√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1500-1599 'after, I reed of the Bible, and spock of Certaine Chapters to Mrs Ormston and John douson' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1850-1899 'I went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the English papers. There were a good many members assembled to do the same thing, it is of course quite the thing that there sho... John Buckley Castieau [n/a] [unknown - newspaper] Print : Newspaper1500-1599 'then I did read a while to my workwemen, and then to the Lector' Margaret Hoby [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew's interview with a seller of street stationery:
'I read "Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper" on a Sunday, and what murders and robberies there is now!' [n/a] Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth describes coach journey from London, having already observed that the coach guard was a former grocer on his first day in the new job: 'At Lancaster I... [a grocer] Anon William Wordsworth [poems] Unknown Dorothy Wordsworth describes to Thomas De Quincey how she and her brother William received a letter from him: "Yesterday morning my brother and I walked to Rydale, and he... William and Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas De Quincey letter Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth describes to Thomas De Quincey how John Wordsworth received a letter from him:
"When your Friend Johnny came from school last night, his mother sai... Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas De Quincey Letter Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 John Wilson Croker to the Rev. George Croly, 28 November 1816:
'Though I have little time to read poetry,and notwithstanding all the charms of fashion, I read
more o... John Wilson Croker Alexander Pope Print : BookHenry Mayhew's interview with an orphan flower girl and her sister:
"'We've always had good health. We can all read'. [Here the three somewhat insisted
upon proving to... anon Garden of Heaven Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a street buyer of waste paper:
"The only worldly labour I do on a Sunday is to take my family's dinner to the bakehouse, bring it home after ch... anon [n/a] Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper Print : Broadsheet, Newspaper1800-1849 [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 Vittorio Alfieri [Tragedies] 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 Theocritus [unknown] 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 Herodotus [unknown] 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 James MacPherson The Works of Ossian, the son of Fingal, translated... Print : Book1700-1799 Wordsworth to Robert Shelton Mackenzie, 26 January 1838: 'When I was a very young Man the present Archdeacon Wrangham and I amused ourselves in imitating jointly Juvenal'... William Wordsworth Juvenal Satire X Unknown 1700-1799 William Wordsworth to Robert Shelton Mackenzie, 26 January 1838:
'When I was a very young Man the present Archdeacon Wrangham and I amused ourselves in imitating jointly... Francis Wrangham Juvenal Satire X Unknown 1800-1849 John Wilson Croker to the Rev. George Croly, 28 November 1816:
'Though I have little time to read poetry,and notwithstanding all the charms of fashion, I read
more o... John Wilson Croker John Dryden Print : Book1800-1849 John Wilson Croker to the Rev. George Croly, 28 November 1816:
'Though I have little time to read poetry,and notwithstanding all the charms of fashion, I read
more o... John Wilson Croker Walter Scott Print : Book1500-1599 'then I walked, and took a Lector, and read tell Lector time: then I hard that, and so went to supper: ... and, after, reed a whill, and so went to bed' Margaret Hoby [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849
William Wordsworth discusses reading habits of the local labouring classes in letter to Francis Wrangham, 5 June 1808:
'... I find, among the people I am speaking o... William Wordsworth anon [working people] ["half-penny Ballads"] Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth discusses reading habits of the local labouring classes in letter to Francis Wrangham, 5 June 1808:
' ... I find, among the people I am speaking of, ... William Wordsworth ["penny and two-penny histories"] Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 7 November 1880: ' ... please tell Charles [Norton] I am to write to him in a day or two to thank him for his own beautiful volume which I ha... Henry James Charles Eliot Norton Historical Studies of Church Building in the Middl... Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth, on visit to Catherine Clarkson at Bury St Edmunds, to William Wordsworth and Sara Hutchinson, 14 August 1810: 'In the afternoon we looked over half th... Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Print : Book1900-1945 [Alice Foley] read some Morris and less Marx, but for her a liberal education for the proletariat was not merely a means of achieving socialism: it was socialism in fact.... Alice Foley Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hiawatha Print : Book1900-1945 [Alice Foley] read some Morris and less Marx, but for her a liberal education for the proletariat was not merely a means of achieving socialism: it was socialism in fact.... Alice Foley John Keats 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' Print : Book1900-1945 [Alice Foley] read some Morris and less Marx, but for her a liberal education for the proletariat was not merely a means of achieving socialism: it was socialism in fact.... Alice Foley John Keats 'The Eve of St Agnes' Print : Book1900-1945 'Even before [Chaim Lewis] discovered the English novelists, he was introduced to Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Pushkin by a Russian revolutionary rag merchant who st... Chaim Lewis George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman Print : Book1850-1899 'At tea time however I came down stairs & after reading a while went into the office & attended to some duty' John Buckley Castieau [unknown] [unknown] Print : Unknown1500-1599 'then I medetated of the sarmons, and read and spoke to Mrs Ormstone of the Chapter that was read in the morning' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1800-1849 John Wilson Croker to the Rev. George Croly, 28 November 1816:
