] has been amazing this week, averaging nearly a hundred a night. It’s rather like the last chapter of the "House of Prayer" th...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Florence ConverseThe House of PrayerPrint: Book
1900-1945'A word or two before I turn in. Magrath (who is a veritable godsend to me in every way, Christian, cheery, brave and wise) is reading the Times and warming his toe...C. J. Magrath TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945I remember one morning, early, I found him in his study laughing uproariously: he was reading, in Proust's "Pastiches et Mélanges", the pastiche of Flaubert (and he had a...Joseph Conrad Marcel ProustPastiches et MélangesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Rained all day long! So we had the whole day off!! Had some damn good meals and a good sleep. Also received our first newspaper (printed for prisoners), the "Contine...J. A. Sillitoe Hill Continental TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'All very cheerful to-day as there is very good news from the Front. Allies swiftly advancing and sweeping all before them ... The Germans won't tell us anything, but...J. A. Sillitoe Hill Dortmunder ZeitungPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Began Holcroft's Memoirs - his description of the life of a New-market boy very curious and interesting - I wish every literary man would write his own memoirsThomas Moore Thomas HolcroftMemoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft, written by hi...Print: Book
1800-1849Looked over the notes Mrs. Lefanu had written on Watkin's life of her brother - little in them - chiefly about her father's respectability etc. etc. which, though very in...Thomas Moore John WatkinsMemoirs of the Public and Private Life of the Righ...Print: Book
1900-1945'I have … changed billet, and the chaps here are very nice indeed. Good men, which is a great point. But in this new democracy almost everyone is jolly, or tries to b...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rudyard KiplingThe New Army in TrainingPrint: Book
1900-1945‘At present I am “on sick” with lumbago, a horrid name … "Land and Water" is still very optimistic. My thoughts go onward to the dim time after the war, and the polit...Ivor Bertie Gurney Hilaire Belloc (ed)The Country Gentleman and Land and WaterPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘At present I am “on sick” with lumbago, a horrid name … "Land and Water" is still very optimistic. My thoughts go onward to the dim time after the war, and the polit...Ivor Bertie Gurney George Holbrook JacksonSouthward Ho! And other EssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945‘J. E. Patterson has written a book around Minehead, perhaps "Fishers of the Sea", or no—"Love Like the Sea"; which I liked. Perhaps you might. He has power, but an a...Ivor Bertie Gurney John Edward PattersonLove Like the SeaPrint: Book
1900-1945‘J. E. Patterson has written a book around Minehead, perhaps "Fishers of the Sea", or no—"Love Like the Sea"; which I liked. Perhaps you might. He has power, but an a...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rupert Brooke"1914." Five SonnetsPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney unknown unknown[Letter to 'Times']Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardySong of the SoldiersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney Daily NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney William Wordsworth(Sonnets)Print: Book
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards—copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney George MeredithThe Adventures of Harry RichmondPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards—copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney George MeredithEvan HarringtonPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards—copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards—copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativePrint: Book
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Walter de la Mare[book review]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Laurence BinyonFor the FallenPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardySong of the SoldiersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rudyard KiplingFor all we have and arePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney William WatsonThe Battle of the BightPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Julian GrenfellInto BattlePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Alfred NoyesThe SearchlightsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardyA Changed Man, the Waiting Supper and Other Tales:...Print: Book
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney D.H. (David Herbert) LawrenceThe White PeacockPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Someone has lent me two of Tchekof’s [Chekhov]'s plays—"The Sea-gull" and "The Cherry Orchard". The first I have read twice and am very struck with it—for its truth ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Anton ChekhovThe SeagullPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Someone has lent me two of Tchekof’s [Chekhov]'s plays—"The Sea-gull" and "The Cherry Orchard". The first I have read twice and am very struck with it—for its truth ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Gerhart HauptmannThe Sunken BellPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Carlyle has not put it too strongly in Heroes. It is chiefly a matter of environment with the really great men what shape they take in their power; but with smaller ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rosaline MassonWordsworthPrint: Book
