√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1700-1799 'I admire you for what you say of the fierce fighting "Iliad"... I am afraid this poem, noble as it truly is, has done infinite mischief for a series of ages; since to it... Samuel Richardson Homer Iliad Print : Book1700-1799 'I admire you for what you say of the fierce fighting "Iliad"... I am afraid this poem, noble as it truly is, has done infinite mischief for a series of ages; since to it... Samuel Richardson Virgil Aeneid Print : Book1700-1799 'I am very much obliged to you, for your transcriptions and observations from Pliny; as you say, I should never find time to read the book. What stores of knowledge do I ... Samuel Richardson Pliny the Elder [observations and transcriptions from work] Manuscript : Unknown, transcriptions by Susanna Highmore1700-1799 'I am glad that Cowley takes his turn with you. Cowley has great merit with me; and the greater, as he is out of fashion in this age of taste. And yet I wonder he is so a... Samuel Richardson Abraham Cowley Print : Book1700-1799 'I am glad that Cowley takes his turn with you. Cowley has great merit with me; and the greater, as he is out of fashion in this age of taste. And yet I wonder he is so a... Susanna Highmore Abraham Cowley Print : Book1700-1799 'I don't wonder that you are in such raptures with Spenser! What an imagination! What an invention! What painting! What colouring displayed throughout the works of that a... Susanna Highmore Edmund Spenser Print : Book1700-1799 'I don't wonder that you are in such raptures with Spenser! What an imagination! What an invention! What painting! What colouring displayed throughout the works of that a... Samuel Richardson Edmund Spenser Print : Book1700-1799 [Marginalia]: marginal and text pencil annotations throughout, all relating to different uses of language e.g. p. 3 after the end of the text is the ms note 'Scotch - Eve... John Drummond Erskine James Beattie Scoticisms arranged in alphabetical order Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia]: some marginal and text pencil annotations to pp 408-438 only, e.g: p. 408 'Prop.1 Prices are in proportion to the plenty of money ...' has a vertical margi... John Drummond Erskine James Steuart An inquiry into the principles of political oecono... Print : Book1700-1799 'Carter read and enjoyed fiction until the end of her life. Pennington reveals her enthusiasm for a number of novelists "of considerable genius, as well as strict morals"... Elizabeth Carter a number of novelists Print : Book1700-1799 'Carter read and enjoyed fiction until the end of her life. Pennington reveals her enthusiasm for a number of novelists "of considerable genius, as well as strict morals"... Elizabeth Carter Frances Burney Evelina Print : Book1700-1799 'Carter read and enjoyed fiction until the end of her life. Pennington reveals her enthusiasm for a number of novelists "of considerable genius, as well as strict morals"... Elizabeth Carter Jane West A Tale of the Times and other works Print : Book1700-1799 'Carter read and enjoyed fiction until the end of her life. Pennington reveals her enthusiasm for a number of novelists "of considerable genius, as well as strict morals"... Elizabeth Carter Ann Radcliffe A Sicilian Romance [and other novels] Print : Book1700-1799 '[Pennington] emphasises... that she "highly disapproved" the novels of Charlotte Smith, believing their morality "very defective" if not "positively bad" (Memoirs, p. 29... Elizabeth Carter Charlotte Smith Emmeline Print : Book1700-1799 '[Pennington] emphasises... that she "highly disapproved" the novels of Charlotte Smith, believing their morality "very defective" if not "positively bad" (Memoirs, p. 29... Elizabeth Carter Charlotte Smith Desmond Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 6 April 1869, on fellow spa visitors, Great Malvern: "They are mostly a plain, civil, amiable lot -- addicted to reading the Telegraph and St... visitors staying at Great Malvern The Telegraph Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 6 April 1869, on fellow spa visitors, Great Malvern: "They are mostly a plain, civil, amiable lot -- addicted to reading the Telegraph and St... visitors staying at Great Malvern The Standard Print : Newspaper1500-1599 'that don, I walked tell praiers, then hard Mr Rhodes read a chapter, and so went to bed' Richard Rhodes [n/a] Bible Print : Book1900-1945 'I do not agree with you as to Gibbs’ book. . . . I have not yet seen a good war book. Doyle if course is ridiculous. I am sending you a copy of 'Polite Farces' by th... Arnold Bennett Arthur Conan Doyle The British Campaign in France and Flanders Print : Book1500-1599 'after dinner I wrought and read tell 4, and then I walked a litle abroad and, after I Cam home, read and [torn] tell all most 6' Margaret Hoby [unknown] [unknown] Print : Unknown1500-1599 'and after I had broken my fast ... read some thinge in the bible, and so to work' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1500-1599 [unsure if reading or writing?] 