√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 'Proceeded with Denham's "Physico-Theology". Read Hurd's sermon on "Every soul shall be salted with fire", an odd mode of preaching he seems to give two guesses at the me... Benjamin Newton Richard Hurd Sermons [sermons preached at Lincolns Inn] Print : Book1800-1849 'Bad account of the Queen in today's St. James' Chronicle'. Benjamin Newton n/a St. James' Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Saw a very bad account of the Queen today in the Courier at Camp Hill.' Benjamin Newton n/a The Courier Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Finished Derham's "Physico Theology" and read Campbell's narrative of a voyage round the world'. Benjamin Newton William Derham Physico Theology: or a Demonstration of the being Print : Book1800-1849 'Finished Derham's "Physico Theology" and read Campbell's narrative of a Voyage round the world'. Benjamin Newton Archibald Campbell A Voyage Round the World, from 1806-1812 Print : Book1800-1849 'Read the 13th satyr of juvenal with J. Fendall as he is to be lectured on it the first term at Trinity Hall'. Benjamin Newton Juvenal Satires Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Eustace's tour and think he is the best dissenter I have met with, rather prolix about churches, especially such as have nothing extraordinary about them.' Benjamin Newton John Chetwode Eustace A [classical] tour through Italy Print : Book1800-1849 "And now, for the first time in his life, he met with plenty of books, reading all that came in his way, from 'Lloyd's Penny Times' to Cobbett's Works, 'French without a ... Gerald Massey Lloyd Lloyd's Penny Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "And now, for the first time in his life, he met with plenty of books, reading all that came in his way, from 'Lloyd's Penny Times' to Cobbett's Works, 'French without a ... Gerald Massey William Cobbett Works Print : Book1800-1849 "And now, for the first time in his life, he met with plenty of books, reading all that came in his way, from 'Lloyd's Penny Times' to Cobbett's Works, 'French without a ... Gerald Massey French without a Master Print : Book1800-1849 "And now, for the first time in his life, he met with plenty of books, reading all that came in his way, from 'Lloyd's Penny Times' to Cobbett's Works, 'French without a ... Gerald Massey [English history] Print : Book1800-1849 "And now, for the first time in his life, he met with plenty of books, reading all that came in his way, from 'Lloyd's Penny Times' to Cobbett's Works, 'French without a ... Gerald Massey [Roman history] Print : Book1800-1849 "And now, for the first time in his life, he met with plenty of books, reading all that came in his way, from 'Lloyd's Penny Times' to Cobbett's Works, 'French without a ... Gerald Massey [Grecian history] Print : Book1800-1849 "Now I began to think that the crown of all desire, and the sum of all existence, was to read and get knowledge. Read, read, read! I used to read at all possible times, ... Gerald Massey [books] Print : Book1800-1849 "Now I began to think that the crown of all desire, and the sum of all existence, was to read and get knowledge. Read, read, read! I used to read at all possible times, ... Gerald Massey [books] Print : Book1800-1849 "As an errand-boy I had, of course, many hardships to undergo, and to bear with much tyranny; and that led me into reasoning upon men and things, the causes of misery, th... Gerald Massey Tom Paine The Rights of Man Print : Book1800-1849 "As an errand-boy I had, of course, many hardships to undergo, and to bear with much tyranny; and that led me into reasoning upon men and things, the causes of misery, th... Gerald Massey Volney Print : Book1800-1849 "As an errand-boy I had, of course, many hardships to undergo, and to bear with much tyranny; and that led me into reasoning upon men and things, the causes of misery, th... Gerald Massey Howitt Print : Book1800-1849 "As an errand-boy I had, of course, many hardships to undergo, and to bear with much tyranny; and that led me into reasoning upon men and things, the causes of misery, th... Gerald Massey Louis Blanc Print : Book1850-1899 "Take, for instance, his 'Lyrics of Love', so full of beauty and tenderness. Nor are his 'Songs of Progress' less full of poetic power and beauty." Samuel Smiles Gerald Massey Lyrics of Love Print : Book1850-1899 "Take, for instance, his 'Lyrics of Love', so full of beauty and tenderness. Nor are his 'Songs of Progress' less full of poetic power and beauty." Samuel Smiles Gerald Massey Songs of Progress Print : Book1800-1849 "After waiting a considerable period for the remittance, the box was forced, and found to contain a vast quantity of brickbats and an odd volume of Johnson's 'Lives of th... John Bedford Leno Samuel Johnson Lives of the Poets Print : Book1800-1849 "As Kingsbury and Farrell lost no opportunity of advancing their views, I was soon possessed of a tolerable knowledge of the tenets of each. This was supplemented by the... John Bedford Leno Anti Corn Law League [tracts] Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 "As Kingsbury and Farrell lost no opportunity of advancing their views, I was soon possessed of a tolerable knowledge of the tenets of each. This was supplemented by the... John Bedford Leno The Northern Star Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "As Kingsbury and Farrell lost no opportunity of advancing their views, I was soon possessed of a tolerable knowledge of the tenets of each. This was supplemented by the... John Bedford Leno New Moral World Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "As Kingsbury and Farrell lost no opportunity of advancing their views, I was soon possessed of a tolerable knowledge of the tenets of each. This was supplemented by the... John Bedford Leno The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "It was about this period that Mike, the dwarf waiter, fell ill. His mistress and others of her family being worn out by watching, the landlady appealed to me to take a ... John Bedford Leno Edward Young Night Thoughts Print : Book1800-1849 "How much a book gains by the appropriate surroundings of the person reading it, was forcibly impressed upon me [by the circumstances described in RED ID 5432], and this ... John Bedford Leno Walter Scott The Lady of the Lake Print : Book1800-1849 "I found on entering Harborough the walls posted with a proclamation forbidding all meetings in favour of Chartism." John Bedford Leno [proclamations forbidding Chartists' meetings] Print : Poster1800-1849 "I stayed for the night in Derby, visiting its various printing offices in search of a job, but without success, and, hugging the shore of the river Derwent, made for Mat... John Bedford Leno William Wordsworth Sonnets Print : Book1800-1849 "It so happened that a retired Scotch physician, who had settled in the town, chanced to read this notice, and, interested in all related to his gifted countryman [Burns]... a Scotch physician Falcon Harmonic Society Notice of a Burns Supper Print : Poster1450-1499 'In 1477 William Caxton presented his "History of Jason" to the 6-year-old future Edward V. Edward IV, the little prince's father, had instructed the child's governor tha... King Edward V William Caxton History of Jason Print : Book1800-1849 'Biographical notices of painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was rather a desultory nature, being fond of variety; accordingly a ... John Cole European, The Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 "Biographical notices of painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was of rather a desultory nature, being fond of variety; accordingly... John Cole [books of topography and travel] Print : Book1800-1849 "Read in Robinson's 'Scripture characters' and in 'The wonders of the vegetable kingdom', which is a very instructive, amusing and well-written volume.' John Cole Robinson Scripture Characters Print : Book1800-1849 "Read in Robinson's 'Scripture characters' and in 'The wonders of the vegetable kingdom', which is a very instructive, amusing and well-written volume.' John Cole Wonders of the vegetable kingdom, The Print : Book1800-1849 'Read a portion of Harvey's Theron and Aspasio...' John Cole James Hervey Theron and Aspasio Print : Book1800-1849 'Read one of Bradley's Sermons and some pieces in The Sacred Lyre.' John Cole Bradley Sermons Print : Book1800-1849 'Read one of Bradley's Sermons and some pieces in The Sacred Lyre.' John Cole Bradley Sacred Lyre, The Print : Book1800-1849 'These drawings were placed on the hands of Mr C J Smith, with whom I had become acquainted through an advertisement.' John Cole J Smith advertisement Print : Advertisement1800-1849 'Read Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron this summer, & Davis's Second Tour round a Bibliomaniac's Library.' John Cole Thomas Frognall Dibdin Bibliographical Decameron Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron this summer, & Davis's Second Tour round a Bibliomaniac's Library.' John Cole David Second tour round a Bibliomaniac's library Print : Book1800-1849 '...he wrote a poetical piece in my album in an almost unpremeditated manner; & finding it applicable to my History of Ecton, I have there printed it, entitled 'know thys... John Cole [poetry] Manuscript : Handwritten in Album1800-1849 'This summer (1825) the author of 'A Journal of a naturalist', states to have been, what it certainly was, 'hot and dry'.' John Cole Williamson A Journal of a naturalist Print : Book1800-1849 'It was my practise on each Sunday of this summer to pray with him & read a sermon or portions of one to him, which gave him great satisfaction.' John Cole [sermons] Unknown 1800-1849 'On my return I found that the printed copy of a letter from the late Mr Hinderwell had been left at my shop.' John Cole [printed letter] Print : Sheet1800-1849 'Read W Trimmer's Sacred History.' John Cole W Trimmer Sacred History Print : Book1800-1849 'The book is one huge mass of entertainment from beginning to end - And written in such an unaffected spirit of Christian charity...' Sarah Harriet Burney Hester Lynch Piozzi Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of... Print : Book1800-1849 'Horne Tooke is a dirty dog - he gives the derivation of such words! - There sits Mr Wilbraham two hours every morning in the library, sniggering and shaking his fat side... Sarah Harriet Burney John Horne Tooke Epea Pteroenta, or the Diversions of Purley Print : Book1800-1849 'I have been reading, and am enchanted with The Lady of the Lake. It has all the spirit of either of its predecessors, (have you read it?) and ten times the interest. Whe... Sarah Harriet Burney Walter Scott The Lady of the Lake Print : Book1800-1849 'I immediately borrowed and sat down to a second perusal of Marmion. I like the brave villain much for being so wholly divested of sneakiness...' Sarah Harriet Burney Walter Scott Marmion: a Tale of Flodden Field Print : Book1800-1849 'I have read some very delightful old books lately (for I now have just attained the wisdom to wish to make use of this ample library, and reject all borrowed or hired bo... Sarah Harriet Burney Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne Letters of Madame de Sevigne Print : Book1800-1849 'Rabutin de Bussy in his little way, is also delightful...' Sarah Harriet Burney Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy Les Lettres de Messire Roger de Rabutin Print : Book1800-1849 'I have finished all dear old Sevigne's Letters...' Sarah Harriet Burney Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne Letters of Madame de Sevigne Print : Book1800-1849 'I have finished all dear old Sevigne's Letters and since then read Anquetil's "Louis XIV Sa Cour et le Regent" - A most admirably entertaining work in four moderate litt... Sarah Harriet Burney Louis-Pierre Anquetil Louis XIV, Sa Cour et le Regent Print : Book1800-1849 'I have opened no other book, save the "Monthly Review" and "Appendix" since I came home... A book that I am sure would amuse Barrett, and perhaps you also, very much, is... Sarah Harriet Burney n/a The Monthly Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 '[Has heard story of Wellington] Is not this like the Irish Nurse in Ennui [this word underlined]? Emma told me when I said so, that it had struck her directly.' Sarah Harriet Burney Maria Edgeworth Tales of Fashionable Life Print : Book1800-1849 'I wanted to have sent you a translation of the epigram Flahaut has introduced in her book. It is Johnson's...' Sarah Harriet Burney Adelaide Filleul, Countess de Flahaut Eugenie et Mathilde Print : Book1800-1849 'I have been with a nice little party of college friends, to see King John, and for a week after, I could do nothing but read Shakespear.' [Siddings was performing in Cov... Sarah Harriet Burney William Shakespeare [plays] Print : Book1800-1849 'Have you seen the little book, 'Cottage Dialogues', by Mrs Leadbetter. Edgeworth's notes are lively and [nationally] characteristic as ever: but I own I am tired a littl... Sarah Harriet Burney Mary Leadbetter and Maria Edgeworth Cottage Dialogues Amongst the Irish Peasantry Print : Book1900-1945 H. J. Jackson discusses second annotator of 1791 copy of Rousseau, A Treatise on the Social Compact; or, The Principles of Politic Law; ownership inscription in same hand... H. B. L. Webb Jean-Jacques Rousseau A Treatise on the Social Compact; or, The Principl... Print : Book1700-1799 William Blake, on margin of his copy of Johann Lavater, Aphorisms: "'I hop no one will call what I have written cavilling ... For I write from the warmth of my heart, & c... William Blake Johann Lavater Aphorisms Print : Book1700-1799 S. T. Coleridge, annotation to Schelling: "'A book, I value, I reason & quarrel with as with myself when I am reasoning.'" Samuel Taylor Coleridge F. W. J. von Schelling Print : Book1700-1799 William Blake, in copy of Francis Bacon, Essays: "'Villain! Did Christ seek the Praise of the Rulers?'" William Blake Francis Bacon Essays Print : Book1700-1799 H. J. Jackson discusses annotations by John Horne Tooke in his copy of Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit (1777; gift from the author), in whic... John Horne Tooke Joseph Priestley Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson notes annotations by Macaulay made in 1836 in his copy of Joseph Milner, History of the Church of Christ; these include: "'You bolt every lie that the Fathe... Thomas Babington Macaulay Joseph Milner History of the Church of Christ Print : Book1700-1799 "Lady Mary [Wortley Montagu] used French for some of the (relatively few) notes in her Montaigne." Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Michel de Montaigne Print : Book1850-1899 "Ezra Pound, having acquired a copy of Algernon Swinburne's Laus Veneris already annotated by somebody else, took pains to dissociate himself from the other's views [addi... Ezra Pound annotations in copy of Algernon Swinburne, Laus Ve... Manuscript : annotations in printed text1700-1799 William Blake, in copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Works (1798) vol I: " '... I read Burkes Treatise [on the Sublime and Beautiful] when very Young at the same time I read Lo... William Blake Edmund Burke A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ide... Print : Book1700-1799 William Blake, in copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Works (1798) vol I: " '... I read Burkes Treatise [on the Sublime and Beautiful] when very Young at the same time I read Lo... William Blake John Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Print : Book1700-1799 William Blake, in copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Works (1798) vol I: " '... I read Burkes Treatise [on the Sublime and Beautiful] when very Young at the same time I read Lo... William Blake Francis Bacon The Advancement of Learning Print : Book1700-1799 William Blake, in copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Works (1798) vol I: " '... I read Burkes Treatise [on the Sublime and Beautiful] when very Young at the same time I read Lo... William Blake Sir Joshua Reynolds Works Print : Book1850-1899 H. J. Jackson notes pencilled marginalia by Harriet Martineau in her copy of Elizabeth Gaskell, Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857), which include "corrections and contradict... Harriet Martineau Elizabeth Gaskell Life of Charlotte Bronte Print : Book1800-1849 " ... [S. T. Coleridge's] copy of Quentin Durward includes a note that reveals his sense of public duty as an annotator [Coleridge takes issue with Scott's narrator's sug... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Walter Scott Quentin Durward Print : Book1700-1799 "Coleridge's many notes to Jeremy Taylor's Polemicall Discourses include some addressed to the author directly ('A sophism, dearest Jeremy!'); some to the owner of the vo... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Jeremy Taylor Polemicall Discourses Print : Book1700-1799 "For [Sir James] Fellowes, a prospective biographer ... [Hester Lynch Piozzi] annotated books by and about herself: Nathaniel Wraxall's Historical Memoirs of My Own Time ... Hester Lynch Piozzi Nathaniel Wraxall Historical Memoirs of My Own Time Print : Book1700-1799 "For [Sir James] Fellowes, a prospective biographer ... [Hester Lynch Piozzi] annotated books by and about herself: Nathaniel Wraxall's Historical Memoirs of My Own Time ... Hester Lynch Piozzi Hester Lynch Piozzi Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D Print : Book1700-1799 "For [Sir James] Fellowes, a prospective biographer ... [Hester Lynch Piozzi] annotated books by and about herself: Nathaniel Wraxall's Historical Memoirs of My Own Time ... Hester Lynch Piozzi Samuel Johnson Letters Unknown 1700-1799 "For [Sir James] Fellowes, a prospective biographer ... [Hester Lynch Piozzi] annotated books by and about herself: Nathaniel Wraxall's Historical Memoirs of My Own Time ... Hester Lynch Piozzi Hester Lynch Piozzi Retrospection: or A Review of the Most Striking an... Print : Book1700-1799 "For [Sir James] Fellowes, a prospective biographer ... [Hester Lynch Piozzi] annotated books by and about herself: Nathaniel Wraxall's Historical Memoirs of My Own Time ... Hester Lynch Piozzi Hester Lynch Piozzi Observations Print : Book1800-1849 " ... [Hester Lynch Piozzi] voluminously annotated a Bible for [William Augustus, Lord] Conway's mother." Hester Lynch Piozzi The Bible Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson discusses extensive annotations by Hester Lynch Piozzi in 1818 copy of Rasselas in the Houghton Library, Harvard (her marginalia include anecdotes and remem... Hester Lynch Piozzi Samuel Johnson Rasselas Print : Book1900-1945 H. J. Jackson discusses Rupert Brooke's pencilled notes, "clearly made out on a single reading," in copy of Raymond Macdonald Alden, Introduction to Poetry for Students o... Rupert Brooke Raymond Macdonald Alden Introduction to Poetry for Students of English Lit... Print : Book1900-1945 H. J. Jackson notes recollection of friend of Rupert Brooke, of Brooke in a canoe c.1910-11: "'he would keep the paddle going with his left hand, and with the other make ... Rupert Brooke ?John ?Webster Print : Book1900-1945 Rupert Brooke to Jacques Raverat, April 1909: "'I have done no 'work' for ages: and my tripos is in a few weeks ... Ths holidays I fled from my family for long ... in a ... Rupert Brooke Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission Print : Unknown1900-1945 Rupert Brooke to Jacques Raverat, April 1909: "'I have done no 'work' for ages: and my tripos is in a few weeks ... Ths holidays I fled from my family for long ... in a ... Rupert Brooke books on metre Print : Book1900-1945 Rupert Brooke to Jacques Raverat, April 1909: "'I have done no 'work' for ages: and my tripos is in a few weeks ... Ths holidays I fled from my family for long ... in a ... Rupert Brooke William Shakespeare Print : Book1900-1945 H. J. Jackson discusses T. H. White's reading and annotating of C. G. Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (1928); Sigmund Freud, Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Ana... T. H. White C. G. Jung Two Essays on Analytical Psychology Print : Book1900-1945 H. J. Jackson notes T. H. White's reading and annotating of C. G. Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (1928); Sigmund Freud, Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysi... T. H. White Sigmund Freud Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis Print : Book1900-1945 H. J. Jackson notes T. H. White's reading and annotating of C. G. Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (1928); Sigmund Freud, Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysi... T. H. White Alfred Adler Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology Print : Book1800-1849 'On turning to my book, I find I have journalised only one day, during this summer vis [sic] July 29, when I walked after tea with Mrs Cole a new walk down Penny-black La... John Cole Thomas Frognall Dibdin Bibliographical Decameron Print : Book1800-1849 'On turning to my book, I find I have journalised only one day, during this summer vis [sic] July 29, when I walked after tea with Mrs Cole a new walk down Penny-black La... John Cole Delany Life of King David Print : Book1800-1849 'On turning to my book, I find I have journalised only one day, during this summer vis [sic] July 29, when I walked after tea with Mrs Cole a new walk down Penny-black La... John Cole John Gay Choir, The Print : Book1800-1849 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarborough Album, and in soliciting contributions of a poe... John Cole Archdeacon Wranghan Lines on the sea bathing infirmary at Scarborough Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarborough Album, and in soliciting contributions of a poe... John Cole George Berrett Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarborough Album, and in soliciting contributions of a poe... John Cole Hermione Ballantyre Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarborough Album, and in soliciting contributions of a poe... John Cole Malvina [pseud.] [poetry] Manuscript : Unknown1700-1799 [Marginalia]: A poem on the verso of the title page, though not entirely legible, appears to be related to the text. It takes the form of 8 lines, 4 rhyming couplets, beg... B.B. Preston Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant, La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenoui... Print : BookRobert Southey to Charles Collins, 10-11 December 1791: 'As I have nothing else to say take a story I read yesterday as a true one which strikes me as an instance of more... Robert Southey Mary Wollstonecraft Original Stories from Real Life Print : Book1850-1899 'After reading the first volume [of Mrs Ward's "Robert Elsmere"] he [William Arnold] wrote to Mrs Arnold, "You may look forward to finding yourself the mother of a famous... William Arnold Mary Augusta Ward Robert Elsmere Print : Book1900-1945 'I?m reading "Of Human Bondage" of Somerset Maugham & it?s terribly good ? some wonderful school stuff, & of course the whole thing, in his subtle way, is quite itching w... Peter Pears Somerset Maughan Of Human Bondage Print : Book1900-1945 'I?m also doing a series of four-part songs for Peter & his Round-table singers to "first-perform" at the Aeolian Hall on November 24th. I?ve done four so far ? fairly ex... Benjamin Britten Gerard Manley Hopkins [religious poems] Print : Book1900-1945 Letter 202 to Ralph Hodges, Woodstock, N.Y., Aug 15 1939:
