√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 Byron to Henri Beyle (who later wrote under the name Stendhal), 29 May 1823: 'Of your works I have seen only "Rome", etc., the Lives of Haydn and Mozart, and the brochure... George Gordon Lord Byron Henri Beyle essay on Racine and Shakespeare Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 Byron thanks J. J. Coulmann for books sent, July 1823: 'I have also to return thanks to you for having honoured me with your compositions ... As to the Essay, etc., I am ... George Gordon Lord Byron Amadee Pichot Essai sur le Genie et le Caractere de Lord Byron p... Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 22 July 1823, thanking him for 'lines' forwarded by Charles Sterling and received at Leghorn: ' ... [I] arrived here ... this morning... George Gordon Lord Byron Johann Wolfgang von Goethe unknown Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to Scrope Berdmore Davies, 31 July 1810: 'I see by the papers 15th May my Satire [English Bards and Scotch Reviewers] is in a third Edition ...' George Gordon Lord Byron [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Scrope Berdmore Davies, 7 December 1818: 'We have all here been very much pleased with Hobhouse's book on Italy -- some part of it the best he ever wrote ... ' George Gordon Lord Byron John Cam Hobhouse Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Ch... Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Ben Crosby, 1 December 1807: ' ... as to any reviews of my precious Publication [Hours of Idleness] ... I have [seen?] at least a score of one description or ano... George Gordon Lord Byron Critical Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to Ben Crosby, 1 December 1807: '... as to any reviews of my precious Publication [Hours of Idleness] ... I have [seen?] at least a score of one description or anot... George Gordon Lord Byron The Eclectic Review Print : Serial / periodical1700-1799 Byron to Wililiam Harness, 11 February 1808: 'I ... remember being favoured [while at school] with the perusal of many of your compositions ...' George Gordon Lord Byron William Harness unknown Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 [Percy Shelley's Reading List for 1815, compiled by Mary Shelley. Only texts not referred to in journal entries are given separate database entries here]
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... Percy Bysshe Shelley Plutarch Print : Book1800-1849 [Percy Shelley's Reading List for 1815, compiled by Mary Shelley. Only texts not referred to in journal entries are given separate database entries here]
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... Percy Bysshe Shelley Francis Bacon Novum Organum Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Henry Gally Knight, 4 April 1815: 'Dear Knight -- I have read "Alashtar" with attention and great pleasure.' George Gordon Lord Byron Henry Gally Knight Alashtar, an Arabian Tale Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Leslie A. Marchand notes regarding 1812 letter in which Byron mentions sending a book (possibly Childe Harold's Pilgrimage) to Lady Caroline Lamb 'which [she] is not to l... Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to Jean Antoine Galignani, 27 April 1819: 'In various numbers of your Journal -- I have seen mentioned a work entitled "the Vampire" with the addition of my name as... George Gordon Lord Byron Galignani's Messenger Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Jean Antoine Galignani, 28 April 1820: 'I perceive in a long advertisement of what you are pleased to call Ld. Byron's works -- the name of an "Ode to the land o... George Gordon Lord Byron Galignani's Messenger Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to John Hunt, 5 July 1823: 'I have seen the Blackwood [review of The Age of Bronze]: but I still think it a pity to prosecute.' George Gordon Lord Byron review of Byron, The Age of Bronze Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to the Chronica Greca, 23 May 1824 (translated from Italian): 'I have read for the first time yesterday an article in the Chronica Greca [paper actually entitled th... George Gordon Lord Byron Hellenica Chronica Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 17 May 1800: 'Worked hard, and read Midsummer Night's Dream, [and] Ballads ...' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Ballads Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 29 May 1800: 'In the morning worked in the garden a little, read King John.' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare King John Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 25 May 1800: 'Read Macbeth in the morning ...' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare Macbeth Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 19 May 1800: 'Read Timon of Athens.' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare Timon of Athens Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 1 June 1800: ' ... a sweet mild morning. Read Ballads; went to church.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Ballads Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 3 June 1800: 'I worked in the garden before dinner. Read R[ichar]d Second -- was not well after dinner ...' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare Richard the Second Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 4 June 1800: 'I walked to the lake-side in the morning, took up plants, and sate upon a stone reading Ballads.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Ballads Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 6 June 1800: 'Sate out of doors reading the whole afternoon...' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 27 July 1800: 'In the morning, I read Mr. Knight's Landscape.' Dorothy Wordsworth Richard Payne Knight The Landscape: A Didactic Poem in Three Books Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 31 July 1800: '... we [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, with S. T. Coleridge] ... sailed down to Loughrigg. Read poems on t... Dorothy Wordsworth unknown [poems] Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 1 August 1800: '... we [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, with S. T. Coleridge] all went together to Mary Point [in Bainriggs ... Dorothy Wordsworth, William Wordsworth, S. T. Coleridge William Wordsworth [poems] Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 17 August 1800: 'Wm read us The Seven Sisters on a stone.' William Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Seven Sisters Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 20 August 1800: 'Read Wallenstein and sent it off ...' Dorothy Wordsworth Friedrich von Schiller Wallenstein (in translation by S. T. Coleridge) Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 23 August 1800: '[after walk to Ambleside] Did not reach home till 7 o'clock -- mended stockings and Wm. read Peter Bell. ... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth Peter Bell Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 23 August 1800: '[after walk to Ambleside] Did not reach home till 7 o'clock -- mended stockings and Wm. read Peter Bell. ... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth To Joanna Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 30 August 1800: 'I read a little of Boswell's Life of Johnson.' Dorothy Wordsworth James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 31 August 1800: 'At 11 o'clock [pm] Coleridge came ... We sate and chatted till 1/2-past three, W[illiam]. in his dressing-g... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 1 September 1800: 'We walked in the wood by the Lake. W. read Joanna, and the Firgrove, to Coleridge ... The morning was de... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth To Joanna Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 1 September 1800: 'We walked in the wood by the Lake. W. read Joanna, and the Firgrove, to Coleridge ... The morning was de... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Firgrove Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 14 September 1800: 'Read Boswell in the house in the morning, and after dinner under the bright yellow leaves of the orchard... Dorothy Wordsworth James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 14 September 1800: 'Read Boswell in the house in the morning, and after dinner under the bright yellow leaves of the orchard... Dorothy Wordsworth James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 4 October 1800: 'A ... rather showery and gusty, morning ... Read a part of Lamb's play.' Dorothy Wordsworth Charles Lamb Pride's Cure Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 5 October 1800: 'Coleridge read a 2nd time Christabel; we had increasing pleasure. A delicious morning.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 6 October 1800: 'After tea read The Pedlar.' Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Pedlar Unknown 1800-1849 Spencer Perceval to John Wilson Croker, 11 November 1810:
'I thank you for the sight of H[uskisson]'s pamphlet. I have run through it, I cannot say
[italics]read[end... Spencer Perceval William Huskisson 'The Question Concerning the Depreciation of our C... Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 14 October 1800: 'Wm. lay down after dinner -- I read Southey's Spain.' Dorothy Wordsworth Robert Southey Letters from Spain Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 22 October 1800: 'Wm. read after supper, Ruth etc.; Coleridge Christabel.' William Wordsworth William Wordsworth Ruth Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 22 October 1800: 'Wm. read after supper, Ruth etc.; Coleridge Christabel.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 6 November 1800: 'Wm. somewhat better [having been suffering from piles] -- read Point Rash Judgement.' William Wordsworth William Wordsworth Point Rash Judgement Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 7 November 1800: 'A cold rainy morning ... I working and reading Amelia.' Dorothy Wordsworth Henry Fielding Amelia Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 25 November 1800: 'Very ill ... better in the Evening -- read Tom Jones ...' Dorothy Wordsworth Henry Fielding Tom Jones Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 7 December 1800: 'A fine morning. I read.