'then I wrett the most part of an examenation or triall of a christian, framed by Mr Rhodes'. Margaret Hoby Richard Rhodes [Examination of the trial of a Christian] Unknown 1900-1945 I do not agree with you as to Gibbs’ book. . . . I have not yet seen a good war book. Doyle if course is ridiculous. I am sending you a copy of 'Polite Farces' by thi... Arnold Bennett Philip Gibbs Realities of War Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Alice James, 31 August 1869, on walking in Switzerland and Italy: "[after crossing Bernadine pass] I ... pursued my way ... to the village of Splugen, wher... Henry James Harriet Beecher Stowe Old Town Folks Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Alice James, 31 August 1869, from Lake Como: "I read yesterday in the Times the news of the defeat of the Harvard crew on the Thames." Henry James The Times Print : Newspaper1500-1599 'and, after I retourned home, I praied priuatly, read a chapter of the bible, and wrought tell dinner time' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Alice James, 8 November (letter begun 7 November) 1869: "I have of course no company but my own [in Rome], but in the intervals of sightseeing find a rare ... Henry James Stendhal unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Can’t something be done to buck up the 'Lit. Suppl'.? It is getting duller & duller, though it always contains 1 or 2 good articles.' Arnold Bennett Times Literary Supplement Print : Serial / periodical1500-1599 'and after I had reed some of bond of the suboth, I walked abroad: and so to supper' Margaret Hoby Bond [unknown] Print : Book1500-1599 'and after I had read 2 chapters of the Bible, I went to dinner' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 1 January 1870 (letter begun 27 December 1869): " ... I felt a most refreshing blast of paternity, the other day in reading Father's reply t... Henry James Henry James Sr "reply to a 'Swedenborgian'" Print : Serial / periodical1700-1799 'In the even read part of Josephus's "Jewish Antiques".' Thomas Turner Flavius Josephus The genuine works of Flavius Josephus Print : Book1700-1799 'In the evening read part of the "Jewish Antiques".' Thomas Turner Flavius Josephus The genuine works of Flavius Josephus Print : Book1700-1799 'After I came home, I read part of "The London Magazine" for October, as also a poor empty piece of tautology called "A Series Advice to the Public to Avoid the Danger of... Thomas Turner The London Magazine Print : Serial / periodical1700-1799 'After I came home, I read part of "The London Magazine" for October, as also a poor empty piece of tautology called "A Series Advice to the Public to Avoid the Danger of... Thomas Turner anon A Serious Address to the Public, concerning the mo... Print : Pamphlet1700-1799 'In the even read part of Wiseman's "Chyrurgery".' Thomas Turner Richard Wiseman Several Chirurgical Treatises Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read part of Addison's "Evidences of the Christian Religion".' Thomas Turner Joseph Addison The evidences of the Christian Religion Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even and the day read two of Tillotson's sermons and part of the 2nd volume of Hervey's "Meditations". Thomas Turner John Tillotson Sermons Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even and the day read two of Tillotson's sermons and part of the 2nd volume of Hervey's "Meditations". Thomas Turner James Hervey Meditations among the tombs: in a letter to a lady Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read the extraordinary "Gazette" for Wednesday, which gives an account of our army in America, under the command of General Wolfe, beating the French army un... Thomas Turner The London Gazette Print : Newspaper1700-1799 'In the even read part of Derham's "Physico-Theology".' Thomas Turner William Derham Physico-Theology Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even and the day read 6 of Bishop Sherlock's sermons, which I think extremely good, there being sound reasoning in them and seem wrote with an ardent spirit of pi... Thomas Turner Thomas Sherlock Sermons on various subjects, moral and theological... Print : Book1700-1799 'In the day read part of Bracken's "Pocket Farrier", which I look upon as a very complete thing of its kind.' Thomas Turner Henry Bracken The traveller's pocket-farrier: or a treatise upon... Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read Gibson on lukewarmness in religion, and a sermon of his entitled "Trust in God, the best remedy against fears of all kinds", both of which I look upon a... Thomas Turner Edmund Gibson The evil and danger of lukewarmness in religion Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read Gibson on lukewarmness in religion, and a sermon of his entitled "Trust in God, the best remedy against fears of all kinds", both of which I look upon a... Thomas Turner Edmund Gibson Trust in God the best remedy against fears of all ... Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read one of Tillotson's sermons.' Thomas Turner John Tillotson Sermons Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even Tho. Davy at our house, to whom I read three of Tillotson's sermons.' Thomas Turner John Tillotson Sermons Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read part of Young's "Night Thoughts".' Thomas Turner Edward Young The complaint or night thoughts Print : Book1700-1799 '...read part of Drelincourt on death and in the even one of Tillotson's sermons.' Thomas Turner John Tillotson Sermons Print : Book1700-1799 '...read part of Drelincourt on death and in the even one of Tillotson's sermons.' Thomas Turner Charles Drelincourt The Christian's defence against the fears of death Print : Book1700-1799 'In the morning read part of a book entitled "A Defence of Plurality of Church Benefices", but I cannot be persuaded by his reasons that it is always beneficial to promot... Thomas Turner Henry Wharton A defence of pluralities, or, holding two benefice... Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even Mr Tipper read to me part of a -I know not what to call it but "Tristram Shandy".' Thomas Tipper Laurence Sterne Tristram Shandy Print : Book1700-1799 'Read part of Young's "Estimate of Human Life".' Thomas Turner Edward Young A vindication of providence; or, a true estimate o... Print : Book1700-1799 'Though I have constantly been a purchaser of the Ramblers from the first five that you were so kind as to present me with, yet I have not had time to read any farther th... Samuel Richardson Joseph Addison The Spectator Print : Serial / periodical1700-1799 'Have you seen two volumes called "Deism Revealed"? 'Tis a well written piece, and much approved here. I think it is not harsh against the religion of France; but scourge... Samuel Richardson Philip Skelton Ophiomaches: or, Deism Revealed Manuscript : Unknown, MS of work Richardson printed1700-1799 'I wish you would cannonade this N[ewto]n. I cannot bear, that another of Apollo's genuine Offspring should pass down to future Times with such crude and unworthy Notes.' Samuel Richardson John Milton Paradise Lost Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1700-1799 'You guess that I have not read "Amelia". Indeed I have read but the first volume. I had intended to go through with it; but I found the characters and situations so wret... Samuel Richardson Henry Fielding Amelia (1st vol.) Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1700-1799 'I have read through Lord Orrery's History of Swift. I greatly like it.' Samuel Richardson Lord Orrery Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr Swift Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 Henry James to Henry James Sr, 14 January 1870: "With your letter [of 22 December 1869] came two Nations, with your Swedenborgian letters, which I had already seen and I ... Henry James Henry James Sr articles on Swedenborg Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to Henry James Sr, 14 January 1870: "With your letter [of 22 December 1869] came two Nations, with your Swedenborgian letters, which I had already seen and I ... Henry James Henry James Sr "Is Marriage Holy?" Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to Henry James Sr, 14 January 1870: "I read in the last Atlantic Lowell's poem and Howells's Article." Henry James Robert Lowell poem Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to Henry James Sr, 14 January 1870: "I read in the last Atlantic Lowell's poem and Howells's Article." Henry James William Dean Howells "A Pedestrian Tour" Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 8 March 1870: "During the past month I have been ... reading among other things Browning's Ring and Book ... the President de Brosse's delig... Henry James Robert Browning The Ring and the Book Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 8 March 1870: "During the past month I have been ... reading among other things Browning's Ring and Book ... the President de Brosse's delig... Henry James Charles de Brosses Lettres familieres ecrites d'Italie en 1739 et 174... Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 8 March 1870: "During the past month I have been ... reading among other things Browning's Ring and Book ... the President de Brosse's delig... Henry James Henry Crabbe Robinson Memoirs Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 8 March 1870: "During the past month I have been ... reading among other things Browning's Ring and Book ... the President de Brosse's delig... Henry James Charles-Augustin Saint-Beuve unknown Print : Unknown1900-1945 'I enclose in this envelope a copy of the 'Economic Review of the Foreign Press'. . . . I know the periodical very well as I have read it consistently for over three ye... Arnold Bennett Economic Review of the Foreign Press Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 26 September 1870, regarding process of Italian unification: "[A] reflection I have ... ventured upon: to the purpose that the departure of t... Henry James newspapers Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 26 September 1870: "[At home in Cambridge] I take so much satisfaction in reading the papers that I largely manage to forget that I am doing ... Henry James newspapers Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Henry James, in letter to Charles Eliot Norton, 16 January 1871, mentions "just having read in the Fortnightly for December two articles by your two friends F. Harrison a... Henry James F. Harrison article on Bismarck Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James, in letter to Charles Eliot Norton, 16 January 1871, mentions "just having read in the Fortnightly for December two articles by your two friends F. Harrison a... Henry James J. Morley article on Byron Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 16 July 1871: "I have been looking up Innsbruck in various works at the Athenaeum, so that I may at least spend a few summer hours with you i... Henry James unknown various works (dealing with Innsbruck) Print : Unknown1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 16 July 1871: "My chronic eastward hankerings and hungerings have been very much quickened of late by the perusal of a little book by our fri... Henry James Leslie Stephen The Playgrounds of Europe Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 16 July 1871, describing life at family home: " ... I make a very pleasant life of it. I linger in a darkened room all the forenoon, reading... Henry James unknown "lightish books" Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 9 August 1871: "Every now and then I vaguely scheme to take up my valises and walk ... yet here I am still, taking it all out in read... Henry James timetables Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Henry James to Elizabeth Boott, 24 January 1872: "I heard read in MS. the other evening a new story by Bret Harte (for the next Atlantic) better than anything in his 'sec... Henry James Francis Bret Harte [unidentified story] Manuscript : Unknown1850-1899 Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 4 February 1872: "You, like all the world here I suppose, have been reading Forster's Dickens. It interested, but disappointed me -... Henry James John Forster Life of Charles Dickens Print : Book1850-1899 " ... [Henry James] would [after 1872] be a close reader of Renan ... whom he later met." Henry James Joseph Ernest Renan unknown Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 28 September 1872 (letter begun 22 September): " ... I read the Figaro every day, religiously, and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth." Henry James Le Figaro Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 28 September 1872 (letter begun 22 September): "I read your Taine and admired, though but imperfectly understood it." Henry James William James Review of Hippolyte Taine, "On Intelligence" Print : Unknown1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 8 January 1873: "Yesterday came an Atlantic with my Bethnal Green notice and its other rare treasures. The B.G.N. doesn't figure very solid... Henry James The Atlantic, including articles by Henry James an... Print : Serial / periodical, Unknown1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 8 January 1873, on meeting with Mrs Kemble on previous evening: "She is very magnificent, and was very gracious, and being draped (for an ev... Frances Anne Kemble William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Unknown 1700-1799 Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 29-30 October 1793: 'I have laid down Gillies to write to you the third letter in one fortnight. thank yourself for the intru... Robert Southey John Gillies The History of Ancient Greece Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr, 26 January 1873: "I trust indeed [Edward S.] Stokes will be hanged [for murder of James Fisk]. I have just been reading in the Roman ne... Henry James Roman newspapers Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr, 17 February 1873: "I read Italian regularly for a short time daily and find it very easy." Henry James unknown Italian texts Print : Unknown1850-1899 Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr, 24 March 1873: "Thank him [Henry James Sr] ... greatly for his story of Mr Webster. It is admirable material, and excellently presente... Henry James Henry James Sr anecdote/account ("story of Mr Webster") Manuscript : Sheet1850-1899 Henry James to William James, 9 April 1873: "Your letter was full of points of great interest. Your criticism on Middlemarch was excellent and I have duly transcribed it... Henry James William