1900-1945‘You letter gave me great pleasure; and for once I took your advice on a matter of books, to the extent of buying that World’s Classics Selection you mentioned (I hav...Ivor Bertie Gurney William PeacockEnglish Prose from Mandeville to RuskinPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I shall be glad to be out of the army. The best thing for me is brainwork again of some kind. I need something to fix my wandering thought in the morning … But must ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Charles DickensMartin ChuzzlewitPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Indeed you are darlings of a special sort. The birthday book of my beloved William [Wordsworth] is charming, and you know what I think of the oatcake and scones you ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Adelaide WordsworthWordsworth Birthday BookPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Of all the written words of Man that help one submit to Destiny I know nothing more persuasive than that part of "War and Peace" which tells of Pierre’s captivity an...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945‘I think we are quite near [departure for] the front—the fighting line, but at least I have control enough of my mind to think very little of this. The only thought t...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Here I am, sitting on my bed, half-reading Carlyle, little soaking through to my dull mind, when I become aware that a boxing match is being arranged … I am not alto...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas CarlyleHeroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in HistoryPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Here I am, sitting on my bed, half-reading Carlyle, little soaking through to my dull mind, when I become aware that a boxing match is being arranged … I am not alto...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rupert BrookeLetters from AmericaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for "Battle" [W. W. Gibson], but curse this nib. To me it is not as good as Housman; some things appeal to me for setting, but not strongly[.] Th...Ivor Bertie Gurney Wilfrid Wilson GibsonBattlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for "Battle" [W. W. Gibson], but curse this nib. To me it is not as good as Housman; some things appeal to me for setting, but not strongly[.] Th...Ivor Bertie Gurney Weekly DispatchPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘ … thank you immensely for "Friends" [W. W. Gibson], an unforgettable book … My town-pride received a shock yesterday—and my pocket. Cridland and I went to Salisbury...Ivor Bertie Gurney Wilfrid Wilson GibsonFriendsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘ … thank you immensely for "Friends" [W. W. Gibson], an unforgettable book … My town-pride received a shock yesterday—and my pocket. Cridland and I went to Salisbury...Ivor Bertie Gurney William CobbettRural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Susse...Print: Book
1900-1945‘You mention Ian Hay and MacGill. I had a glance at Ian Hay, and wished I could read it, but had to leave it. What I saw was very good indeed … By the way have you ev...Ivor Bertie Gurney Ian HayThe First Hundred ThousandPrint: Book
1900-1945‘You mention Ian Hay and MacGill. I had a glance at Ian Hay, and wished I could read it, but had to leave it. What I saw was very good indeed … By the way have you ev...Ivor Bertie Gurney William Henry DaviesAutobiography of a Super-TrampPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Distant from us by 300 yards … snipers were continually firing, and rockets … lit up the night outside … we had two days like that, and played Auction Bridge, talked...Ivor Bertie Gurney William ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Distant from us by 300 yards … snipers were continually firing, and rockets … lit up the night outside … we had two days like that, and played Auction Bridge, talked...Ivor Bertie Gurney William CobbettRural Rides in the counties of Surrey, Kent, Susse...Print: Book
1900-1945‘Distant from us by 300 yards … snipers were continually firing, and rockets … lit up the night outside … we had two days like that, and played Auction Bridge, talked...Ivor Bertie Gurney Frederick Scott OliverOrdeal by BattlePrint: Book
1900-1945‘This morning that extraordinarily unequal collection "The Golden Treasury" came out of its hiding place, and served to astonish me once more with its lasting wonders...Ivor Bertie Gurney Francis Turner Palgrave (ed)Golden Treasury of English Songs and LyricsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘This morning that extraordinarily unequal collection "The Golden Treasury" came out of its hiding place, and served to astonish me once more with its lasting wonders...Ivor Bertie Gurney William WordsworthOde: Intimations of ImmortalityPrint: Book