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 15 November 1801: 'We sate by the fire and read Chaucer (Thomson, Mary read) and Bishop Hall.' Wordsworth Family Geoffrey Chaucer unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 15 November 1801: 'We sate by the fire and read Chaucer (Thomson, Mary read) and Bishop Hall.' Wordsworth Family Bishop Joseph Hall unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 15 November 1801: 'We sate by the fire and read Chaucer (Thomson, Mary read) and Bishop Hall.' Mary Hutchinson ?James Thomson unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 16 November 1801: '... [William] is now, at 7 o'clock, reading Spenser.' William Wordsworth Edmund Spenser unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 18 November 1801: 'We sate in the house in the morning reading Spenser.' Wordsworth Family Edmund Spenser unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 24 November 1801: 'A rainy morning ... I read a little of Chaucer, prepared the goose for dinner, and then we all walked ou... Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 24 November 1801: 'Mary read a poem of Daniel upon Learning.' Mary Hutchinson Samuel Daniel Musophilus, or a Defence of all Learning Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 24 November 1801: 'After tea Wm. read Spenser, now and then a little aloud to us.' William Wordsworth Edmund Spenser unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 30 November 1801: '[after walk with William Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson] We came home and read ...' Wordsworth Family unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 2 December 1801: 'I read the Tale of Phoebus and the Crow ...' Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer The Maunciple's Tale Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 6 December 1801: 'In the afternoon we sate by the fire: I read Chaucer aloud, and Mary read the first canto of The Fairy Que... Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 6 December 1801: 'In the afternoon we sate by the fire: I read Chaucer aloud, and Mary read the first canto of The Fairy Que... Mary Hutchinson Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene (Canto I) Print : Book1500-1599 'after the Lector I hard Helurn read of the Book of marters, and talked with Mr Rhodes, and so went to bed' Margaret Hoby John Foxe Book of Martyrs (the title by which Foxe's Acts an... Print : Book1500-1599 'after that I walked abroade, then I Cam in and wrought, hard Mr Rhodes read, then I praied with Mr Rhodes' Richard Rhodes [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 8 December 1801: 'A dullish, rainyish morning ... I read Bruce's Lochleven and Life.' Dorothy Wordsworth Michael Bruce Lochleven Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 8 December 1801: 'A dullish, rainyish morning ... I read Bruce's Lochleven and Life.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Life of Michael Bruce Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 9 December 1801: 'I read Palamon and Arcite.' Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer The Knight's Tale Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 9 December 1801: 'Mary read Bruce.' Mary Hutchinson Michael Bruce Lochleven Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 14 December 1801: 'Sate by the fire in the evening reading.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: '[while Mary Hutchinson walked to Ambleside] I stayed at home and clapped the small linen. Wm. sate besid... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Pedlar Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: 'In the afternoon ... I mended Wm.'s stockings while he was reading The Pedlar.' William Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Pedlar Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: 'When we were at Thomas Ashburner's on Sunday Peggy talked about the [drunken] Queen of Patterdale ... We ... Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer Prologues from the Canterbury Tales Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: 'When we were at Thomas Ashburner's on Sunday Peggy talked about the [drunken] Queen of Patterdale ... We ... Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer The Man of Law's Tale Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 24 December 1801: 'We sate comfortably round the fire in the Evening, and read Chaucer.' Wordsworth Family Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 26 December 1801: 'After tea we sate by the fire comfortably. I read aloud The Miller's Tale.' Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer The Miller's Tale Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, about how she spent Saturday, 23 January 1802: '[after walking in cold] O how comfortable and happy we felt ourselves, sitting by o... William and Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Descriptive Sketches Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 26 January, 1802: 'A dull morning. I have employed myself in writing this journal and reading newspapers till now (1/2 past... Dorothy Wordsworth [newspaper] Print : Newspaper1500-1599 'After priuat praier I wrought a whill and hard Mr Rhodes read' Richard Rhodes [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 27 January, 1802: 'When we returned from Frank [Baty]'s, Wm. wasted his mind in the Magazines.' William Wordsworth [magazines] Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 29 January, 1802: 'William was very unwell. Worn out with his bad night's rest. He went to bed -- I read to him, to endeavo... Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 29 January, 1802: 'William was very unwell. Worn out with his bad night's rest. He went to bed -- I read to him, to endeavo... Dorothy Wordsworth John Milton Paradise Lost (Book I) Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 1 February, 1802: 'In the morning a Box of clothes with Books came from London. I sate by his [William Wordsworth's] bedsid... Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas Campbell The Pleasures of Hope Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 2 February, 1802: 'After tea I read aloud the eleventh book of Paradise Lost. We were much impressed, and also melted into ... Dorothy Wordsworth John Milton Paradise Lost (Book XI) Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 3 February, 1802: 'Read Wm. to sleep after dinner, and read to him in bed till 1/2 past one.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 3 February, 1802: 'Read Wm. to sleep after dinner, and read to him in bed till 1/2 past one.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 4 February, 1802: 'Read Smollet's life.' Dorothy Wordsworth Robert Anderson Smollett's Life Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 5 February, 1802: 'I read the story of [?] in Wanly [?].' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 6 February, 1802: '... wrote ... after tea, and translated two or three of Lessing's Fables.' Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Fables Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 7 February, 1802: 'We sate by the fire, and ... read the Pedlar, thinking it done; but lo! though Wm. could find fault with ... William and Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Pedlar Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 8 February, 1802: 'It was very windy ... all the morning ... I read a little in Lessing and the grammar.' Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim Lessing unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 8 February, 1802: 'It was very windy ... all the morning ... I read a little in Lessing and the grammar.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown German grammar Print : Book1800-1849 The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 15 November 1809:
'I am much obliged to you for your letter of the 20th October, and your poem, which I have read
with ... Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington John Wilson Croker The Battles of Talavera Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 9 February, 1802: 'We did a little of Lessing. I attempted a fable, but my head ached ...' Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Fable Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 10 February, 1802: '... we read the first part of the poem [ie The Prelude] and were delighted with it ...' Dorothy and William Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Prelude Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'We made up a good fire after dinner, and William brought his Mattress out, and lay down on the floor. ... Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Life of Ben Jonson Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'We made up a good fire after dinner, and William brought his Mattress out, and lay down on the floor. ... Dorothy Wordsworth Ben Jonson [poems] Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'We made up a good fire after dinner, and William brought his Mattress out, and lay down on the floor. ... Dorothy Wordsworth John Fletcher unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'It is now 7 o'clock ... Wm. is still on his bed ... I continued to read to him. We were much delighte... Dorothy Wordsworth Ben Jonson To Penshurst Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 13 February, 1802: 'William read parts of his Recluse aloud to me.' William Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Recluse Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 14 February, 1802: 'It was a pleasant afternoon. I ate a little bit of cold mutton ... and then sate over the fire, reading... Dorothy Wordsworth Ben Jonson To Penshurst Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 14 February, 1802: '[after going on walk] I got tea when I reached home, and read German till about 9 o'clock.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown [German text/s] Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 February, 1802: 'I got tea when I reached home [after walk], and then set on to reading German.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown [German text/s] Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 22 February, 1802: ' ... Mr. Simpson came in. Wm. began to read Peter Bell to him, so I carried my writing to the kitchen f... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth Peter Bell Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 February, 1802: '... after dinner read German Grammar.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown German Grammar Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 February, 1802: 'Darkish when we reached home [from walk] ... William now reading in Bishop Hall ...' William Wordsworth Bishop Joseph Hall unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 25 February, 1802: 'I reached home [from walk] just before dark ... got tea, and fell to work at German. I read a good de... Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Essay Print : Book1850-1899 John Wilson Croker to his wife, 28 July 1850:
'After dinner I read some of the letters written by Charles Long and Lord Mulgrave to the late
Lord Lonsdale about the ... John Wilson Croker Charles Long and Lord Mulgrave letters to Lord Lonsdale Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 2 March 1802: 'After dinner I read German, and a little before dinner Wm. also read.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown German text/s Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 2 March 1802: 'After dinner I read German, and a little before dinner Wm. also read.' William Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 4 March 1802: 'I read German after my return [from walk] till tea time.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown German text/s Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 4 March 1802: 'After Tea I worked and read the L[yrical]. B[allads]., enchanted with the Idiot Boy.' Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Lyrical Ballads Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 5 March 1802: '... read the L[yrical]. B[allads]., got into sad thoughts, tried at German, but could not go on. Read L[yrica... Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Lyrical Ballads Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 5 March 1802: '... read the L[yrical]. B[allads]., got into sad thoughts, tried at German, but could not go on. Read L[yrica... Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Lyrical Ballads Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 5 March 1802: '... read the L[yrical]. B[allads]., got into sad thoughts, tried at German, but could not go on. Read L[yrica... Dorothy Wordsworth unknown German text/s Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 7 March 1802: 'Read a little German, got my dinner.' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown German text/s Print : Book1700-1799 John Wilson Croker to Mr Justice Jackson, 4 December 1856:
'I am pretty sure that the first eclogue and the first book of the Aeneid were all of Virgil that I
transl... John Wilson Croker Alexander Pope translations from Homer Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 9 March 1802: 'William was reading in Ben Jonson -- he read me a beautiful poem on Love.' William Wordsworth Ben Jonson unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 9 March 1802: 'We sate by the fire in the evening, and read The Pedlar over.' William and Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Pedlar Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 10 March 1802: 'Wm. read in Ben Jonson in the morning. I read a little German ...' William Wordsworth Ben Jonson unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 10 March 1802: 'Wm. read in Ben Jonson in the morning. I read a little German ...' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown German text/s Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 12 March 1802: ' ... I read the remainder of Lessing.' Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim Lessing unknown Print : BookDorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 13 March 1802: ' After tea I read to William that account of the little boy belonging to the tall woman ...' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 14 March 1802: 'Mr. Simpson came in just as [William Wordsworth] was finishing the Poem [The Butterfly]. After he was gone ... Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Butterfly (and other poems) Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 March 1802: 'We sate reading the poems, and I read a little German.' William and Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth poems Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 March 1802: 'We sate reading the poems, and I read a little German.' Dorothy Wordsworth German text/s Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 16 March 1802: 'After dinner I read him [William Wordsworth] to sleep. I read Spenser while he leaned upon my shoulder.' Dorothy Wordsworth Edmund Spenser unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: 'I went and sate with W. and walked backwards and forwards in the orchard till dinner time. He read me his... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth [poem] Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: 'After dinner we [Dorothy and William Wordsworth] made a pillow of my shoulder -- I read to him and my Bel... Dorothy Wordsworth unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: '... we sate a while ... [in the orchard]. I left ... [William Wordsworth], and he nearly finished the po... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth [poem] Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 20 March 1802: 'After tea Wm. read The Pedlar.' William Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Pedlar Manuscript : Sheet1700-1799 John Wilson Croker to Mr Justice Jackson, 4 December 1856:
'I am pretty sure that the first eclogue and the first book of the Aeneid were all of Virgil that I
transl... John Wilson Croker Virgil Eclogues I Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 March 1802: 'After dinner ... I read German ...' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown German text/s Print : BookDorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 March 1802: 'He [William Wordsworth] is now reading Ben Jonson ... It is about 10 o'clock, a quiet night. The fire flut... William Wordsworth Ben Jonson unknown Print : Book1700-1799 John Wilson Croker to Mr Justice Jackson, 4 December 1856:
'I am pretty sure that the first eclogue and the first book of the Aeneid were all of Virgil that I
transl... John Wilson Croker Virgil Aeneid I Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 18 April 1802: 'I went to drink tea at Luff's ... William met me at Rydale ... We sate up late ... He met me with the conclu... Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Robin and the Butterfly Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 21 April 1802: I went to bed after dinner, could not sleep, went to bed again. Read Ferguson's life and a poem or two --... Dorothy Wordsworth Adam Ferguson Life of Ferguson Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 21 April 1802: 'I went to bed after dinner, could not sleep, went to bed again. Read Ferguson's life and a poem or two -... Dorothy Wordsworth unknown poems Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 25 April 1802: We spent the morning in the orchard -- read the Prothalamium of Spenser.' William and Dorothy Wordsworth Edmund Spenser Prothalamium Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 4 May 1802, describing excursion to local river and waterfall: 'We [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, and S. T. Coleridge] ..... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth verses Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 4 May 1802, describing excursion to local river and waterfall: 'We [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, and S. T. Coleridge] ..... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge verses Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 5 May 1802, 'I read The Lover's Complaint to Wm. in bed, and left him composed.' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare A Lover's Complaint Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 6 May 1802, 'When we came in [from evening walk to Tail End] we found a Magazine, and Review, and a letter from Coleridge ... William and Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 8 May 1802, 'We sowed the Scarlet Beans in the orchard, and read Henry V. there.' William and Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare Henry V Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 8 May 1802, 'Read in the Review.' William and Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 15 May 1802, 'It is now 1/2 past 10 ... A very cold and chearless morning ... I read in Shakespeare.' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 21 May 1802, 'Wm. wrote two sonnets on Buonaparte, after I had read Milton's sonnets to him.' Dorothy Wordsworth John Milton sonnets Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 3 June 1802, 'We have been reading the Life and some of the writings of poor Logan since dinner.' William and Dorothy Wordsworth John Logan unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 3 June 1802, 'We have been reading the Life and some of the writings of poor Logan since dinner.' William and Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Life of John Logan Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, in entry for Thursday 3 June 1802, 'A very affecting letter came from M[ary]. H[utchinson]., while I was sitting in the window read... Dorothy Wordsworth John Milton Il Penseroso Print : Book1500-1599 'hard one of the men reade of the book of marters, and so went to bed' Margaret Hoby John Foxe Book of Martyrs (the title by which Foxe's Acts an... Print : Book1500-1599 'and after that I hard one of the men read of the book of Marters, and so went to bed' Margaret Hoby John Foxe Book of Martyrs (the title by which Foxe's Acts an... Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 16 June 1802, 'I read the first Canto of the Fairy Queen to William.' Dorothy Wordsworth Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene (Canto I) Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 19 June 1802, 'I sate up a while after William ... I read Churchill's Rosciad.' Dorothy Wordsworth Charles Churchill The Rosciad Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 22 June 1802, 'I read the Midsummer Night's Dream, and began As You Like It.' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 22 June 1802, 'I read the Midsummer Night's Dream, and began As You Like It.' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare As You Like It Print : Book1500-1599 'then I hard Mr Rhodes read tell allmost dinner time' Richard Rhodes [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1500-1599 'then I reed a chapter of the Bible to my mother' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 23 June 1802, 'It is now 20 minutes past 10 -- a sunshiny morning. I walked to the top of the hill and sate under a wall... Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare As You Like It Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 1 July 1802, 'In the evening ... we had a nice walk, and afterwards sate by a nice snug fire, and William read Spenser, an... Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare As You Like It Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 1 July 1802, 'In the evening ... we had a nice walk, and afterwards sate by a nice snug fire, and William read Spenser, an... William Wordsworth Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 8 July 1802, 'In the afternoon ... I read the Winter's Tale ...' Dorothy Wordsworth William Shakespeare A Winter's Tale Print : Book1500-1599 'after dinner I went about the house, and read of the arball' Margaret Hoby William Turner New herball Print : Book1500-1599 'and after that I walked, and reed a sarmon of Geferd vpon the song of Salomon' Margaret Hoby George Gifforde Sermons upon the Songe of Salomon Print : Book1500-1599 'and reed of Granhame tell supper time' Margaret Hoby Richard Greenham [unknown] Print : Book1500-1599 'after, I had reed of the bible, after to lector, and then to bed' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1500-1599 'after I wrett my notes in my testement and reed of the bible, then to dinner' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, describing how hours following William Wordsworth's marriage to Mary Hutchinson on 4 October 1802 spent:
'... [at Kirby] we wen... Wordsworth Family verse epitaph Print : tombstone epitaph1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 30 October 1802: '... [William Wordsworth and Stoddart] surprized us by their arrival at four o'clock in the afternoon ... after te... ?John Stoddart Geoffrey Chaucer unknown Print : Book1500-1599 'after I had supped, I reed of grenhame, and se went to bed' Margaret Hoby Richard Greenham [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 8 November 1802: 'I have read one canto of Ariosto today.' Dorothy Wordsworth Ludovico Ariosto Orlando Furioso Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 24 December 1802: 'William is now sitting by me, at 1/2 past 10 o'clock. I have been beside him ever since tea running the heel of... Dorothy and William Wordsworth John Milton sonnets Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 24 December 1802: 'William is now sitting by me, at 1/2 past 10 o'clock. I have been beside him ever since tea running the heel of... Dorothy and William Wordsworth John Milton L'Allegro Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 24 December 1802: 'William is now sitting by me, at 1/2 past 10 o'clock. I have been beside him ever since tea running the heel of... Dorothy and William Wordsworth John Milton Il Penseroso Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 24 December 1802: 'William is now sitting by me, at 1/2 past 10 o'clock. I have been beside him ever since tea ... My beloved Will... William Wordsworth Charlotte Smith Elegiac Sonnets Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 11 January 1803: 'Mary read the Prologue to Chaucer's tales to me in the morning.' Mary Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 11 January 1803: 'Before tea I sate 2 hours in the parlour. Read part of The Knight's Tale with exquisite delight.' Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer The Knight's Tale Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 16 January 1803, describing visit to Matthew Newton's to obtain gingerbread: 'The blind Man [Matthew Newton] and his Wife an... [Miss] Newton unknown unknown Unknown 1850-1899 ?I have waited to thank you for your book till I had read it & write now ? before having quite finished ? because I can talk best with my pen & would rather anticipate to... Leslie Stephen Herbert Fisher The Medieval Empire Print : Book1800-1849 'Found on the table at the inn ( in no.9, a very nice small parlour with a lodging openinginto it), among several other books, Rhodes Peak Scenery, in 4, I think, thin 4 ... Anne Lister Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire Print : Book1850-1899 ?I have to thank you for the ?Wessex Poems? which came to me with the kind inscription and gave me a real pleasure? I am always pleased to remember that ?Far from the mad... Leslie Stephen Thomas Hardy The Wessex Poems Print : Book1800-1849 My uncle has got the life of Doctor Beattie from the library [Halifax Subscription