James "criticism of Middlemarch" Manuscript : Letter1700-1799 'Sam. Jenner drank tea with me, and to whom in the evening I read two of Tillotson's sermons.' Thomas Turner John Tillotson Sermons Print : Book1700-1799 'In the evening wrote my London letters and read Shakespeare's "As you Like It" and "Taming a Shrew", both of which I think good comedies.' Thomas Turner William Shakespeare As you like it Print : Book1700-1799 'In the evening wrote my London letters and read Shakespeare's "As you Like It" and "Taming a Shrew", both of which I think good comedies.' Thomas Turner William Shakespeare The taming of the shrew Print : Book1700-1799 'After the fatigue of the day was over, I read part of Shakespeare's "Works".' Thomas Turner William Shakespeare Works Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read part of Shakespeare's "Works", which I think extreme good in their kind.' Thomas Turner William Shakespeare Works Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read part of Beveridge's "Thoughts".' Thomas Turner William Beveridge Private thoughts upon religion digested into twelv... Print : Book1700-1799 'In the even read several political papers called "The North Briton", which are wrote by John Wilkes Esq., member for Aylesbury in Bucks, for the writing of which he has ... Thomas Turner John Wilkes The North Briton Print : Newspaper, Serial / periodical1700-1799 'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e... Marcus Tullius Cicero [Letters] 1700-1799 'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e... Samuel Richardson Marcus Tullius Cicero Print : Book1700-1799 'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e... Samuel Richardson Conyers Middleton History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero Print : Book1700-1799 'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e... Samuel Richardson Colley Cibber The Character and Conduct of Cicero Considered Print : Book1700-1799 'I remember once to have seen a little collection of letters and poetical scraps of Swift's, which passed between him and Mrs Van Homrigh, this same Vanessa, which the bo... Samuel Richardson Jonathan Swift [letters and poetical scraps] Manuscript : Letter1700-1799 '"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par... Samuel Richardson Charlotte Lennox The Female Quixote Print : Book1700-1799 '"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par... Samuel Richardson Charlotte Lennox The Life of Harriet Stuart, Written by Herself Print : Book1700-1799 '"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par... Charlotte Lennox The Female Quixote Print : Book1800-1849 'He [the new apprentice] made selections from the Old and New Testament history, which he read aloud, and upon which he dilated with a force and eloquence that would have... Martin n/a Old and New Testament Print : Book1800-1849 '[Martin] suffered but little violent pain until the day he died. Up to that period he sought amusement in cheerful and entertaining books. A child of his landlady read t... [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 'As the trade we did... was not sufficient to require my continual attention, I found time to read a good many of the books with which the shelves were stored. The "Age o... Charles Manby Smith Tom Paine Age of Reason Print : Book1800-1849 'As the trade we did... was not sufficient to require my continual attention, I found time to read a good many of the books with which the shelves were stored. The "Age o... Charles Manby Smith Bishop Watson Apology for the bible Print : Book1800-1849 'I rose with a heavy heart on the Sunday morning, and read mechanically a chapter in the little Bible in which my mother had blotted my name upon the title page: but my t... Charles Manby Smith [n/a] Bible Print : Book1800-1849 'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays of the Seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar ... Charles Manby Smith William Cobbett [French Grammar] Print : Book1800-1849 'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays of the Seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar ... Charles Manby Smith [unknown] [French pocket dictionary] Print : Book1800-1849 'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays of the Seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar ... Charles Manby Smith [n/a] Testament Print : Book1800-1849 'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays of the Seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar ... Charles Manby Smith [n/a] Telemaque Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'In the course of a fortnight I could manage, with the help of a dictionary, to read the advertisements in the French newspapers, which I now began to peruse, not without... Charles Manby Smith [n/a] [newspaper advertisements] Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 'One day, [after] an hour's study, I managed