√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt George Alfred Henty Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Thomas Hardy Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Joseph Conrad Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley [penny horror stories] Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley [penny fairy stories] Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley Robert Burns Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book1800-1849
[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelle... Percy Bysshe Shelley [n/a] New Testament, The Print : Book1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley ... Percy Bysshe Shelley John Milton Areopagitica: a Speech of Mr John Milton for the L... Print : Book1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley ... Percy Bysshe Shelley Jonathan Swift Tale of a Tub, A. Written for the Universal Improv... Print : Book1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley ... Percy Bysshe Shelley August von Kotzebue Das merkw?rdigste Jahr meines Lebens Print : Book1800-1849 'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly... George Smith [unknown] [novels] Print : Book1800-1849 'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly... George Smith [unknown] [history] Print : Book1800-1849 'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly... George Smith [unknown] [biblical criticism] Print : Book1800-1849 'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly... George Smith [unknown] [treatises on algebra and geometry] Print : Book1800-1849 'Methodist millworker Thomas Wood attended a school where there was only one book, the Bible, which was never read beyond the first chapter of St John. Therefore he later... Thomas Wood n/a Bible Print : Book1800-1849 'Methodist millworker Thomas Wood attended a school where there was only one book, the Bible, which was never read beyond the first chapter of St John. Therefore he later... Thomas Wood Charles Rollin Ancient History Print : Book1850-1899 'Edwin Whitlock faced...[reading] shortages. A farmer on the Salisbury Downs, he had plenty of time to read while shepherding: "the difficulty was to get hold of books. T... Edwin Whitlock n/a Bible Print : Book1850-1899 'Edwin Whitlock faced...[reading] shortages. A farmer on the Salisbury Downs, he had plenty of time to read while shepherding: "the difficulty was to get hold of books. T... Edwin Whitlock [unknown] [Sunday School prize books] Print : Book1850-1899 'Edwin Whitlock faced...[reading] shortages. A farmer on the Salisbury Downs, he had plenty of time to read while shepherding: "the difficulty was to get hold of books. T... Edwin Whitlock n/a POst Office Directory, 1867 Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Charles Dickens [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Walter Scott [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Edward George, Earl Bulwer Lytton [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Ellen Wood [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock [anon] The Holy War Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock [unknown] [religious magazines] Print : Book, Serial / periodical, but bound into volumes1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock anon The Adventures of a Penny Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock anon Cassell's History of England Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton anon ['twopenny bloods'] Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton anon The Wizard Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton anon [a handbook for vegetarians] Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and the Jewels of Ophir Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton William Prescott HIstory of the Conquest of Peru Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton Washington Irving Rip van Winkle Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton n/a the Hotspur Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams The Gem Print : Serial / periodical, comic1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Magnet, The Print : Serial / periodical, comic1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams [Sexton Blake Stories] Print : Serial / periodical, comics1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams George Alfred Henty Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Robert Michael Ballantyne Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Frederick Marryat Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams James Fenimore Cooper Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Mark Twain Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Charles Dickens Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Walter Scott Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Anne/Charlotte/Emily Bronte Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams George Eliot Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams William Prescott Conquest of Peru, The Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams William Prescott Conquest of Mexico, The Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales, The Print : Book1800-1849 'Having just finished the first volume