library?], I have not had time to read much of it yet, but I think he must have been ... Samuel Lister Alexander Bower An Account of the Life of James Beattie Print : Book1850-1899 ?I have to thank you for the ?Wessex Poems? which came to me with the kind inscription and gave me a real pleasure? I am always pleased to remember that ?Far from the mad... Leslie Stephen Thomas Hardy Far from the madding crowd Print : Book1900-1945 '[Rose Macaulay's] library comprised chiefly old tomes from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which she read and re-read with absorbed delight, from Hak... Rose Macaulay Richard Hakluyt Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation Print : Book1900-1945 '[Rose Macaulay's] library comprised chiefly old tomes from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which she read and re-read with absorbed delight, from Hak... Rose Macaulay Joseph Addison [probably The Spectator] Print : Book, Serial / periodical, numbers bound as volume?1900-1945 '[Rose Macaulay's] library comprised chiefly old tomes from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which she read and re-read with absorbed delight, from Hak... Rose Macaulay n/a Oxford English Dictionary Print : Book1900-1945 'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc... George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown, poetry] Print : Book1850-1899 'Frances Stevenson, born in 1888, recollected [in The years that Are Past, 1967] that she "read greedily [pre-1914] ... I formed an early acquaintance with Dickens, weepi... Frances Stevenson Charles Dickens Little Dorrit Print : Book1850-1899 'Frances Stevenson, born in 1888, recollected [in The years that Are Past, 1967] that she "read greedily [pre-1914] ... I formed an early acquaintance with Dickens, weepi... Frances Stevenson Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop Print : Book1850-1899 'Frances Stevenson, born in 1888, recollected [in The years that Are Past, 1967] that she "read greedily [pre-1914] ... I formed an early acquaintance with Dickens, weepi... Frances Stevenson Rev. Richard H. Barham The Ingoldsby Legends Print : Book1850-1899 'Frances Stevenson, born in 1888, recollected [in The years that Are Past, 1967] that she "read greedily [pre-1914] ... I formed an early acquaintance with Dickens, weepi... Frances Stevenson Sir Walter Scott poems Print : Book1850-1899 'Frances Stevenson, born in 1888, recollected [in The years that Are Past, 1967] that she "read greedily [pre-1914] ... Even before my teens my reading entered upon the r... Frances Stevenson Henryk Sienkiewicz Quo Vadis Print : Book1850-1899 'Frances Stevenson, born in 1888, recollected [in The years that Are Past, 1967] that she "read greedily [pre-1914] ... Even before my teens my reading entered upon the r... Frances Stevenson Rider Haggard She Print : Book1850-1899 'Frances Stevenson, born in 1888, recollected [in The years that Are Past, 1967] that she "read greedily [pre-1914] ... Even before my teens my reading entered upon the r... Frances Stevenson Mrs Meek Ellesmere Print : Book1850-1899 '[Max] Beerbohm ... [declared] to Will Rothenstein that he had read ... only Thackeray's The Four Georges (1860) and Lear's Book of Nonsense (1846), though lately he had ... Max Beerbohm William Makepeace Thackeray The Four Georges Print : Book1850-1899 '[Max] Beerbohm ... [declared] to Will Rothenstein that he had read ... only Thackeray's The Four Georges (1860) and Lear's Book of Nonsense (1846), though lately he had ... Max Beerbohm Edward Lear Book of Nonsense Print : Book1850-1899 '[Max] Beerbohm ... [declared] to Will Rothenstein that he had read ... only Thackeray's The Four Georges (1860) and Lear's Book of Nonsense (1846), though lately he had ... Max Beerbohm Oscar Wilde Intentions Print : Book1850-1899 ' ... when stuck in '" dismal dirty inn at Halifax" in Yorkshire during his lecture tour in 1857, ... [Thackeray] made himself comfortable by reading and "pleasant talk a... William Makepeace Thackeray unknown unknown Unknown 1850-1899 Geraldine Hodgson, The Life of James Elroy Flecker (1925), 'Reading aloud in the family circle was an established custom [in 1880s-90s] ... by a very early age, Roy had l... James Elroy Flecker Charles Dickens unknown Print : Book1850-1899 Geraldine Hodgson, The Life of James Elroy Flecker (1925), 'Reading aloud in the family circle was an established custom [in 1880s-90s] ... by a very early age, Roy had l... James Elroy Flecker Henry Wadsworth Longfellow unknown Print : Book1850-1899 Geraldine Hodgson, The Life of James Elroy Flecker (1925), 'Reading aloud in the family circle was an established custom [in 1880s-90s] ... by a very early age, Roy had l... James Elroy Flecker Alfred Lord Tennyson unknown Print : Book1850-1899 Geraldine Hodgson, The Life of James Elroy Flecker (1925), 'Reading aloud in the family circle was an established custom [in 1880s-90s] ... by a very early age, Roy had l... James Elroy Flecker William Makepeace Thackeray unknown Print : Book1850-1899 Geraldine Hodgson, The Life of James Elroy Flecker (1925), 'Reading aloud in the family circle was an established custom [in 1880s-90s] ... by a very early age, Roy had l... James Elroy Flecker George Eliot unknown Print : Book