'Though I have little time to read poetry,and notwithstanding all the charms of fashion, I read
more o... John Wilson Croker George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book1850-1899 'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers' John Buckley Castieau [n/a] [unknown - newspaper] Print : Newspaper1500-1599 'After priuat praier I did eate my breakfast, Read a Longe Letter and wret an other' Margaret Hoby [unknown] [letter] Manuscript : Letter1500-1599 'after, hard Euerill Read, and then praied, so went to supper' Euerill Aske [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 John Wilson Croker to John Murray, 18 September 1816:
'I have read with great pleasure the poem you lent me [Childe Harold III]. It is written with
great vigour, and... John Wilson Croker George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold III Unknown 1700-1799 Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 6 December 1792: 'I have been reading Eheu fugaces & your translation this moment together. the three last stanzas are certai... Robert Southey Grosvenor Charles Bedford Translation of Horace, Odes, 2:14 Manuscript : Sheet1700-1799 Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 4 December 1792: 'I have already said too much. I have an old poem of the heroic class before me. Pharonnida — one of the Can... Robert Southey William Chamberlayne Pharonnida, a Heroick Poem Print : Book1850-1899 ?I have read two books lately wh. interested me. One for wh. you will not care is a history of English law down to the time of Edward I by F. W. Maitland? It is a wonderf... Leslie Stephen F. W. Maitland History of English Law Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"I thought this 'Jack Sheppard' was a clever fellow for making his escape and robbing his master. If I could get out of gaol I think I ... J.L. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"When I left school I went to Mr Banks, bookseller, two years. I had good opportunities of reading then, voyages and such; read the Lif... J.H. [unknown] [books about voyages] Print : Book1800-1849 Statement about juvenile offender:
"attended the Independent Sunday-school three years, also the national school three years (same time). Learned to read and write. Ca... J.S. [story books] Print : Book1850-1899 'Received two Ovens & Murray Advertisers. They however contained very little new' John Buckley Castieau [n/a] Ovens and Murray Advertiser Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'In the evening wrote a page in my Diary & dreamed away over "The Newcomes" until it was time to go to bed. The little girls & Harry stayed with me a good deal during the... John Buckley Castieau William Makepeace Thackeray The Newcomes Print : Book1700-1799 Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 16-17 November 1792: 'I send the epitaph which at present is inscribed upon one of the cankerd sides. Perhaps the production ... Robert Southey Tombstone epitaph Print : tomb1700-1799 Robert Southey to Thomas Phillips Lamb, 28 October 1792: 'If the Baron of Thundertentroncks castle had not been destroyd (said Dr Pangloss to Candidus) if Miss Cunegonda ... Robert Southey Voltaire Candide, ou l'Optimisme Print : Book1700-1799 Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 21 October 1792: 'Some poems have been lately printed here by the Revd. E Holder written between the age of 17 & 20. I only ... Robert Southey Henry Evans Holder Miscellaneous Poems Print : Book1700-1799 Robert Southey to Thomas Phillips Lamb, 28 October 1792: '"Ille & nefasto te posuit die,/
Quicumque primum, & sacrilega manu/
Produxit, arbos, in nepotum/
Perniciem." ... Robert Southey Horace Odes, 2:13 Print : Book1700-1799 Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 21 October 1792: 'Now I am upon the republic system I must tell you that Bristol seems preparing for it. A pamphlet propose... Robert Southey Tom Paine The Rights of Man. Part the Second Print : Pamphlet1700-1799 Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 21 October 1792: 'Now I am upon the republic system I must tell you that Bristol seems preparing for it. A pamphlet propose... Robert Southey The Reply of the Delegates of the Several Parishes... Print : Pamphlet1700-1799 Robert Southey to Thomas Phillips Lamb, c. 26 September 1792: 'I have been attempting Euclid but without a master I could make no progress — perhaps disgust at the dry st... Robert Southey Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene Print : Book1500-1599 'After priuat praier and breakfast I did read a whill for beinge not well, partly through myne owne folly' Margaret Hoby [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 'On 17-18 May 1812 W[ordsworth] wrote to M[ary] W[ordsworth]: "Yesterday I dined
alone with Lady B. - and we read Lord Byron's new poem whch is not destitute of
merit... Margaret Beaumont George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage I and II Print : Book1900-1945 '[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for a... [n/a] The Daily Chronicle Print : Newspaper1900-1945 '[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for a... Lloyd's Weekly News Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Wu notes extracts from vol 1 of Volney, "Travels Through Syria and Egypt", in Dove Cottage MS 28.