1900-1945‘This morning that extraordinarily unequal collection "The Golden Treasury" came out of its hiding place, and served to astonish me once more with its lasting wonders...Ivor Bertie Gurney The Bible (New Testament)Print: Book
1900-1945‘This morning that extraordinarily unequal collection "The Golden Treasury" came out of its hiding place, and served to astonish me once more with its lasting wonders...Ivor Bertie Gurney French newspapers: (Le Telegramme; Le Journal; Le ...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945‘Please O please try and get last Sunday’s "Observer" (June 12th or thereabouts). The leading article is a perfect exhibition of pusillanimous twaddling and a kind of...Ivor Bertie Gurney The ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘The Katharine Tynan verses are perfectly charming in that War Poetry cutting. Sweet, original and truly felt.’Ivor Bertie Gurney Katharine Tynan[poems]Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Your book—my book [Davies, "Child Lovers"] has just arrived, and it is finished. Only to increasing certainty that Davies was once an exquisite poet—of which time he...Ivor Bertie Gurney William Henry DaviesChild LoversPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Your book—my book [Davies, "Child Lovers"] has just arrived, and it is finished. Only to increasing certainty that Davies was once an exquisite poet—of which time he...Ivor Bertie Gurney Times Literary SupplementPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Lying in my dugout or funkhole the other day, I became too bored to read serious stuff, or write letters; so turning my attention to the few filthy magazines strewn ...Ivor Bertie Gurney unknown unknownunknownPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Well … our gallant regiment … have been in it a damn sight more than ever they expected, by the Lord. We are hardened veterans, fed up to the neck, muddy to the eyes...Ivor Bertie Gurney Lascelles AbercrombieDeborahPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Well … our gallant regiment … have been in it a damn sight more than ever they expected, by the Lord. We are hardened veterans, fed up to the neck, muddy to the eyes...Ivor Bertie Gurney William Henry DaviesChild LoversPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Well … our gallant regiment … have been in it a damn sight more than ever they expected, by the Lord. We are hardened veterans, fed up to the neck, muddy to the eyes...Ivor Bertie Gurney Robert Bridges[Sonnet on Lord Kitchener]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney Evening StandardPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney Francis Turner PalgraveGolden Treasury of English Songs and LyricsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney John MiltonOde: On TimePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Your parcels have arrived … You have my deepest assurances that the pleasure caused by your kindness has been considerable…. The reason I dared to ask for all these ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Walt Whitman(Poems)Print: Book
1900-1945‘Your parcels have arrived … You have my deepest assurances that the pleasure caused by your kindness has been considerable…. The reason I dared to ask for all these ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Percy Bysshe Shelley(Poems)Print: Book
1900-1945‘Your parcels have arrived … You have my deepest assurances that the pleasure caused by your kindness has been considerable…. The reason I dared to ask for all these ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Ian Hay'Pip': A Romance of YouthPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Mrs Voynich has sent me M Aurelius and Epictetus. The last is a game old boy, and I should dearly love to watch him in a strafe, but M Aurelius is a pious swanker in...Ivor Bertie Gurney Marcus AureliusMeditationsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Shelley is a wash out here, as a general thing. I will try Keats next. But W. W. and R. B. really are the two. Please don’t send me any more for a bit. And then s’il...Ivor Bertie Gurney Percy Bysshe Shelley(poems)Print: Book
1900-1945‘Mrs Voynich has sent me M Aurelius and Epictetus. The last is a game old boy, and I should dearly love to watch him in a strafe, but M Aurelius is a pious swanker in...Ivor Bertie Gurney EpictetusDiscourses and/or EnchiridionPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Today is changeable, rather cold and windy … I hardly think of music at all, but stick to books. My friend Harvey, who is now a lootenant [sic] in this battalion has...Ivor Bertie Gurney Robert BridgesThe Spirit of ManPrint: Book