'I?ve done lots of work ? finished this small piece for Toronto I mentioned to you ? "Young Apollo" (after Keat... Benjamin Britten John Keats Hyperion Print : Book1850-1899 '[letter from Mrs Ward's brother William Arnold] I served on a jury at the Assizes last week - two murder cases and general horrors. I sat next to a Mr Amiel - prounounce... Mr Amiel Henri Frederic Amiel Journal Intime Print : Book1900-1945 'I was delighted to hear that the performance was so good, Sophie. I hear you have never sung better and I know what that means. It must have been a terrific show. I was ... Benjamin Britten [reviews] Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Thank you ? thank you - & thank you for a most marvellous show. ? I am more than grateful to you for having spend so much time & energy in learning it. I hope it wasn?t ... Benjamin Britten [reviews] Print : Newspaper1900-1945 '- have you ever read a book called "1066 & all that" ?i t's very funny, & one of the authors is on board.'
Benjamin Britten R J Yeatman 1066 and all that Print : Book1900-1945 'One has no inclination at all to work or to read seriously ? so I?ve been dipping into an enormous range of stuff ? from Hans Anderson to Boris Godonof.'
Benjamin Britten Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin Boris Godonof Print : Book1900-1945 ?One has no inclination at all to work or to read seriously ? so I?ve been dipping into an enormous range of stuff ? from Hans Anderson to Boris Godonof.?
Benjamin Britten Hans Christian Anderson Print : Book1900-1945 'I enjoyed the poem ? please send all the new ones ? I always carry ?madrigal? in my pocket!'
Benjamin Britten Wulff Scherchen [poem] Manuscript : Letter1900-1945 Referring to a concert in New York where one of his pieces was performed:
'The write-ups have been marvellous ? so I feel rather ?started? in New York now!'
Benjamin Britten [concert review] Print : NewspaperManuscript : Letter1900-1945 'I am reading lots (Benvenuto Cellini?s autobiography) ? playing lots of music - & it makes life much easier.'
Benjamin Britten Benvenuto Cellini Autobiography Print : BookManuscript : Letter1900-1945 'I have been working with Shakespeare (a very good book) with an occasional dip into Aiken, and my B flats and Bs really do sound like them now, although I still get sti... Peter Pears Shakespeare Art of Singing, The Print : BookManuscript : Letter1900-1945 'I have been working with Shakespeare (a very good book) with an occasional dip into Aiken, and my B flats and Bs really do sound like them now, although I still get stif... Peter Pears W A Aiken The Voice: An Introduction to Practical Phonology Print : BookManuscript : Letter1800-1849 'I am glad you have read Madame de Stael?s "Allemagne". The book is a foolish one in some respects; but it abounds with information, and shows great mental power. She w... Hannah Macaulay Germaine de Stael De l'Allemagne Print : Book1800-1849 'I have likewise read "Gil Blas", with unbounded admiration of the abilities of Le Sage.' Thomas Babington Macaulay Le Sage Gil Blas Print : Book1800-1849 ?Malden and I have read Thalaba together, and are proceeding to the Curse of Kehama.? Thomas Babington Macaulay Robert Southey Thalaba Print : Book1800-1849 'I have read the greater part of the History of James I and Mrs. Montagues?s essay on Shakespeare, and a great deal of Gibbon'. Thomas Babington Macaulay Elizabeth Montague [essay on Shakespeare] Print : Book1800-1849 'I have read the greater part of the History of James I and Mrs. Montagues?s essay on Shakespeare, and a great deal of Gibbon'. Thomas Babington Macaulay unknown History of James I Print : Book1800-1849 'I have read the greater part of the History of James I and Mrs. Montagues?s essay on Shakespeare, and a great deal of Gibbon'. Thomas Babington Macaulay Edward Gibbon Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Print : Book1800-1849 'John Smith, Bob Hankinson, and I, went over the "Hebrew Melodies" together'. Thomas Babington Macaulay George Gordon, Lord Byron Hebrew Melodies Print : Book1800-1849 'In the year 1816 we were at Brighton for the summer holidays, and he read to us "Sir Charles Grandison". It was always habit in our family to read aloud every evening.' Thomas Babbington Macaulay Samuel Richardson Sir Charles Grandison Print : Book1800-1849 'He [Macaulay] was so fired up with reading Scott?s "Lay" and "Marmion", the former of which he got entirely, and the latter almost entirely, by heart, merely from his de... Thomas Babington Macaulay Walter Scott Lay of the Last Minstrel Print : Book1800-1849 'He [Macaulay] was so fired up with reading Scott?s "Lay" and "Marmion", the former of which he got entirely, and the latter almost entirely, by heart, merely from his de... Thomas Babington Macaulay Walter Scott Marmion Print : Book1800-1849 'This day I finished Thucydides, after reading him with inexpressible interest and admiration. He is the greatest historian that ever lived. Feb 27, 1835'. Lord Macaulay Thucydides unknown Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia in Macaulay's copy of Xenophon's "Anabasis"]: 'Decidedly his best work. Dec 17 1835' Thomas Babington Macaulay Xenophon Anabasis Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia] 'Most certainly. February 24, 1837' Thomas Babington Macaulay Xenophon Anabasis Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia] 'One of the very first works that antiquity has left us. Perfect in its kind. October 9, 1837'. Thomas Babington Macaulay Xenophon Anabasis Print : Book1800-1849 'I read Plautus four times at Calcutta. The first in November and December 1834.' Lord Macaulay Plautus unknown Print : Book1800-1849 'I read Plautus four times at Calcutta. The first in November and December 1834.