of les Veillees du Chateau, I think it a good opportunity of beginning a letter to you while my mind is stored with Ideas worth tra... Jane Austen Madame de Genlis les Veillees du Chateau Print : Book1700-1799 'I would not let Martha [Lloyd] read First Impressions [later published as "Pride and Prejudice"] again upon any account, & am very glad that I did not leave it in your p... Martha Lloyd Jane Austen First Impressions Manuscript : Sheet, MS of novel1700-1799 'So much for Mrs Piozzi. I had some thoughts of writing the whole of my letter in her stile [sic], but I beleive [sic] I shall not.' Jane Austen Hester Lynch Piozzi Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 And here I am on a wet Sunday looking out of a damned large bow window at the rain as it falls into the puddles opposite, wondering when it will be dinner time, and cursi... Charles Dickens Henry Torrens [Sir] Field exercises and evolutions of the army Print : Book1700-1799 'He [Edward Austen] made an important purchase Yesterday; no less than a pair of Coach Horses; his friend Mr Evelyn found them out & recommended them, & if the judgement ... Jane Austen Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels Print : Book1800-1849 Scott probably knew de Stael, he was certainly acquainted with her work, friends, lifestyle etc. Here is a brief excerpt: '...the tendency of the last of her productions,... John Scott Anne-Louise-Germaine de Stael Considerations sur les Principaux Evenements de la Print : Book1800-1849 I send you by George (who in Fred?s absence on business, is kind enough to be the bearer of this) the volume which contains the Life of Savage. I have turned down the lea... Charles Dickens Samuel Johnson An account of the life of Mr. Richard Savage Print : Book1800-1849 'We think he is mistaken in every respect. His work does not teach the human heart, but insults it...His precepts are conveyed in the cries of Bedlam; and the outrage of ... John Scott Percy Bysshe Shelley The Cenci Print : Book1800-1849 [The text is an open letter from Pearson to Paley, praising the latter's book, and suggesting its use as an academic textbook. The letter is dated 11/11/1802] Edward Pearson William Paley Natural Theology Print : Book1800-1849 I am glad you like The Black Veil. I think that the title is a good one, because it is uncommon, and does not impair the interest of the story by partially explaining its... John Macrone Charles Dickens The Black Veil Print : Unknown1800-1849 'One unfortunate who had confounded together the opening paragraphs of the Evidences and the Natural Theology... [wrote as his exam answer] only this commencement of a se... William Paley Natural Theology Print : Book1450-1499 Susan Schibanoff, "Taking the Gold out of Egypt: The Art of Reading as a Woman": "In 1473, Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, came across a French version of the Liber Philo... Anthony Woodville Earl Rivers Liber Philosophorum Moralium Antiquorum Unknown 1800-1849 Elizabeth Segel, in "'As the Twig is Bent ...': Gender and Childhood Reading," notes that Mary Ann Evans began reading Scott when aged seven. Mary Ann Evans Walter Scott Print : Book1900-1945 Elizabeth Segel, in "'As the Twig is Bent ...': Gender and Childhood Reading": "
[Melvyn Bragg] became 'hooked' on Alcott after having picked up at a seaside
bookshop ... Melvyn Bragg Louisa May Alcott Jo's Boys Print : Book1900-1945 Elizabeth Segel, in "'As the Twig is Bent ...': Gender and Childhood Reading": "
[Melvyn Bragg] became 'hooked' on Alcott after having picked up at a seaside
bookshop ... Melvyn Bragg Louisa May Alcott Little Women Print : BookDavid Bleich, "Gender Interests in Reading and Language": "I first 'understood' Wordsworth when I heard his poetry read by his descendent, Jonathan Wordsworth, some years... Jonathan Wordsworth William Wordsworth poetry Unknown 1800-1849 Marginal comments throughout the text, generally of the format of a key word within the text being indicated with a cross and the marginal comment then arguing a related ... John Drummond Erskine Adam Dickson An essay on the causes of the present high price o... Print : Book1800-1849 Recd from WM the Morning Herald of Friday, which pleased me to find him so attentive, to what he knows gives me satisfaction; I am now beforehand with the knowing ones I ... Robert Sharp The Morning Herald Print : Newspaper1800-1849 I see Lord Liverpool has been taken very ill, some of the farmers were so devoted as to say that providence has interfered so far as to put a stop to any alteration to th... Robert Sharp [newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Read the last Nos of Cobbett to the 24th Feb he has no compassion for Lord Liverpool; The Elegy on Bric is as ludicruous as can be well concieved. He still persuades his... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Cobbett tells a very plausible tale of being deceived by the man who was to have been his surety... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Saw in the Rockingham that seven of the Ministers have sent in their resignation - Amongst the rest the Lord, Chancellor... Robert Sharp Rockingham and Hull Weekly Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 I just peeped into Cobbett last night but had not time to read much I looked over the Dialogue between the King and the seven sages... It is a curious concern is this sam... Robert Sharp William Cobbett The Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Newspaper from WM this morning... Also two Examiners the last week and this, so that I revel in news this day. The Old ministers seem very sore at losing or giving up the... Robert Sharp The Times OR The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Cobbett thinks that Mr Canning would not have pressed on the Corn Bill in the manner it is, if he had not been threatened... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Mr Nelson's estate which is advertised for sale in the Hull papers. I likewise saw it in The Times. Robert Sharp The Times Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 Mr Nelson's estate which is advertised for sale in the Hull papers. I likewise saw it in The Times. Robert Sharp The Hull Packet and Humber Gazette Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 I see by the paper that Mr Canning is indeed very ill... Robert Sharp [a newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd the Courier this morning with an account of the Death of Mr Canning...' Robert Sharp The Courier Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'A very small market this day... I saw Bells's life in London with a portrait of Mr Canning. It is a strange rough concern, the onlyconsolation is that it cannot be his l... Robert Sharp Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see Cobbett has been calling the toll collectors to account...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 '"Blessings on his head said Sancho Panza who first invented sleep", But what shall we say of the character of the French which I lately saw in "Moor's France"...' Robert Sharp John Moore A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerla Print : Book1800-1849 'Sent last night to WM a Basket... after that amused myself by reading in the Spectator the account of Sir Roger de Coverley, It really is an entertaining description of ... Robert Sharp The Spectator Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'In the Times there is an Order from the Magisterial Gentlemen of Beverley at the last sessions...' Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'It must be labour that makes things valuable Princes & Lords may flourish and may fade But a bold Peasantry, the Country's pride When once destroy'd can never be supplie... Robert Sharp Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village Print : Book1800-1849 'On the paper I received this morning was written near the seals "Billy's away" and a sketch of some kind of head... The prosecutors for libel have Reaped but little bene... Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have read the "Literary Gazette"; the notice of the Life of Bonaparte is quite entertaining, some of the names of the French Revolutionists who were quite familiar abo... Robert Sharp The Literary Gazette Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have read over the "History of Chivalry", it really is true to the title page as nothing but Chivalry can befound in it. I cannot say that it is very amusing or instru... Robert Sharp Charles Mills The History of Chivalry; or Knighthood and Its Tim Print : Book1800-1849 'Mr Sykes will not take any more of Cobbett's registers for the abuse heaped on Mr Canning and for the observations made on Mr Brougham's speech at Liverpool...' Richard Sykes William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have seen some advertisements of Books from Ths. Hurst & Co in St Paul's Church yard...' Robert Sharp [book advertisements] Print : Advertisement1800-1849 'It appears by the Times that there are several dreadful houses in the Neighbourhood of Bow Street, where the unthinking are robbed of their property...' Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Isaac Wilson in his paper of the 16th inst said that the Poll was settled at Preston and Cobbett thrown out, but it appears the contest is still continued, but without a... Robert Sharp The Hull Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Re[ceived] a parcel from WM this night by the carrier, containing two of Cobbett's & a court calendar, I am glad to hear he is well, I expected that Cobbett's conduct at... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the Times of Saturday last that Hunt retired from the contest'. Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see a review of Moxon's book in the Imperial Mag. For July, it is very fair I think.' Robert Sharp The Imperial Magazine; or Compendium of Religious Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I saw a piece in the times headed 'Poor old Cobbett' where it seems to be insinuated that he has not spent all the money which he has given an acccount of, I suppose he ... Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd this morning a small parcel from WM I think Cobbett's greatest antipathy at present...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the Times this morning that a young man of the name of Dunn from Hull has been robbing his employers Sewell & Co... May this be a warning to all young men... [a... Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'There is a paragraph in the Times this morning on the subject of large farms, which is much to the purpose...' Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd a parcel from William... [Cobbett] seems to bear it admirably for he says it was a triumph...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have been reading Boswell's Life of Johnson which is very entertaining; I never saw Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides or Western Islands, I suppose it is an amusing Bo... Robert Sharp James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 'I know that Historians are very subject to give us their own views, instead of Facts. Hume is very partial to Royalty, and at every opportunity is ready to sneer at Reli... Robert Sharp David Hume The History of England from the Invasion Print : Book1800-1849 'I read in the Edinburgh Review the Remarks there made on the Hamiltonian System of acquiring languages. I think it merits being attended to from the specimens of the Ita... Robert Sharp Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'The Times recd this morning gives an account of the printing trade being in a very depressed state at present. I think Cobbett has commited himself dreadfully...' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see the account is contradicted that Walter Scott has been appointed the King's printer, the Newspapers contradict one day what they have confidently asserted the day ... Robert Sharp n/a [The Newspapers] OR [The Times] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'The Times called Cobbett a "comical miscreant", and the "vagabond" in an article on the "Poor Man's Friend", it appears there is another poor Man's friend published by H... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have lately read a report of the Corn Laws made in 1814 before the house of Commons, one witness says... It came out in evidence that most of the witnesses were land V... Robert Sharp anon Report on the Corn Laws OR Address to the Two Hous... Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 'Recd a parcel from William last night. I was at the time reading Boswell's Life of Johnson, but it was immediately laid down, for the entertainment I anticipated, from h... Robert Sharp James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 'Recd two Papers this morning, and was like the Ass between the bundles of Hay, not knowing which to begin to read first, however I even thought it was as well to begin i... Robert Sharp n/a [two newspapers] OR The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see by the Times this morning there is likely to be some stir with the supporters of the Bible society, it is no more than I have cooked for; I expect there is good pi... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'The Times this morning seems to think that the corn question will meet with the same treatment as catholic emancipation' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'two papers this morning, the one that missed yesterday came today [...] I see there is a great deficiency in the Quarter's Revenue - were an individual to go in the mann... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : NewspaperEvidence of engagement with the text: (1) occasional marginal notes; (2) marginal symbols throughout the text, crosses (ex. pp. 1,5,12), underlines (pp. 16, 520-1), score... Jo. Halkerston Conradus Lagus Methodica iuris traditio, seu ratio compendiaria, ... Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia Alexander Pope [translations of Homer and other works] Print : Book1800-1849 'I have done little since I wrote last but revised Leslie's conics, and read a part of Laplace's 'exposition du systeme du monde' not the mecanique celeste for I alas, am... Thomas Carlyle Simon-Pierre Laplace Exposition du systeme du monde Print : Book1800-1849 'I had read some little of Laplace when I saw you; & I continue to advance with a diminishing velocity. I turned aside into Leslie's conics - ' Thomas Carlyle Simon-Pierre Laplace Exposition du systeme du monde Print : Book1800-1849 'I had read some little of Laplace when I saw you; & I continue to advance with a diminishing velocity. I turned aside into Leslie's conics - & went thro' it, in search ... Thomas Carlyle Sir John Leslie Elements of Geometry, Geometrical Analysis, and Pl... Print : Book1800-1849 'I likewise turned into Charles Bossut's Mecanique - to study his demonstration of pendulums, and his doctrine of forces. The text is often tediously explanatory - & in ... Thomas Carlyle Charles Bossut Mecanique Print : Book1800-1849 'Moore's Lallah Rookh & Byron's Childe Harold canto fourth formed an odd mixture with these speculations. It was foolish, you may think, to exchange the truths of philos... Thomas Carlyle Thomas Moore Lalla Rookh Print : Book1800-1849 'Moore's Lallah Rookh & Byron's Childe Harold canto fourth formed an odd mixture with these speculations. It was foolish, you may think, to exchange the truths of philos... Thomas Carlyle George Gordon Lord Byron Childe Harold (Canto IV) Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia [books of European travels] Print : Book1800-1849 '27th June - The last book worth mentioning, which I perused was Stewart's preliminary dissertation - for the second time. The longer I study the works of this philosoph... Thomas Carlyle Dugald Stewart Philosophy of the Human Mind Print : Book1800-1849 Elizabeth Segel, "As the Twig is Bent: Gender and Childhood Reading": "When Lucy Lyttelton's grandmother began reading aloud Adam Bede ... it was 'duly bowdlerized for ou... anon George Eiiot Adam Bede Print : Unknown1850-1899 " ... a young compositor encounters Macaulay for the first time:
"'Bernard Shaw tells me how he could get more intoxication from Mozart and Beethoven than any common mo... anon Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England Print : Book1700-1799 "Anthony Errington, a Tyneside wagonway wright, sat down in 1823 to write out his life history ... After brief accounts of his parents and his infancy, he turned to his e... Anthony Errington Print : tombstone epitaphs1800-1849 "A young handloom weaver in Carlisle was able to develop both his literacy skills and his political consciousness as his workshop responded with keen interest to the moun... William Farish newspapers Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "'At seven I had so far profited by her teaching,' wrote the Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge of his dame school teacher, 'as to be able to make out the contents ... Joseph Gutteridge newspapers Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "'At seven I had so far profited by her teaching,' wrote the Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge of his dame school teacher, 'as to be able to make out the contents ... Joseph Gutteridge public house and shop signs Manuscript : Signboard1700-1799 "Alexander Somerville, a young farm-worker growing up in the Lammermuir Hills, made his first great journeys without leaving the fields in which he laboured:
"'The next ... Alexander Somerville Anson Voyage Round the World Print : Book1700-1799 "After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled,
"'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,... Alexander Somerville Print : Book1700-1799 "After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled,
"'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,... Alexander Somerville Print : Book1700-1799 "After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled,
"'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,... Alexander Somerville Print : Book1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Cinderella Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Little Red Riding Hood Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Jack and the Beanstalk Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Zig Zag Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Prince Cherry Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1800-1849 "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I fi... James Watson notice of political meeting Print : Poster1800-1849 "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I fi... Members of Radical Reform group The Black Dwarf Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I fi... Members of Radical Reform group The Republican Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I fi... Members of Radical Reform group The Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 3 pp of ms at the end of v.1 appear to be brief notes abstracted from details in the text. Each page is ruled and divided into 3 columns headed, 'Substance', 'Symptoms', ... Dr Sibbald Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila A general system of toxicology, or, a treatise on ... Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia Oliver Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield, The Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia William Shakespeare Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia John Milton Print : Book1850-1899 A volume of sermons, marked with dates and what appears to be a system of initials - possibly some sort of reminder? Examples: "E.F.I. [?] April 24th -1853/Nov. 13th ..53... George Burder Village sermons: or, fifty-two plain and short dis... Print : Book1900-1945 A volume of sermons, marked with dates and what appears to be a system of initials - possibly some sort of reminder? Examples: [Sermon 1.] "SSC [?] 15 Jan 1922 & M.../ SS... James Walker Harper Fidelis, pseud. Thirty short addresses for family prayers or cotta... Print : Book1800-1849 'A customer of Old Willy's in the Leather and nail line, telling us he had heard Cobbett's register read lately, where he says in about a year or perhaps rather more from... [A customer of Old Willy's in the Leather and nail line] anon William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'At church twice today as usual; the Parson at his work amongst the children, armed with a huge octavo which he called Archbishop Secker's Lectures on the Church Catechis... 'The Parson' Thomas Secker Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England Print : Book1800-1849 'Cobbett is quite entertaining in his Rural Rides, he indeed excels in rural descriptions; he sees as well as all may who do not shut their eyes, the poverty and degradat... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the Times this morning there is a project for two prices, paper & cash, viz paper one fourth of gold, it appears to be a wild scheme, however I cannot understan... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have read most of Moore's Life of Sheridan, I see Mr Canning first came into notice in 1794...' Robert Sharp Thomas Moore Memoirs of the Life of the Rt Hon R B Sheridan Print : Book1800-1849 'The paper which should have been here yesterday arrived today, so that there were two this morning... I see by the Rockingham that the last voyage of the Steam Packets f... Robert Sharp n/a Rockingham and Hull Weekly Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have read all the Rural Rides of Cobbett he is very excellent at description, he has just opened on the Greek Patriots. I expect he will give them no quarter...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'There is one of the best satirical pieces in the last Examiner (alias Tom Tit) on the King's speech which I almost ever read on any subject,it is a real cutter.' Robert Sharp n/a The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see it is strongly reported that the difference between Spain and Portugal is made up. I hope it is, for I do not like to hear the sound of War.' Robert Sharp n/a [a newspaper, probably The Times] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd by the Carrier last night from WM the Judgement of Sir John Nichols, on the burial of Persons baptized by Dissenters. I am glad to find that the survivors of such p... Robert Sharp John Nicholl [The Judgement Delivered December 11th 1809...] Print : Book1800-1849 'Cobbett on the Corn laws is almost above himself it is the best exposition I ever saw of the frantic cry of the Agriculturalists that they bear exclusive burdens, just a... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the paper this morning that the Corn question in Parliament is put off till the 26th inst this almost confirms the report that the ministers have no plan ready.... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Very little news of importance in the Papers. I see Mr Hume is still strenuous for Economy, particulary in the Navy estimates...' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Very little news of importance in the Papers. I see Mr Hume is still strenuous for Economy, particulary in the Navy estimates...' Robert Sharp n/a The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'The Examiner for last week arrived yesterday... I hear that the corn question is put off till Thursday next...' Robert Sharp n/a The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd a parcel from WM last night, containing new cravats. Cobbett is most fierce on Mr Hume, but what good will he do? For my part I am sorry to see the mighty fallen so... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Recd 2 papers from WM yesterday morning, the Examiner not come to hand all this week... I see Taylor, the orator, Philosopher and Fool has been obliged to find Bail for ... Robert Sharp n/a [a newspaper, probably The Times] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'By the paper I see there has been a great deal of crowding about St James's to see the laying in state of the Royal Duke...' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'A fine morning. Recd the Examiner this morning which is soon as can be expected. The times very copious on the approaching funeral of the Duke of York. All the honours p... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Saw in the Paper this morning the official account of the Death of the Duke of York; the paper in mourning.' Robert Sharp n/a [a newspaper, probably The Times] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Last night I sat down to read Cobbett, and very cold it was, but I was left by myself at the fire-side; I never have a great fire, I would rather have a little one and s... Robert Sharp William Cobbett The Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have begun to read Hill's history of Chivalry, the author seems to be delighted with his subject, and I have no doubt but he treats it in a proper manner; - This is a ... Robert Sharp Charles Mills The History of Chivalry; or Knighthood and Its Tim... Print : Book1800-1849 'I see by the Hull packet that the Brothers has sailed for London...' Robert Sharp n/a The Hull Packet and Humber Gazette Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I recd two papers this morning packed up together, so that if news be like wine which improves in the keeping, I am very well off this day[.] It is all new to me. It is ... Robert Sharp n/a [a newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'There is a fine cover on one of the Registers which I must preserve, it has been a Wrapper to a No of Hogarth's works, there are such droll figures on it as I can scarce... Robert Sharp n/a ['Wrapper to a No of Hogarth's works' OR [cover to Print : Advertisement1800-1849 'Cobbett has rubbed down Sir Francis pretty roughly, it appears that when self interest is contrasted with Patriotism the latter in general gives way...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have read in the Times this day with great satisfaction the proceedings of a meeting in London to protect & defend the rights of the Welsh cottagers.' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'While Cobbett has been at the Crown & Anchor amongst [the] Philistines they would not suffer him to speak...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the Paper this morning that Mr Canning is going to allow all corn in bond before the first of July...' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'The following written by Dr Worthington appeared in the Morning Chronicle. Epistle from Tom Cribb to Big Ben concerning some foul play in a late transaction. [transcribe... Benjamin Newton n/a The Morning Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of Wellington said to be written by B.Constant 'un heros froid et mediocre [...]' I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ... Benjamin Newton John Hobhouse The substance of some letters Print : Book1800-1849 'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of wellington said to be written by B.Constant "un heros froid et mediocre [...]" I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ... Benjamin Newton anon Letters written by an eminent persons in the seven... Print : Book1800-1849 'Drove out to Ledbury with Commeline, Ann, C, and M.N Junior [...]Having read Kitt's [NB Kett's] Flowers of Wit I pronounce them to be mere daisies. Everywhere there are ... Benjamin Newton Henry Kett The flowers of wit, or a choice collection of bon Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Shuckfords Connections, Galt's Life of West. The former is a work of a man of great learning and little judgement.' Benjamin Newton Samuel Shuckford The sacred and profane history of the world Print : Book1800-1849 'Read [...] Galt's Life of West [...]is recorded one of the noblest instances of religious userality in a Quaker that I ever met with of any sect, the speech of John Will... Benjamin Newton Galt [Life of West] the life and studies of Benjamin We... Print : Book1800-1849 'Very much struck at the unpreachable style of Clarke on the attributes, his logical and metaphysical views, his answers to Lucretius, Hobbesand spinoza. what a differenc... Benjamin Newton Samuel Clarke A demonstration of the being and attributes of God Print : Book1800-1849 'In the review of Tweddell's Remains where it is said that out of religious motives he refrained from animal food.' Benjamin Newton John Tweddell Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'The poorest review of any book that I have yet met in the Edinburgh is that of Goethe.' Benjamin Newton n/a Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Read Wilkins and Visconti on the Elgin marbles. Wilkins' assertions that Visconti does not think the relievos on the frieze and the metopes to be the work of Phillias no... Rev. Benjamin Newton Ennio Visconti A letter from the chevalier Antonio Canova Unknown 1800-1849 'Read bishop of Gloucester's Charge which I think excellent for its devotion, its liberality, its style and manner and think no harm would arrive to the church were all t... Rev. Benjamin Newton Henry Ryder A charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese Unknown 1800-1849 'Read Bingley's useful knowledge, Jocular Tenures, Pyle, much interrupted by Justice business'. Rev. Benjamin Newton William Bingley Useful knowledge or a familiar and explanatory acc... Unknown 1800-1849 'An account in the papers of Mrs W. Long being married to Rich the Rope dancer, old Billy Long was a fine contrast to him.' Benjamin Newton n/a [newspapers?] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Read Bingley's Useful Knowledge, Jocular Tenures, Pyle, much interrupted by Justice business'. Benjamin Newton Thomas Pyle [sermons?] Unknown 1800-1849 'Went hunting [...] saw Mr Claridge's advertisement for the sale of 11, 695 trees of which 5241 were oaks.' Benjamin Newton n/a [advertisement] Print : Advertisement1800-1849 'Saw today in the paper that Philip's Norton was given to Mr Warner'. Benjamin Newton n/a [Local newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Read Kidd's Geological Essay and an account of 10 years residence in Tripoli. Kidd's a very bad embarresed [sic] style. Account of Tripoli; amusing enough. [Lists other ... Benjamin Newton John Kidd A Geological essay on the Imperfect Evidence Print : Book1800-1849 'I read Wood's Isle of Man because I knew nothing of it and he has said little from there being very little to say'. Benjamin Newton George Woods An account of the past and present state of the Is... Print : Book1800-1849 'Dallaway on sculpture is very slovenly from the little pains he takes to be clear. It is very difficult to know what antecedent word he refers to. His book suggests two ... Benjamin Newton James Dallaway Of Statuary and Sculpture among the Antients Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Warden's account of Buonuparte [sic]. Whether or not W wrote this account with a view to influence his readers in favour of Buonaparte I know not but I think there ... Benjamin Newton William Warden Letters written on board [...]in which the conduct Print : Book1600-1699 "Writing about himself in the third person, Robert Boyle ... blamed his short attention span on poor reading habits: he complained that reading a romance as a boy had 'ac... Robert Boyle romance Print : Unknown