1900-1945‘[ … ]they have made me billet warden, which sounds grand, and is grand; as it leaves me time and enough to spare for reading. No new books can come to me now, as my ...Ivor Bertie Gurney AeschylusProméthée (or Prométheus) enchaînéPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Here I am beside a French canal, watching the day, and remembering with an ache what Glostershire is in such a season as September, and with whom I usually spent the...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rudyard KiplingThe Fringes of the FleetPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Here I am beside a French canal, watching the day, and remembering with an ache what Glostershire is in such a season as September, and with whom I usually spent the...Ivor Bertie Gurney Samuel PepysDiaryPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Here I am beside a French canal, watching the day, and remembering with an ache what Glostershire is in such a season as September, and with whom I usually spent the...Ivor Bertie Gurney leading article (unsigned) in Times Literary Suppl...Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Here I am beside a French canal, watching the day, and remembering with an ache what Glostershire is in such a season as September, and with whom I usually spent the...Ivor Bertie Gurney William WordsworthThe ExcursionPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Have you seen any reviews of Maeterlinck’s latest book, and if so, what do you think of the ideas it sets forth? There was a glorious piece of writing in last week’s...Ivor Bertie Gurney The ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘Have you seen any reviews of Maeterlinck’s latest book, and if so, what do you think of the ideas it sets forth? There was a glorious piece of writing in last week’s...Ivor Bertie Gurney Aeschylus AgamemnonPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I am still in the hospital and expect to be for at least two days more … Just now I don’t know where I can keep books. I have with me Donne’s poems and Brown’s “Reli...Isaac Rosenberg John DonnePoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I am still in the hospital and expect to be for at least two days more … Just now I don’t know where I can keep books. I have with me Donne’s poems and Brown’s “Reli...Isaac Rosenberg Thomas BrowneReligio MediciPrint: Book
1900-1945‘We are on a long march and I’m writing this on the chance of getting it off; so you should know I received your papers and also your letter … The Poetry Review you s...Isaac Rosenberg Poetry ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘We are on a long march and I’m writing this on the chance of getting it off; so you should know I received your papers and also your letter … The Poetry Review you s...Isaac Rosenberg Rupert Brooke"1914." Five SonnetsPrint: Book, Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘We are on a long march and I’m writing this on the chance of getting it off; so you should know I received your papers and also your letter … The Poetry Review you s...Isaac Rosenberg Walt Whitman'Beat! Beat! Drums!'Print: Book
1900-1945‘Your Georgian B. has arrived at last; many many thanks. I pounced on King Lear’s Wife, and though it was not more than I expected, it was not less. The only fault I ...Isaac Rosenberg Gordon BottomleyKing Lear's WifePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Your Georgian B. has arrived at last; many many thanks. I pounced on King Lear’s Wife, and though it was not more than I expected, it was not less. The only fault I ...Isaac Rosenberg Rupert BrookeCloudsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I am back in the Trenches now and my address is altered as you notice. Thank you for Lawrence offer but cloth books are so bulky and impossible out here. I have sent...Isaac Rosenberg David Herbert Lawrence3 Poems: Service of all the Dead; Meeting among th...Print: Book
1900-1945‘I am back in the Trenches now and my address is altered as you notice. Thank you for Lawrence offer but cloth books are so bulky and impossible out here. I have sent...Isaac Rosenberg Westminster GazettePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘Thanks very much for the papers. I liked the article on the Somme Cinemas; of course Chesterton on Zangwill was nearer home; but C seems sly and certainly anti Jewis...Isaac Rosenberg [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945‘I rec your play and Annual. Thank you very much. The play is gorgeous, one of the chiefest pleasures of my leave days; and for this I thank you indeed. The ideas are...Isaac Rosenberg Robert Calverley Trevelyan[plays]Print: Book
1900-1945‘Your Lucretius arrived in all its beauty of type and cover. It is a noble poem and I wish it were printed in a more compressed form so that one could have it in the ...Isaac Rosenberg Lucretius De Rerum NaturaPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot Walter ScottThe Lady of the LakePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Your Lucretius arrived in all its beauty of type and cover. It is a noble poem and I wish it were printed in a more compressed form so that one could have it in the ...Isaac Rosenberg William ShakespeareunspecifiedPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Your Lucretius arrived in all its beauty of type and cover. It is a noble poem and I wish it were printed in a more compressed form so that one could have it in the ...Isaac Rosenberg Gordon Bottomley[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945‘Your Lucretius arrived in all its beauty of type and cover. It is a noble poem and I wish it were printed in a more compressed form so that one could have it in the ...Isaac Rosenberg Thomas Sturge Moore[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945‘Your Lucretius arrived in all its beauty of type and cover. It is a noble poem and I wish it were printed in a more compressed form so that one could have it in the ...Isaac Rosenberg H. G. Wells[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945‘I have been in topsy turveydom since I last saw you and have not been able to write. Even now it is in the extremest difficulties that I’m writing this. I wanted to ...Isaac Rosenberg Edward MarshGeorgian Poetry 1916-1917Print: Book