to get all the meaning of an advertisement in the Moniteur...' Charles Manby Smith [n/a] Moniteur Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 'His plan was to make use of me as a talking dictionary and grammar, confining my teachings exclusively to the answering of such questions as he thought fit to put. Havin... Oliver Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield Print : Book1800-1849 "'ne morning as we were sitting at breakfast, about 9 o'clock, ... in the garden, the postman, who had been knocking at the door, ... flung a paid letter on the path. Pat... Charles Manby Smith Dr D of Prospect Villa [letter] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 'One morning as we were sitting at breakfast, about 9 o'clock, ... in the garden, the postman, who had been knocking at the door, ... flung a paid letter on the path. Pat... Mrs Smith Dr D of Prospect Villa [letter] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 [Smith describes evening activities while working as the private printer of Dr D.]
'Sometimes I played dices with madam - sometimes I read aloud from some work of hist... Charles Manby Smith [unknown] [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 [Smith describes evening activities while working as the private printer of Dr D.]
'By the middle of March 1831, I had completed the first volume, amounting to above f... Charles Manby Smith Dr D [manuscript of his book] Manuscript : manuscript of book1800-1849 '"The Times" newspaper was taken in daily, and it was the office of each compositor in town to read the debates and leaders aloud for the benefit of the rest. When it cam... Charles Manby Smith [n/a] The Times Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Mrs Mary Berenson’s article on eighteenth century architecture in Spain most interestingly illustrates a principle which is capable of wide application. Our attitude to... Arnold Bennett Mary Berenson [article on C18th architecture] Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 9 May 1873: "Some time since I began to read Tasso with Miss Bartlett and though he is very delicious I have let it become rather desu... Henry James and Miss Bartlett Torquato Tasso unknown Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 11 May 1873 (letter begun 9 May): "I have seen some newspaper mention of [Aimee Olympe] Desclee [actress]'s being about to appear with... Henry James newspaper Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Henry James, in letter to William James, 19 May 1873, mentions receiving and reading a "scrap from the Advertiser" (enclosed in letter from William) about his work on Gau... Henry James comments on Henry James's April 1873 North America... Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 22 June 1873: "I heard from my mother a day or two since that your book is having a sale -- bless it! I haven't yet seen the last pa... Henry James William Dean Howells A Chance Acquaintance (fifth part) Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 22 June 1873: "I've just seen Aldrich's Marjory Daw in the Revue looking as natural as if begotten in the Gallic brain. It's a prett... Henry James Thomas Bailey Aldrich Marjory Daw Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 9 September 1873, regarding Howells's A Chance Acquaintance (just published): "I had great pleasure in reading it over ... [goes on t... Henry James William Dean Howells A Chance Acquaintance Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 9 January 1874, regarding first half of "tale" (Eugene Pickering) being sent in separate cover: "I have been reading it to my brother... Henry James Henry James Eugene Pickering Manuscript : Unknown1700-1799 Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 26-27 October 1793: 'You must not be surprized at nonsense for I have been reading the history of Philosophy — the ideas of P... Robert Southey Pyrrho Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Grace Norton, 14 January 1874, describing daily routine in Florence: "I write more or less in the mornings, walk about in the afternoons, and doze over a b... Henry James unknown unknown Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 3 May 1874: "Of Aldrich's tale, I'm sorry to say I've lost the thread, through missing a number of the magazine ..." Henry James Thomas Bailey Aldrich story Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 29 July 1874: "I cut out of the Galignani the other day, to send you, a paragraph on Miss Lowe's marriage, at Venice, and have stupidl... Henry James wedding announcement Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 13 January 1875: "I have been staying at Mrs. Owen Wister's and having Fanny Kemble read Calderon for me tete a tete of a morning." Fanny Kemble Pedro Calderon de la Barca unknown Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 23 January 1875: " ... I have had nothing since my return to town that