The second in January and the beginning of February 1835'.
Thomas Babington Macaulay Plautus unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'I have received some copies of "The Roll Call". They are odious in a very high degree. I do not complain of the quality of the paper, but I object to there being two h... Arnold Bennett Arnold Bennett The Roll Call Print : Book1800-1849 'I read Plautus four times at Calcutta. The first in November and December 1834
The second in January and the beginning of February 1835
The third on the Sundays from ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plautus unknown Print : Book1800-1849 'I read Plautus four times at Calcutta. The first in November and December 1834
The second in January and the beginning of February 1835
The third on the Sundays from ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plautus unknown Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia]: Copious marginal updates throughout the text. Many relate to entries and are linked to the item by an * in the text but some are for people not in the direc... James Ker John Burke A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage a... Print : Book1900-1945 'In the November before, he had said to himself as he sat reading history, "I am 46. On the decline. why fill my head with knowledge?"' Arnold Bennett [history] Unknown 1800-1849 [Marginalia]: several pencil annotations (some fading to illegibility) throughout text, usually of the form of a marked item within the text followed by annotation in the... John Drummond Erskine Helvetius A treatise on man, his intellectual faculties and ... Print : Book1900-1945 'In a letter to Mrs Herzog he says: "Wells's new novel, Marriage, of which I have just read the proofs, contains more intimate conveyances of the atmosphere of married li... Arnold Bennett H. G. Wells Marriage Manuscript : Unknown, proofs of book1800-1849 [Marginalia]: copious annotations throughout text, usually of the form of a marked item within the text followed by annotation in the margin but some are new entries inse... James Ker Edmund Lodge The peerage of the British Empire, as at present e... Print : Book1700-1799 H. J. Jackson notes annotations (adding"information and explanations") made to copy of Samuel Saunders, Short and Easy Introduction to Scientific and Physical Botany (179... anon Samuel Saunders A Short and Easy Introduction to Scientific and Ph... Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia]: two ms items: (1) A full page sketch entitled "Indian Recreations" - a play on the title? It appears to show a rather crumpled East India Company employee, ... John Drummond Erskine William Tennant Indian recreations: consisting of strictures on th... Print : Book1800-1849 "[in November 1803, when Coleridge was thirty-one] Wordsworth had been reading Shakespeare's sonnets in Coleridge's copy of a set of the Works of the British Poets, in wh... William Wordsworth William Shakespeare Sonnets Print : Book1800-1849 "[in November 1803, when Coleridge was thirty-one] Wordsworth had been reading Shakespeare's sonnets in Coleridge's copy of a set of the Works of the British Poets, in wh... Robert Southey The Works of the British Poets Print : Book1800-1849 "[in November 1803, when Coleridge was thirty-one] Wordsworth had been reading Shakespeare's sonnets in Coleridge's copy of a set of the Works of the British Poets, in wh... Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Wordsworth annotations on Shakespeare's sonnets in The Works ... Manuscript : annotations in printed text1800-1849 "In January 1804 Coleridge annotated, heavily, in pencil, the first dozen or so pages of a copy of Thomas Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population by way of assista... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Thomas Malthus Essay on the Principle of Population Print : Book1900-1945 '. . . reading the reviews, not even the book, of Mrs Parnell's "Life of Parnell". There was a full-page review in "The Times" of 19 May, and on 21 May another long piec... Arnold Bennett Times, The Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "By ... [January 1804 Coleridge] ... had probably ... begun to write brief notes, appreciative and explanatory, in copies of the works of Sir Thomas Browne destined for S... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Thomas Browne Print : Book1800-1849 "[Charles] Lamb must have spoken dismissively of [Samuel] Daniel's poem The History of the Civil War, but Coleridge, when he read it through [in Lamb's copy of Daniel's P... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Daniel The History of the Civil War Print : Book1800-1849 "[Charles] Lamb must have spoken dismissively of [Samuel] Daniel's poem The History of the Civil War, but Coleridge, when he read it through [in Lamb's copy of Daniel's P... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Daniel The History of the Civil War Print : Book1800-1849 Charles Lamb's response to reading marginal comments by S. T. Coleridge in his copy of Samuel Daniel's Poetical Works, in letter to Coleridge: "'I wish every book I have ... Charles Lamb Samuel Taylor Coleridge annotations to Samuel Daniel's poetry Manuscript : annotations in printed text1800-1849 H. J. Jackson notes S. T. Coleridge's presentation of a copy of Richard Field, Of the Church, annotated by himself, to his son Derwent in 1819. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Richard Field Of the Church Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson notes S. T. Coleridge's annotations, at owners' requests, of copies of Barry Cornwall, Dramatic Scenes, and Charles Tennyson Turner, Sonnets and Fugitive Pi... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Barry Cornwall Dramatic Scenes Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson notes S. T. Coleridge's annotations, at owners' requests, of copies of Barry Cornwall, Dramatic Scenes, and Charles Tennyson Turner, Sonnets and Fugitive Pi... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Charles Tennyson Turner Sonnets and Fugitive Pieces Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson discusses Leigh Hunt's responsive annotations, including personal reminiscences and observations, as well as critical remarks, to his copy of James Boswell'... James Leigh Hunt James Boswell Life of Johnson Print : Book1700-1799 "Fulke Greville's copy of Boswell [Life of Johnson] stands out among individual copies annotated by readers who had known Boswell or Johnson or other members of their cir... Fulke Greville James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Print : Book1700-1799 H. J. Jackson discusses annotations of unidentified male reader in 1793 copy of Boswell's Life of Johnson; this reader, referred to in annotations as "Mr L", known to be ... Mr L. James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia]: copious marginal pencil annotations and text marks, some now fading to the point of illegibility. Contents are mainly comments on, or corrections to, the te... John Drummond Erskine Francis Gladwin Dissertations on the rhetoric, prosody and rhyme o... Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson notes John Gibson Lockhart's annotations, including personal reminiscences in response to sections of text, in his copy of James Boswell's Life of Samuel Jo... John Gibson Lockhart James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Print : Book1800-1849 "An unknown reader inclined to be sarcastic at Boswell's expense in a British Library copy of the 1829 edition [of the Life of Johnson] ... goes to some pains to record a... anon James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Print : BookH. J. Jackson notes unknown reader's marginal contradiction of assertion of Samuel Johnson that a dog will be as likely to take a small piece of meat as a large one, when... anon James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Print : BookH. J. Jackson on readers' responses in annotations to Samuel Johnson's comment that the letter H seldom begins any but the first syllable of a word, recorded by James Bos... anon James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Print : BookH. J. Jackson on readers' responses in annotations to Samuel Johnson's comment that the letter H seldom begins any but the first syllable of a word, recorded by James Bos... anon Annotation in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Jo... Manuscript : annotation in printed text1700-1799 H. J. Jackson discusses Edmund Law's annotations to family Bible, which includes both original and copied commentary, as well as glosses. Edmund Law The Bible Print : Book1700-1799 H. J. Jackson discusses Queen Charlotte's responsive "extra-illustration" of text of her copy of An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian. Queen Charlotte Colley Cibber An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian... Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia]: various annotations including text marks and numbers throughout the text [the volume is unnumbered], a table with numbers [some form of ms index?], two long... John Drummond Erskine Hafiz The works of Hafez: with an account of his life an... Print : Book1850-1899 H. J. Jackson notes "extra illustration" ("prompted by the text") of a copy of Margaret Sandford, Thomas Poole and His Friends (1888), with inserts including letters and ... anon Mrs Henry Sandford Thomas Poole and His Friends Print : Book1850-1899 H. J. Jackson notes "extra illustration" by Philip Gosse of his grandfather, Edmund Gosse's Life of Philip Henry Gosse F.R.S. (1890) with letters, drawings, photographs e... Philip Gosse Edmund Gosse Life of Philip Henry Gosse F.R.S. Unknown 1700-1799 Thomas Dibdin, in The Bibliomania; or Book-Madness (1809), on "illustration" of printed texts, with annotations and insertions, by readers: "'I almost ridiculed the idea ... Thomas Frognall Dibdin Illustrated Chatterton Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson discusses Richard Clark's annotations to Isabella Spence, How to be Rid of a Wife (1823), and his own pamphlet, Reminiscences of Handel (1836). Richard Clark Isabella Spence How to be Rid of a Wife Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson discusses Richard Clark's annotations to Isabella Spence, How to be Rid of a Wife (1823), and his own pamphlet, Reminiscences of Handel (1836). Richard Clark Richard Clark Reminiscences of Handel, His Grace the Duke of Cha... Print : Pamphlet1900-1945 '. . . reading the reviews, not even the book, of Mrs Parnell's "Life of Parnell". There was a full-page review in "The Times" of 19 May, and on 21 May another long piec... Arnold Bennett Times Literary Supplement, The Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [Marginalia]: a single item, within a miscellany, is annotated "The Monody on the death of Mr. Cleveland" pp.146-151. Has marginal marks ie corrections and comments e.g. ... John Drummond Erskine Javahir at-talif fi navadir at-tasanif = The Asiat... Print : Book1800-1849 H. J. Jackson discusses William George Thompson's annotations to Joanna Southcott, The Strange Effects of Faith (including glosses, and cross-references to the Bible), wh... William George Thompson Joanna Southcott The Strange Effects of Faith Print : Pamphlet1700-1799 H. J. Jackson discusses John Horseman's annotations to, and insertions in, his first edition copy of William Godwin, Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights ... John