1900-1945‘When I clamp-clump-clamp-clumped into the Poetry Bookshop on Thursday, the poetic ladies were not a little surprised. The Readings were from Rabindranath Tagore, rea...Wilfrid Owen Rabindranath TagoreGitanjaliPrint: Book
1900-1945‘When I clamp-clump-clamp-clumped into the Poetry Bookshop on Thursday, the poetic ladies were not a little surprised. The Readings were from Rabindranath Tagore, rea...Wilfred Owen Emmuska, Baroness OrczyEldoradoPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Here’s a part of our Hut of 30. [Owen had sent a postcard showing the camp enclosed with the letter.] I slaved for them, all Sunday as Orderly—never thought myself c...Wilfred Owen unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'If possible send me an amusing book small enough to be put in a large pocket. That is to say smaller than a Prayer-book and much smaller than a Hymn Book and much ...Maurice Baring Arnold BennettClayhangerPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have read Sous Verdun which I liked very much and I am reading Ma Piece which I'm not sure I don't like still better ... It is very early in the morning. Too ear...Maurice Baring Maurice GenevoixSous VerdunPrint: Book
1900-1945‘We had Church Parade this morning. One Major read the Lesson and another played the organ. This afternoon I have been reading a book which I just received from Lesli...Wilfred Owen unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945‘We had Church Parade this morning. One Major read the Lesson and another played the organ. This afternoon I have been reading a book which I just received from Lesli...Wilfrid Owen BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945‘We have to go back to Camp on Monday! There are a number of Tents now standing: perhaps for us! I have not been to Hornchurch this Afternoon, but finding a well-furn...Wilfred Owen unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like this Digs far better than the Queen’s Hotel life. It is the first time I ever shared rooms, in the Keats-Brown manner. I confess [2/Lt A. R.] Rickard is not k...Wilfred Owen Herbert George WellsThe Passionate FriendsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘‘Tis a crude, vagabondage of a life … here I am watching a fair old village toppling about my head. I think the wreckage will look even sicklier when the orchard-tre...Wilfred Owen PunchPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘At the first Ambulance I arrived at in the Car, a Corporal came up to me with a staid air of sleepy dignity that seemed somehow familiar. And when he began to enter ...Wilfred Owen unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945‘The next book for you to read is "A Knight on Wheels". It is great. I, with the inherited diffidence of my distinguished Grandma, must say I could never do anything ...Wilfred Owen Ian HayA Knight on WheelsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I am glad you sent that cutting from Wells’ Book. I hope you understood it. I did not. Not a word of it can I make sense of. I would rather we did not read this Book...Wilfred Owen Victor Hugol'Homme qui ritPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I go down today. Where to?—Nobody knows. May be in the Hosp. Train for days. Health: quite restored. Mood: highest variety of jinks. Weather: sub-tropical. Time: 1...Wilfred Owen Hilaire BellocA Pickled Company: Being a Selection from the Writ...Print: Book
1900-1945'You ask me whether I prefer a long letter or a short letter. I prefer a long letter to a short letter. No, I am not reading Shakespeare just at present. I am readi...Maurice Baring O. HenryHeart of the WestPrint: Book
1900-1945'George Moores Gospel according to George and Mary Hunter is a very tiresome book just like any rewritten Gospel and most "historical" novels.'Maurice Baring George MooreThe Brook KerithPrint: Book
1900-1945' ... it is raining slightly ... I have almost finished Twelfth Night. Yesterday I saw [Albert] Ball. I asked him how many Boches he had shot down. He said he didnt...Maurice Baring William ShakespeareTwelfth NightPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just read King Lear. I think you are more like Goneril than Regan and more like Regan than Cordelia. But you have many qualities that none of these three si...Maurice Baring William ShakespeareKing LearPrint: Book
1900-1945'Seely came to luncheon yesterday and talked nonsense. He wasted a good deal of our time ... I am reading a book called W.O.2. Not about the war office.'Maurice Baring Maurice DrakeW.O.2Print: Book
1900-1945'In a little book of poems by J S Squire called Twelve Poems there is one poem called March which I think quite beautiful. Do you know Mr Squire? ... He writes to m...Maurice Baring John Collings SquireTwelve PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945'In a little book of poems by J S Squire called Twelve Poems there is one poem called March which I think quite beautiful. Do you know Mr Squire? ... He writes to m...Maurice Baring William ShakespeareCoriolanusPrint: Book