Wordsworth Family Constantin Francois de Chasseboeuf comte de Volney Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783... Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Went to the Athenaeum & read the papers.' John Buckley Castieau [n/a] [unknown - newspaper] Print : Newspaper1500-1599 'and then I 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 : Book1500-1599 'and, sonne after, when I had reed of the Bible, I dined' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1500-1599 'then I hard Mrs Brutnell Read of the Herball tell supper time' Mrs Brutnell William Turner New herball Print : Book1700-1799 Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, 21 January 1808: 'As for my reading, I believe I may aver without hyperbole, it has been tolerably extensive in the historical department,... George Gordon Lord Byron Herodotus unknown Print : Book1700-1799 Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, 21 January 1808: 'As for my reading, I believe I may aver without hyperbole, it has been tolerably extensive in the historical department,... George Gordon Lord Byron Edward Gibbon Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Print : Book1850-1899 'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers. In the evening read for a while & played a couple of games of cribbage with Dotty' John Buckley Castieau [n/a] [unknown - newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker [undated], to accompany 'a collection of choice documents'
on Ireland:
'The little volume called "A Sketch of Irish History" is a m... Robert Peel 'a priest at Longford' letter to parishioner Manuscript : Letter1850-1899 'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers. In the evening read for a while & played a couple of games of cribbage with Dotty' John Buckley Castieau [unknown] [unknown] Print : Unknown1850-1899 ?Boswell showed his genius in setting forth Johnson?s weaknesses as well as his strength. But if Boswell had been Johnson?s brother? I cannot be simply eulogistic if the ... Leslie Stephen James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for shoplifting:
Mary Bennett: "I am the prosector's wife. I was in the shop ...I was sitting reading
the newspaper, and the first thing I... Mary Bennett Print : Newspaper1800-1849 [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 Thucydides [probably History of the Peloponnesian War] Print : Book1800-1849 'When young, Frederick Rogers read not only the Bible as a thriler ("the men and women of the sacred books were as familiar to me as the men and women of Alexander Dumas"... Frederick Rogers [Bible] Print : Book1800-1849 'When young, Frederick Rogers read not only the Bible as a thriller ("the men and women of the sacred books were as familiar to me as the men and women of Alexander Dumas... Frederick Rogers John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1800-1849 'When young, Frederick Rogers read not only the Bible as a thriller ("the men and women of the sacred books were as familiar to me as the men and women of Alexander Dumas... Frederick Rogers Alexandre Dumas Print : Book1800-1849 Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker [undated], to accompany 'a collection of choice documents'
on Ireland:
'The little volume called "A Sketch of Irish History" is a m... Robert Peel 'a member of the Ursuline Community at Ash' A Sketch of Irish History Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, acknowledging receipt of parcel of books and letters from Christian well-wishers, 14 September 1812, including Granville Penn, "The Bioscope, or Dia... George Gordon Lord Byron anon Manuscript : Unknown1500-1599 'after the sarmon, I walked, and read and talked with Mrs Ormston of that was deliuered' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible? Print : Book1500-1599 'After priuat prairs I did eate my breakfast, and then I did read of the Testament, and so went to church' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1500-1599 'and then reed of Bright of Mallincocolie, and then went to supper' Margaret Hoby Timothy Bright A treatise of melancholie, containing the causes t... Print : Book1500-1599 'after, I did breake my fast, then I went about the house and, after, read of the bible' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1500-1599 'then I praied and read of the bible, and so went to dimer' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1500-1599 'after, I walked a while, and read of Babington, and then went to supper' Margaret Hoby Gervase Babington [unknown] Print : Book1700-1799 [Marginalia]: occasional marginal marks, numbers and comments throughout text, with further brief notes referring to text on 5 binding pages. Combination of ink and faded... H. Wansey Venerable Bede Ecclesiastical history of the English Nation, from... Print : Book1900-1945 '"The Syonan Times" says that M. Egle, the Red Cross representative, entertained to dinner by the Nipponese in Shanghi, said, "Your kindness (to the prisoners-of-war) has... Thomas Kitching [n/a] Syonan Times Print : Newspaper1900-1945 '"The Syonan Times" says that the Raffles statue is being moved to a museum.' Thomas Kitching [n/a] Syonan Times Print : Newspaper1700-1799 ...a desire for information which was by no means whollly neglected even whilst I was an apprentice, I always found some time for reading, and I almost always found the m... Francis Place David Hume [Hume's Essays] Print : BookIn Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 23 November 1813: "Redde the Ruminator - a collection of Essays, by a strange, but able, old man (Sir E[gerton] B[ryd... George Gordon Lord Byron Sir Egerton Brydges The Ruminator: containing a series of moral, criti... Print : BookIn Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 26 November 1813: "Two letters, one from **** [Lady Frances Webster] ... **** [Lady Frances]'s contained also a very ... George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Frances Wedderburn Webster letter with poem Manuscript : LetterIn Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), ?27 November 1813: "Redde the Edinburgh Review of Rogers [with himself and other contemporary authors also discussed]... George Gordon Lord Byron Various The Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodicalIn Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on pleasure at learning of his works' popularity in the USA: "The greatest pleasure I ever derived, ... George Gordon Lord Byron George Frederick Cooke Memoirs of George Frederick Cooke, late of the The... Print : BookIn Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on pleasure at learning of his works' popularity in the USA: "The greatest pleasure I ever derived, ... George Frederick Cooke George Gordon Lord Byron English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Print : BookIn extract from journal of George Frederick Cooke in W. Dunlap, Memoirs of George Frederick Cooke: "Read English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, by Lord Byron. It is well wr... George Frederick Cooke George Gordon Lord Byron English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813: 'I showed ... [John Galt] Sligo's letter on the reports of the Turkish girl's aventure [ie punishment f... John Galt Lord Sligo (2nd marquis of) [letter on the punishment for adultery in Turkey] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 Deecmber 1813: 'I showed ... [John Galt]
Sligo's letter on the reports of the Turkish girl's aventure [ie punishment... Henry Richard Fox Lord Sligo (2nd marquis of) [letter on punishment of adultery in Turkey] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 Deecmber 1813: 'I showed ... [John Galt] Sligo's letter on the reports of the Turkish girl's aventure [ie punishment f... Matthew Gregory Lewis Lord Sligo (2nd marquis of) [letter on punishment for adultery in Turkey] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 Deecmber 1813: 'I showed ... [John Galt] Sligo's letter on the reports of the Turkish girl's aventure [ie punishment f... Thomas Moore Lord Sligo (2nd marquis of) [letter on punishment of adultery in Turkey] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 Deecmber 1813: 'I showed ... [John Galt] Sligo's letter on the reports of the Turkish girl's aventure [ie punishment f... Samuel Rogers Lord Sligo (2nd marquis of) [letter on punishment of adultery in Turkey] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 Deecmber 1813: 'I showed ... [John Galt] Sligo's letter on the reports of the Turkish girl's aventure [ie punishment f... Lady Melbourne Lord Sligo (2nd marquis of) [letter on the punishment of adultery in Turkey] Manuscript : Letter1700-1799 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on Madame De Stael: 'I read her again and again ... I cannot be mistaken (except in taste) in a book I ... George Gordon Lord Byron Madame Germaine de Stael-Holstein unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 6 Decmber 1813: 'Saw Lord Glenbervie and his Prospectus, at Murray's, of a new Treatise on Timber. Now here is a man mo... George Gordon Lord Byron Lord Glenbervie Prospectus for Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie... Print : Advertisement1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 6 December 1813: "Redde a good deal, but desultorily ... It is odd that when I do read, I can only bear the chicken brot... George Gordon Lord Byron Matthew Gregory Lewis The Monk Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 7 December 1813: '... up an hour before being called ... Redde the papers and tea-ed and soda-watered ... ' George Gordon Lord Byron [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 13 December 1813: 'Called at three places - read, and got ready to leave town to-morrow.' George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 17 December 1813: 'Redde some Italian, and wrote two Sonnets on *** [Lady Frances Wedderburn Webster].' George Gordon Lord Byron unknown [Italian] Unknown 1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 18 February 1814: 'Got up - redde the Morning Post containing the battle of Buonaparte, the destruction of the Custom Ho... George Gordon Lord Byron The Morning Post Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 18 February 1814 ('Nine o'clock'): 'Redde a little - wrote notes, and letters, and am alone ... ' George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 18 February 1814 ('Midnight'): 'Began a letter, which I threw into the fire. Redde - but to little purpose.' George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 February 1814: ' ... redde the Robbers.' George Gordon Lord Byron Johann Christoph von Schiller The Robbers Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 15 March 1814: 'As [Richard] Sharpe was passing by the doors of some Debating Society (the Westminster Forum), in his wa... Richard Sharp unknown [poster advertising a debate on Byron and Scott] Print : Advertisement, Poster1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 15 March 1814: 'Redde a satire on myself, called Anti-Byron, and told Murray to publish it if he liked. The object of t... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown Anti-Byron Unknown 1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 17 March 1814: 'Redde the "Quarrels of Authors" ... a new work, by that most entertaining and researching writer, Israel... George Gordon Lord Byron Isaac Disraeli Quarrels of Authors Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 March 1814: 'Redde Machiavel, parts of Chardin, and Sismondi, and Bandello - by starts.' George Gordon Lord Byron Jean Chardin unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 March 1814: 'Redde Machiavel, parts of Chardin, and Sismondi, and Bandello - by starts.' George Gordon Lord Byron Leonard Simonde de Sismondi unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 March 1814: 'Redde Machiavel, parts of Chardin, and Sismondi, and Bandello - by starts.' George Gordon Lord Byron Matteo Bandello unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 March 1814: 'Redde the Edinburgh, 44, just come out. In the beginning of the article on 'Edgeworth's Patronage,' I h... George Gordon Lord Byron The Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 10 April 1814: 'Today I have boxed one hour - written an ode to Napoleon Buonaparte - copied it - eaten six biscuits - d... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to John Herman Merivale, [January 1814]: 'I have redde Roncesvaux with very great pleasure ... You have written a very noble poem ... your measure is uncommonly wel... George Gordon Lord Byron John Herman Merivale Orlando in Roncesvalles Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron in postscript to letter to John Murray, [11 January 1814]: 'I have redde "Patronage" it is full of praises of Lord Ellenborough!!! from which I infer near & dear re... George Gordon Lord Byron Maria Edgeworth Patronage Print : Book1800-1849 Byron in postscript to letter to John Murray, 4 February 1814: 'I see by the Mo[rning] C[hronicl]e there hathe been discussion in ye. Courier & I read in ye. Mo[rning] Po... George Gordon Lord Byron The Morning Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron in postscript to letter to John Murray, 4 February 1814: 'I see by the Mo[rning] C[hronicl]e there hathe been discussion in ye. Courier & I read in ye. Mo[rning] Po... George Gordon Lord Byron The Morning Post Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Leigh Hunt, 9 February 1814: 'Your poem I read long ago in "the Reflector" & it is not much to say it is the best "Session" we have ... ' George Gordon Lord Byron Leigh Hunt The Feast of the Poets Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to Leigh Hunt, 9 February 1814: 'I have been regaled at every Inn on the road [from Newstead to London] by lampoons and other merry conceits on myself in the minist... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown [ministerial gazettes] Print : Newspaper, Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 12 February 1814: 'In thanking you for your letter you will allow me to say that there is one sentence I do not understand ... I will copy it... George Gordon Lord Byron Annabella Milbanke [letter] Manuscript : Letter1700-1799 I now read Blackstone, Hale's Common Law, several other Law Books, and much biography. This course of reading was continued for several years until the death of my landla... Francis Place William Blackstone Commentaries on the Laws of England Print : Book1700-1799 The whole or nearly the whole of the eight months when I was not employed was not lost. I read many volumes in history, voyages, and travels, politics, law and Philosophy... Francis Place David Hume [Essays and Treatises] Print : Book1700-1799 The whole or nearly the whole of the eight months when I was not employed was not lost. I read many volumes in history, voyages, and travels, politics, law and Philosophy... Francis Place Adam Smith Wealth of Nations Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 15 February 1814: 'In my letter of ye. 12th in answer to your last I omitted to say that I have not for several years looked into the tract o... George Gordon Lord Byron John Locke unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 15 February 1814: 'Of the Scriptures ... I have ever been a reader & admirer as compositions particularly the Arab -- Job -- and parts of Isa... George Gordon Lord Byron The Book of Job Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 15 February 1814: 'Of the Scriptures ... I have ever been a reader & admirer as compositions particularly the Arab -- Job -- and parts of Isa... George Gordon Lord Byron The Book of Isaiah Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 15 February 1814: 'Of the Scriptures ... I have ever been a reader & admirer as compositions particularly the Arab -- Job -- and parts of Isa... George Gordon Lord Byron The Book of Deborah Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 12 March 1814: 'I have not had time to read the whole M.S. but what I have seen seems very well written (both prose and verse) & ... containing noth... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown Anti-Byron Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 30 March 1814, on Frances Burney, The Wanderer (which contains episode recalling his ex-lover Lady Caroline Lamb's attempt to stab herself at a p... George Gordon Lord Byron Frances Burney The Wanderer, or Female Difficulties Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 30 March 1814: 'I have seen the E[dinburgh] R[eview] and the compliment -- which Rogers says -- "Scott and Campbell won't like" kind Soul!' George Gordon Lord Byron Francis Jeffrey review of Byron, The Corsair and The Bride of Abyd... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 9 April 1814: 'I see Sotheby's tragedies advertised ... ' George Gordon Lord Byron advertisement for William Sotheby, Five Tragedies ... Print : Advertisement1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 26 April 1814, on work (about abdication of Napoleon) sent to him to read: 'I have no guess at your Author but it is a noble poem ... I suppose I ma... George Gordon Lord Byron Stratford Canning Bonaparte Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, April- 1 May 1814, on his relations with his half-sister: 'it is odd that I always had a foreboding -- and remember when quite a child reading th... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown [Roman History] Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to unknown correspondent, 29 June 1814: 'Sir / -- I have to thank you for the perusal of your work -- and assure You that I perfectly coincide with your judges in t... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, [?July 23-24 1814]: 'I have read the article & concur in opinion with Mr. Rogers & my friends that I have every reason to be satisfied. -- You best... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown [article] Unknown Byron to John Murray, 24 July 1814: 'Waverley is the best & most interesting novel I have redde since -- I don't know when -- I like it as much as I hate Patronage and Wa... George Gordon Lord Byron Walter Scott Waverley Print : Book1800-1849 Byron in postscript of letter to Annabella Milbanke, 1 August 1814: 'I have read your letter once more -- and it appears to me that I must have said something which makes... George Gordon Lord Byron Annabella Milbanke [letter] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 3 August 1814: 'I see advertisements of Lara & Jacqueline -- pray why? when I requested you to postpone publication till my return to town.' George Gordon Lord Byron John Murray [advertisements for Byron, Lara, and Samuel Rogers... Print : AdvertisementManuscript : LetterByron to unknown female correspondent (mother of author of poem sent for Byron's consideration), 17 August 1814: 'The poem from which you have done me the honour to enlo... George Gordon Lord Byron Robert Charles Dallas [?] [poem] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron recommends history books in letter to Annabella Milbanke, 25 August 1814:
'the best thing of that kind I met with by accident at Athens in a Convent Library in an... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown [history book] Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 2 September 1814: ' ... [Thomas Campbell] has an unpublished (though printed) poem on a Scene in Germany (Bavaria I think) which I saw last year -- ... George Gordon Lord Byron Thomas Campbell Lines on Leaving a Scene in Bavaria Print : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 7 September 1814: 'I am very idle I have read the few books I had with me -- & been forced to fish for lack of other argument ...' George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron in letter to Annabella Milbanke of 7 September 1814 praises Richard Porson's Letters to Archdeacon Travis (alluded to by Milbanke in a previous letter) but notes th... George Gordon Lord Byron Richard Porson Letters to Archdeacon Travis Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 15 September 1814, writing whilst waiting at Newstead to learn whether marriage proposal acepted: 'Books I have but few here, and those I have read... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 15 September 1814:
'I believe I told you of Larry and Jacquy [ie Lara and Jacqueline, poems by Byron and Samuel Rogers respectively, published to... George Gordon Lord Byron Lara; Jacqueline Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, early in their engagement, 19 September 1814: 'When your letter arrived my sister was sitting near me and grew frightened at the effect of it... George Gordon Lord Byron Annabella Milbanke [letter] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 23 September 1814: 'I am glad you liked Annabella [Milbanke]'s letter to you -- Augusta said that to me (the decisive one ) [ie accepting his mar... Augusta Leigh Annabella Milbanke [letter to Byron] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to James Perry, editor of the Morning Chronicle, 5 October 1814: 'Sir -- I perceive in your paper this day the contradiction of a paragraph copied from the Durham p... George Gordon Lord Byron The Morning Chronicle Print : NewspaperManuscript : LetterByron to Annabella Milbanke, 14 October 1814: 'I have this morning seen the paragraph [regarding their engagement, alluded to by her in letter to him] -- it is just to yo... George Gordon Lord Byron [newspaper] Print : Newspaper, Serial / periodicalManuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 16 October 1814: 'In arranging papers I have found the first letter you ever wrote to me -- read it again ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Annabella Milbanke [letter] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 17 October 1814: 'If there were no other inducements for me to leave London -- the utter solitude of my situation with only my Maccaw to conv... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 12 December 1814: 'I perceive in the M[ornin]g Chronicle report -- that Sir H. Mildmay in one of his amatory epistles compared himself to Chi... George Gordon Lord Byron The Morning Chronicle Print : NewspaperUnknown1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 10 January 1815: 'I have redde thee upon the Fathers, and it is excellent well ... you must not leave off reviewing. You shine in it ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Thomas Moore article on Boyd's Select Passages from the Writing... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 26 January 1815: 'Your packet hath been perused ...' George Gordon Lord Byron John Cam Hobhouse [packet] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Activities listed by Byron, bored at wife's family home at Seaham, in letter to Thomas Moore, 2 March 1815, include 'trying to read old Annual Registers and the daily pap... George Gordon Lord Byron The Annual Register Print : Serial / periodicalActivities listed by Byron, bored at wife's family home at Seaham, in letter to Thomas Moore, 2 March 1815, include 'trying to read old Annual Registers and the daily pap... George Gordon Lord Byron [daily newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to John Hanson, 11 July 1815: 'Dear Sir -- I have called about my Will -- which I hope is nearly ready. -- I also wish to have the robe and sword sent up to my hous... George Gordon Lord Byron Byron family pedigree Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to unknown author of volume of poems sent to him the previous day, 18 July 1815: 'the satisfaction I experienced from the perusal, made me anxious for the immediate... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Leigh Hunt, 22 October 1815: 'My dear Hunt -- You have excelled yourself - if not all your Contemporaries in the Canto which I have just finished ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Leigh Hunt The Story of Rimini (Canto 3) Manuscript : Unknown1600-1699 for the most part reading histories, and such books of controversies as the tymes gave occastion for writing John Bramston various unknown [histories] Print : Book1700-1799 "The habits and tastes of Mr Opie were, happily, very inexpensive... [he and his wife] spent the evening hours in converse ... reading with her books of amusement or inst... John Opie [various books, fiction in particular] Print : Book1900-1945 'Wil John Edwards...pursued Gibbon, Hardy, Swinburne and Meredith. His reading was suggested by the literary pages of the Clarion, the librarian at the Miners' Institute ... Wil John Edwards George Meredith Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Leigh Hunt, [4-6 November, 1815]: 'The paper on the Methodists was sure to raise the bristles of the godly -- I redde it and agree with the writer on one point .... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown [paper on the Methodists] Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to the Rev. Charles Robert Maturin, 21 December 1815, regarding submission of MS [Bertram] to Drury Lane Theatre: 'Sir -- Mr. Lamb -- (one of my colleagues in the S... George Gordon Lord Byron Charles Robert Maturin Bertram Manuscript : UnknownByron to the Rev. Charles Robert Maturin, 21 December 1815, regarding submission of MS [Bertram] to Drury Lane Theatre: 'Sir -- Mr. Lamb -- (one of my colleagues in the S... George Lamb Charles Robert Maturin Bertram Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to his father-in-law, Sir Ralph Noel, 7 February 1816: 'I have read Lady Byron's letter -- enclosed by you to Mrs. Leigh -- with much surprize and more sorrow.' George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Byron [letter] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to Leigh Hunt, [?March-April 1816], on receptions of his poem The Story of Rimini: 'my sister and cousin ... were in fixed perusal & delight with it ...' Augusta Leigh Leigh Hunt The Story of Rimini Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to Pryce Gordon, [?June 1816]: '... I cannot tell you what a treat your gift of Casti has been to me; I have almost got him by heart. I had read his "Animali Parla... George Gordon Lord Byron Giambattista Casti Novelle Amorose Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Pryce Gordon, [?June 1816]: '... I cannot tell you what a treat your gift of Casti has been to me; I have almost got him by heart. I had read his "Animali Parla... George Gordon Lord Byron Giambattista Casti Animali Parlante Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 27 June 1816: 'I have traversed all Rousseau's ground -- with the Heloise before me -- & am struck to a degree with the force and accuracy of hs des... George Gordon Lord Byron Jean-Jacques Rousseau Julie, ou La Nouvelle Heloise Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 22 July 1816, on advertisement falsely ascribing authorship of various poems to him: 'I enclose you an advertisement -- which was copied by Dr. P[ol... John Polidori advertisement for publications Print : Advertisement1800-1849 Byron to Samuel Rogers, 29 July 1816: 'I have read "Glenarvon" ... & have also seen Ben. Constant's Adolphe ... a work which leaves an unpleasant impression ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Caroline Lamb Glenarvon Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Samuel Rogers, 29 July 1816: 'I have read "Glenarvon" ... & have also seen Ben. Constant's Adolphe ... a work which leaves an unpleasant impression ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Benjamin Constant Adolphe Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Augusta Leigh, 17 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on seeing General Ludlow's monument at Vevey: 'I remember reading his memoirs in January 1815 (at Halnaby --... George Gordon Lord Byron Edmund Ludlow memoirs Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Augusta Leigh, 17 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on General Ludlow's monument at Vevey: 'black marble -- long inscription -- Latin -- but simple -- particula... George Gordon Lord Byron Margaret de Thomas epitaph to Edmund Ludlow Manuscript : tombstone epitaph1800-1849 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 The European Print : Serial / periodical, Magazine1800-1849 Byron to Augusta Leigh, 20 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on evening arrival at inn: 'nine o clock -- going to bed ... women gabbling below -- read a French translati... George Gordon Lord Byron Johann Christoph von Schiller unknown