Horseman William Godwin Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Righ... Print : Book1800-1849 " ... a tourist guide to Salisbury Cathedral, published about 1800 and acquired by the British Library in 1874, contains notes made by an unidentified annotator who suppl... anon guide to Salisbury Cathedral Print : Book1850-1899 'It was in 1886 [...] that Mrs Ward began seriously to read Greek, usually with her ten-year-old son; she bought a Thucydides in Godalming one day and was delighted to fi... Mary Ward Thucydides Print : Book1850-1899 '[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha... Mary Ward Étienne Pivert de Senancour Print : Book1900-1945 'Rather like celibate life in Paris again. I dined at the club and read Macready's diary;. . .' Arnold Bennett William Charles Macready [diary] Print : Book1900-1945 'Bonar Law told him that "his sister had been a very great admirer", but that since this book she had "done with" him.' Miss Law Arnold Bennett Pretty Lady, The Print : Book1850-1899 '[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha... Mary Ward Horace Epistles Print : Book1900-1945 '...an article of his in the Daily News on 21 November, blaming Liberal leadership, produced from Asquith himself "a polite letter of self - justification"'. Herbert Asquith Arnold Bennett article in the 'Daily News' Print : Newspaper1700-1799 [Marginalia]: ms notes on binding pages: (1) "an English verb has/ not above six or seven/ different ... /whereas a french has/ very often more than/forty"; (2) "The Engl... Miss Erskine Robert Lowth A short introduction to English grammar: with crit... Print : Book1800-1849 "One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of... John Haslemere Gerard Langbaine An Account of the English Dramatic Poets Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia]: ms annotations suggest they may be reminders of items used for sermon preparation e.g. p.22 Text = "Sermon II. Forgiveness a present mercy", ms note = "GFI ... clergyman Henry Blunt Sermons preached in Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea Print : Book1700-1799 "One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of... George Steevens Thomas Percy annotations in Gerard Langbaine, An Account of the... 1850-1899 'If you like it try the "Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole. That is the best stilted romance style I know. "Well may the blood" says an expiring viscount to a peasan... Sir Walter Raleigh Horace Walpole Castle of Otranto Print : Book1850-1899 'I also read again Silvio Pellico's "Prisons". I read it once at Granton- a lovely book (same edition) and "Adam Bede" and a French Novel and other new works. I like all ... Sir Walter Raleigh Silvio Pellico Prisons Print : Book1850-1899 'I came across the news of the death of Bradshaw in the papers just now.' Sir Walter Raleigh n/a [newspaper] Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'I am reading Martineau ["Types of Ethical Theory"] and like it, indeed I think I shall leave of writing this and go on.' Sir Walter Raleigh James Martineau Types of Ethical Theory Print : Book1850-1899 'I am reading Wordsworth with one of the younger classes but it is difficult to explain to people of purely Indian associations Wordsworth's love for nature.' Sir Walter Raleigh William Wordsworth [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 'I read Helps's Realmah yesterday and the day before. [...] His essays are old-womanish. I have to "set a paper" on that book and am quite unprepared to ask a single ques... Sir Walter Raleigh Arthur Helps Realmah Print : Book1850-1899 'I spent the morning reading dramatists, to qualify myself to teach English Literature [...] while in the evening I read Walt Whitman's last book aloud to Alice, thus est... Sir Walter Raleigh Walt Whitman [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 'Last night I spent with Charles Strachey; we each had an arm chair with a chair between us to hold books as we passed judgment on them. I am sending you Stevenson's last... Sir Walter Raleigh Robert Louis Stevenson The Black Arrow Print : Book1850-1899 'I have read a good many things, a life of Scott, the "Pleasures of Memory" by S. Rogers, Roman History and other things.' Sir Walter Raleigh [unknown] [Life of Scott] Print : Book1850-1899 'I have read a good many things, a life of Scott, the "Pleasures of Memory" by S. Rogers, Roman History and other things.' Sir Walter Raleigh Samuel Rogers Pleasures of Memory Print : Book1850-1899 'I have been reading the Banquet of Plato. When you come here I will read it to you.' Sir Walter Raleigh Plato Banquet Print : Book1600-1699 'After praier I went about the house, and then went to my work and readinge' Margaret Hoby [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1600-1699 'then I hard Mr Rhodes read, and so I went to priuatt examenation and praier: after I went to supper' Richard Rhodes [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1600-1699 'I spent the after none in my Chamber and hard Mr Rhodes read a book that was mad, as it was saied, by my lord of Esex in defence of his owne Causes' Richard Rhodes Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Apology of the Earl of Essex against those who fal... Print : Book1900-1945 'On the terrace in the evening he would read Plato aloud, especially the "Phaedo", the final pages of which never failed to move him to tears. To the end of her life Elin... Lord Alfred Milner Plato Phaedo Print : Unknown1900-1945 'When her novels were finished, she would take them up herself to Gerald Duckworth at 3, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. She was by this time on extremely cordial terms ... Elinor Glyn Elinor Glyn [novels] Manuscript : Unknown