1900-1945'In a little book of poems by J S Squire called Twelve Poems there is one poem called March which I think quite beautiful. Do you know Mr Squire? ... He writes to m...Maurice Baring William ShakespeareTimon of AthensPrint: Book
1900-1945‘We make another sally today … I have the parcel, and the letters and J. Oxenham’s books … "The V.[Vision] Splendid" contains several real poems: those indeed which y...Wilfred Owen John OxenhamThe Vision SplendidPrint: Book
1900-1945‘We make another sally today … I have the parcel, and the letters and J. Oxenham’s books … "The V.[Vision] Splendid" contains several real poems: those indeed which y...Wilfred Owen John OxenhamBarbe of Grand BayouPrint: Book
1900-1945‘We make another sally today … I have the parcel, and the letters and J. Oxenham’s books … "The V.[Vision] Splendid" contains several real poems: those indeed which y...Wilfred Owen O. Henry (pseud. Willam Sydney PorterunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945‘We make another sally today … I have the parcel, and the letters and J. Oxenham’s books … "The V.[Vision] Splendid" contains several real poems: those indeed which y...Wilfred Owen Agnes and Egerton CastleThe Hope of the HousePrint: Book
1900-1945‘A cheap dinner and so to King’s Cross an hour early to get a Corner Seat … I read some Israel Zangwill as far as the Midlands. Then … slept. I woke up as we were rou...Wilfred Owen Israel ZangwillunspecifiedPrint: Book
1900-1945‘You give no address so I forward the "Morals [of Marcus Ordeyne", W. J. Locke] to Alpenrose. You will like to read it in London. I feel rather limp this morning—coul...Wilfred Owen William John LockeThe Morals of Marcus OrdeynePrint: Book
1900-1945‘The other day I read a Biography of Tennyson, which says he was unhappy, even in the midst of his fame, wealth, and domestic serenity. Divine discontent! I can quite...Wilfred Owen Anon Anon[unknown biography of Alfred, Lord Tennyson]Print: Book
1900-1945‘I am going to send you "The Old Huntsman" as a festive gift … “The Death Bed” is the finest poem. I told [Sassoon] my opinion. It is his own. The poem is coming out ...Wilfred Owen Siegfried SassoonThe Old Huntsman and other PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Have been to [Tynecastle] School again. Am going to do "Hiawatha" with them now.’Wilfred Owen Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Song of HiawathaPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Read Wells’ article in today’s Mail. Most important. I enclose it.’Wilfred Owen Herbert George WellsThe First-Class Air Fighter: Is He Going to Be the...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945‘Received the Books last night, and spent an exciting few minutes looking through the poems. I congratulate you on the Binding & Type.’Wilfred Owen Leslie GunstonThe Nymph and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I’ve been reading Wells’ "What is coming …" Hazlitt’s "Essays", and a glorious book of critical essays by A. K. Thompson, called "The Greek Tradition". I read no fic...Wilfred Owen Herbert George WellsWhat is Coming: A Forecast of Things after the WarPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I’ve been reading Wells’ "What is coming …" Hazlitt’s Essays, and a glorious book of critical essays by A. K. Thompson, called "The Greek Tradition". I read no ficti...Wilfred Owen William HazlittEssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'The priest brother would give us English songs on his Gramophone ... They were v. decent & I should have liked to partake the funny dinner but we returned to Vaton...Cecil Vincent Connolly Rudyard KiplingDepartmental DittiesPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I’ve been reading Wells’ "What is coming …" Hazlitt’s Essays, and a glorious book of critical essays by A. K. Thompson, called "The Greek Tradition". I read no ficti...Wilfred Owen Herbert George WellsThe Wife of Sir Isaac HarmanPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I’ve been reading Wells’ "What is coming …" Hazlitt’s Essays, and a glorious book of critical essays by [J.] A. K. Thompson, called "The Greek Tradition". I read no ...Wilfred Owen J. A. K. ThomsonThe Greek Tradition: Essays in the Reconstruction ...Print: Book
1900-1945‘For light reading there is nothing like Arnold Bennett. So I send you "The Card". It is notable among my books as the only novel I’ve read in which I did not in some...Wilfred Owen Arnold BennettThe CardPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Last week I went to an excellent play, a really charming Comedy—Quinney’s, by Vachell. Am now reading and book by Vachell "The Hill", a tale of Harrow, and the hills...Wilfred Owen Horace Annesley VachellThe HillPrint: Book