Unknown 1800-1849 After tea procured 'The Hull Advertiser' and looked over the Advertisement of a Bookselling & Stationary Business to be disposed of at Scarborough. John Cole The Hull Advertiser Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Augusta Leigh, 22 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"): 'Passed a rock -- inscription -- 2 brothers -- one murdered the other ...' George Gordon Lord Byron anon [inscription on rock] Manuscript : inscriptionUnknown1800-1849 'Murray had written to Byron on September 12 [1816] that he had carried the manuscript of the third canto of Childe Harold to [William] Gifford [his literary advisor]... ... William Gifford George Gordon Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto III Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu... George Gordon Lord Byron anon review of Goethe, Aus meinem Leben, Dichtung und W... Print : Serial / periodicalManuscript : Unknown1800-1849 My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat... John Cole Samuel Johnson Rasselas Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu... George Gordon Lord Byron James Wedderburn Webster Waterloo and Other Poems Manuscript : UnknownUnknown1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu... George Gordon Lord Byron H. Gally Knight Ilderim: A Syrian Tale Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu... George Gordon Lord Byron The Pamphleteer Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Zara', Sir Charles Racket &c and purchased & read a ... John Cole William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Augusta Leigh, 15 October 1816, from Milan: 'What has delighted me most is a manuscript collection (preserved in the Ambrosian library), of original love-letters... George Gordon, Lord Byron Lucretia de Borgia [unknown] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 6 November 1816: 'Among many things at Milan, one pleased me particularly, viz. the correspondence ... of Lucretia Borgia wth Cardinal Bembo ... I ... George Gordon Lord Byron Cardinal; Lucretia Bembo; de Borgia letters Manuscript : Letter, Unknown1850-1899 'Read "George [Gaith?]" until Polly & Harry came home went to bed at about half past twelve o'clock' John Buckley Castieau [unknown] [unknown] Print : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Augusta Leigh, 6 November 1816: ' ... by the way Ada [his daughter]'s name is the same with that of the Sister of Charlemagne -- as I read the other day in a boo... George Gordon Lord Byron unknown "book treating of the Rhine" Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 17 November 1816: 'By the way, I suppose you have seen "Glenarvon". Madame de Stael lent it to me to read from Copet last autumn. It seems to me ... George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Caroline Lamb Glenarvon Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 4 December 1816: 'From England I hear nothing ... I know no more ... than the Italian version of the French papers chooses to tell me, -- or the adv... George Gordon Lord Byron ["the Italian version of the French papers"] Print : Newspaper1850-1899 "Had a long morning to read 'Alec Forbes of Howglen'". Agnes Blanche Hemming George MacDonald Alec Forbes of Howglen Print : BookByron to John Murray, 4 December 1816: 'From England I hear nothing ... I know no more ... than the Italian version of the French papers chooses to tell me, -- or the adv... George Gordon Lord Byron Quarterly Review Print : Advertisement, Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to Douglas Kinnaird, 24 February 1817: 'I saw in Switzerland in the autumn the poems of [James Wedderburn] Webster ... Amongst the ingredients of this volume I was ... George Gordon, Lord Byron James Wedderburn Webster Waterloo and Other Poems Print : Advertisement, Book, Serial / periodical1700-1799 [Marginalia]: pp.31-61 are heavily annotated - the only clue to the identity of the annotator is in the ink - it is the colour used by Will. Baillie (see section 1.5). T... Will Baillie Leonardo Da Vinci A Treatise of Painting Print : Book1800-1849 This is emphatic enough.- I need not speak of Dr Chalmers' boisterous treatise upon the causes & cure of pauperism in the last Edinr review. His reasoning (so they call ... Thomas Carlyle Dr Chalmers Title unknown Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 3 March 1817, on review of his work in Quarterly Review received two days previously: '... I ... flatter myself that the writer ... will not regret ... George Gordon Lord Byron Walter Scott Review of Byron, Childe Harold Canto III and The P... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 25 March 1817, on Alpine travels in 1816: 'I kept a journal of the whole for my sister Augusta, which she copied and let Murray see.' Augusta Leigh George Gordon Lord Byron travel journal Manuscript : Codex1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 25 March 1817, on Alpine travels in 1816: 'I kept a journal of the whole for my sister Augusta, which she copied and let Murray see.' John Murray George Gordon Lord Byron travel journal Manuscript : Codex1800-1849 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 31 March 1817: 'I have bought several books ... among others a complete Voltaire in 92 volumes -- whom I have been reading -- he is delightful... George Gordon Lord Byron Voltaire Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire. De L'Imprimerie de... Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Thomas Moore, 31 March 1817: 'Did I tell you that I have translated two Epistles? -- a correspondence between St. Paul and the Corinthians, not to be found in ou... George Gordon Lord Byron St. Paul Epistles to Corinthians Print : BookUnknown