1900-1945‘See … p. 54 "Sphere" for a good peep at Swinburne. Dam disgusting, excuse me … Have you seen Arnold Bennett’s "Pretty Lady". Fortunately I just secured my copy befor...Wilfred Owen Sphere: An Illustrated Newspaper for the HomePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘See … p. 54 "Sphere" for a good peep at Swinburne. Dam disgusting, excuse me … Have you seen Arnold Bennett’s "Pretty Lady". Fortunately I just secured my copy befor...Wilfred Owen Arnold BennettThe Pretty LadyPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Please send Gillette blades, and obtain a reserve of 12! Have just read a wonderful book by R. H. Benson: "Where no Fear Was", a collection of spiritual Essays. Why ...Wilfred Owen A. C. BensonWhere No Fear Was: A Book about FearPrint: Book
1900-1945‘We left the Corrugated Iron & Red Ten Billet [at Bohain] in a hurry early yesterday morning … We have here the Times of Thursday [17 October 1918], and the strange n...Wilfred Owen The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945During my final year at school I was selected to represent the school in a competition held at the Browning Hall, Walworth for elocution prizes. I recited "The Laboratory...Robert BrowningThe LaboratoryManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'I arrived half-dead at La Neuville, and slept there for twelve hours or more. The next day we went to Braches, and then on foot to Rouvrel. About there, the countr...Herbert Edward Read Henry David ThoreauWaldenPrint: Book
1900-1945'Here one is amazingly comfortable: a beautiful house lent by two young bachelors, Finch-Hatton and Pixley: lovely Japanese hangings and enamel ware, Persian carpet...Francis Brett Young Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GreyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Here one is amazingly comfortable: a beautiful house lent by two young bachelors, Finch-Hatton and Pixley: lovely Japanese hangings and enamel ware, Persian carpet...Francis Brett Young Oscar WildeSebastian MelmothPrint: Book
1900-1945'Here I have been reading any amount of rubbish: among them (the rubbishes) two quite admirable shockers by John (Prester) Buchan: THE POWERHOUSE and THE THIRTY NIN...Francis Brett Young John BuchanThe Power-HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'Here I have been reading any amount of rubbish: among them (the rubbishes) two quite admirable shockers by John (Prester) Buchan: THE POWERHOUSE and THE THIRTY NIN...Francis Brett Young John BuchanThe Thirty Nine StepsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Here I have been reading any amount of rubbish: among them (the rubbishes) two quite admirable shockers by John (Prester) Buchan: THE POWERHOUSE and THE THIRTY NIN...Francis Brett Young May SinclairThe Divine FirePrint: Book
1900-1945'I was pleased to receive your letter and tin of salmon. It is now Sunday night and it as [sic] been very hot we have had church parade this afternoon as we where [...William Henry Bonser Lamin Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘On return to England [from Jena], by the way, I renewed my acquaintance with R.B. [Robert Browning]. The last line of Mr Sludge the Medium—“yet there is something in...Charles Hamilton Sorley Robert BrowningMr Sludge, "the Medium"Print: Book
1900-1945‘Sorry I forgot to mail you my opinion of Israel Zangwill. I admire him enormously and like him about as much. He reminds me often of the author of Revelations in his...Charles Hamilton Sorley Israel ZangwillDreamers of the GhettoPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Sorry I forgot to mail you my opinion of Israel Zangwill. I admire him enormously and like him about as much. He reminds me often of the author of Revelations in his...Charles Hamilton Sorley Bible (Revelations)Print: Book
1900-1945‘By the way I liked the Armenian article in The Cambridge Magazine.’Charles Hamilton Sorley The Cambridge MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘You ask me, with a suggestion of triumph, what I … think of Nietzsche now? I have only now begun to read the man …’Charles Hamilton Sorley Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945‘Thanks very much indeed for the letter and Lit. Sups, and especially for "Satires of Circumstance". I had not got it or ordered it but had often been thinking of doi...Charles Hamilton Sorley Times Literary SupplementPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Thanks very much indeed for the letter and Lit. Sups, and especially for "Satires of Circumstance". I had not got it or ordered it but had often been thinking of doi...Charles Hamilton Sorley Thomas HardySatires of Circumstance: Lyrics and Reveries; with...Print: Book
1900-1945‘Thanks very much indeed for the letter and Lit. Sups, and especially for "Satires of Circumstance". I had not got it or ordered it but had often been thinking of doi...Charles Hamilton Sorley Thomas HardyThe Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic WarsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I am still revelling in "The Dynasts". The amount of historical reading and travelling that must have gone to compose such a work must have been tremendous … the cha...Charles Hamilton Sorley Thomas HardyThe Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic WarsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I have started to read again, having read nothing all the closing months of last year. I have discovered a man called D. H. Lawrence who knows the way to write, and...Charles Hamilton Sorley David Herbert Lawrence[unknown]Print: Book



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