is worth your hearing of. I have seen a certain number of ordi... Henry James unknown "dullish books" Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 19 or 26 March 1875: "I read this morning your notice of A Passionate Pilgrim ... If kindness could kill I should be safely out of th... Henry James William Dean Howells review of Henry James, A Passionate Pilgrim Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry James to E. C. Stedman, 1 September 1875: "My pretentions, in attenpting to talk about Tennyson [in review of Queen Mary], were very modest ... I know him only as w... Henry James Alfred Tennyson unknown Print : Book1700-1799 [Marginalia]: pencil annotation at the end of the text of v.1 (ie p. 378): 'And this is given as the character of Louis the Fourteenth Pooh! P...! What a Prostitution of ... John Drummond Erskine Jean de La Bruyere Les caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, av... Print : Book[Marginalia]: pencil annotations on last binding page are in Latin and appear to be brief notes relating to 4 classes of disorders. Robert Thomas The modern practice of physic, exhibiting the char... Print : Book1700-1799 [Marginalia]: ms annotations in pencil on several pages eg: p. 47 at foot of page 'The English usually divide the Days into two parts only Morning and Evening - the Scotc... John Drummond Erskine John Sinclair Observations on the Scottish dialect. By John Sinc... Print : Book1800-1849 'Then we met in-doors for supper, with the home-made loaf and the cambray cheese; and then came the old family Bible and the worn-out ... prayer-book, and the ... voice o... [n/a] Bible Print : Book1800-1849 'Then we met in-doors for supper, with the home-made loaf and the cambray cheese; and then came the old family Bible and the worn-out ... prayer-book, and the ... voice o... [unknown] [prayer book] Print : Book1800-1849 'I got my [first] peep into "Robinson Crusoe" and the "Arabian Nights" at the home of an old uncle of mine. But even though these two wonderful books have been read and e... William Tinsley Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Print : Book1800-1849 'I got my [first] peep into "Robinson Crusoe" and the "Arabian Nights" at the home of an old uncle of mine. But even though these two wonderful books have been read and e... William Tinsley anon Arabian Nights Print : Book1800-1849 'My excellent mother had a fair education - at all events she could read and write fairly well - and she was often asked to read and write letters for neighbours who coul... Sarah Tinsley [letters] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 'My uncle and some others were subscribers to The Weekly Dispatch, each of the subscribers agreeing as to the time and days they were to have the paper read.' villagers of South Mimms [n/a] The Weekly Dispatch Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'I was fond of reading when at home, but we had not an abundance of books; so as soon as I settled at Notting Hill, I often in the evening made my way to Oxford and other... William Tinsley [unknown] [various titles] Print : Book1800-1849 'Two little books that I read in my boyhood impressed and stimulated me greatly. They helped me in my efforts to live bravely and to use my life for noble ends. These wer... Thomas Burt Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Print : Book1850-1899 'Two little books that I read in my boyhood impressed and stimulated me greatly. They helped me in my efforts to live bravely and to use my life for noble ends. These wer... Thomas Burt Frederick Douglass Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an Am... Print : Book1850-1899 'There is a novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which I should not omit to mention, since it made a great sensation when it appeared, and it was the only book of its class brough... Peter Burt Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin Print : Book1850-1899 'That would be in the year 1852, when I was fifteen. About the same time I read "The White Slave" and the autobiography of Frederick Douglass. Thus began a keen, lasting ... Thomas Burt Richard Hildreth The white slave, or memoirs of a fugitive 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 Bible 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 [Roman history] Print : Book1700-1799 'The Story of Bond expiring in the character of Lusignan is prettily told in some of the French Memoires, but one had not a Notion it was worth while'. Hester Lynch Thrale [French Memoirs] 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 [English history] Print : Book1700-1799 '[Mr Lysons] brought me these Old Verses one Day, I think they are to be found in a book called Paradise of dainty Devices - compiled in the Reign of Elizabethe' [the (un... Hester Lynch Thrale [verses beginning 'Pass gentelle Thought to her wh... Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'I have no enthusiasm-cui bono? I always ask myself. It would be irksome, & impossible, in this state of my sheet, to criticise the elegant and ingenious rather than pow... Thomas Carlyle Horace Benedict Saussure Voyage dans les Alpes Print : Book1800-1849 'I have no enthusiasm-cui bono? I always ask myself. It would be irksome, & impossible, in this state of my sheet, to criticise the elegant and ingenious rather than pow... Thomas Carlyle Jean Baptiste Biot Traite de Physique Print : Book1800-1849 'I always hated Gay's Fables, and for long could not abide a red book.' Harriet Martineau John Gay Gay's Fables Print : Book1800-1849 'So, to work I went in my own way, again and again studying the New Testament,-making "Harmonies", poring over the geography,greedily gathering up every thing I could fin... Harriet Martineau New Testament Print : Book1800-1849 'With the Old Testament, I got on very well; but I was amazed at the difficulty with the New. I knew it to be of so much more value and importance than the Old, that I co... Harriet Martineau Old and New Testament Print : Book1800-1849 ''When I was seven years old [...] I was kept from chapel one Sunday afternoon by some ailment or other. When the door closed behind the other chapel-goers, I looked at ... Harriet Martineau John Milton Paradise Lost Print : Book1900-1945 'I am reading a sweet book, "The Farthing Spinster", by Catherine Dodd. Some of the passages about gardens are beautiful. Here are some of the most lovely [...] from th... Hilary Spalding Catherine Dodd Farthing Spinster, The Print : Book1900-1945 'I am reading a lovely book "And so to Bath" by Cecil Roberts. I must try to get it at home next hols.' Hilary Spalding Cecil Roberts And So to Bath Print : Book1900-1945 'Another lovely book called "The Story of San Michele".' Hilary Spalding Axel Munthe Story of San Michele, The Print : Book1900-1945 'A very exciting book called "The Secret Battle" by APH. It is about the last war, and is rather pathetic in parts. I really oughtn't to be reading fiction these days b... Hilary Spalding A.P. Herbert Secret Battle, The Print : Book1900-1945 [in the sick bay with measles, after a week not allowed to read] 'I was very bored, and started reading "Diary of a District Officer". Matron says that I must not read m... Hilary Spalding Kenneth Bradley Diary of a District Officer Print : Book1900-1945 'I am reading "Peter Abelard" ...[it's] a wonderful book and not at all hard to read. I have nearly finished it now. Wish I hadn't!' Hilary Spalding Helen Waddell Peter Abelard Print : Book1900-1945 'I tried to finish "The Three Saplings" [sic] by Mazo de la Roche but couldn't'. Hilary Spalding Mazo de la Roche Two Saplings, The Print : Book1900-1945 'I read a lot of "Farewell Victoria"'. Hilary Spalding T.H. White Farewell Victoria Print : Book1900-1945 'I am reading a very thick fiction book, although we have to give them in by Monday. Dangerous!... We had a super day doing nothing! I read the whole time "My Brother Jo... Hilary Spalding Francis Brett Young My Brother Jonathon Print : Book1900-1945 'Read and read "Fame is the Spur" which is gorgeous.' Hilary Spalding Howard Spring Fame is the Spur Print : Book1900-1945 'I spent the morning in the Public Library and am reading some lovely books. I read all afternoon and tried to think up games for our next Xmas party. It's as well to b... Hilary Spalding [books on party games] Print : Book1900-1945 'Read most of day. I am reading "Dandelion Days", and love it. I must get some more of the Henry Williamson books.' Hilary Spalding Henry Williamson Dandelion Days Print : Book1900-1945 'I have almost finished "The Surgeon's Log". The first fiction book of this term!' Hilary Spalding unknown Surgeon's Log, The Print : Book1900-1945 [alone in the sick bay] 'Read "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", as I always do when in the sick room.' Hilary Spalding Robert Louis Stevenson Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Print : Book1900-1945 [alone in the sick bay] 'Read "Old Man's Birthday". Hilary Spalding Richmal Crompton Old Man's Birthday, The Print : Book1900-1945 [alone in the sick bay] 'Read "Ego 5", which is super.' Hilary Spalding James Agate Ego 5 Print : Book1900-1945 [alone in the sick bay] 'Read "Kidnapped". Not up to much... Dr came and said I couldn't go down [into lessons] until Monday. Damn. Felt miserable. Read "Trail of the ... Hilary Spalding Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped Print : Book1900-1945 [alone in the sick bay] 'Read "Kidnapped". Not up to much... Dr came and said I couldn't go down [into lessons] until Monday. Damn. Felt miserable. Read "Trail of the ... Hilary Spalding Ernest Seton Thompson Trail of the Sandhill Stag, The Print : Book1900-1945 'Read "Lorna Doone" and loved it. Must try to get it next hols.' Hilary Spalding R.D. Blackmore Lorna Doone Print : Book1900-1945 'Am reading "Jane Eyre" and adore it.' Hilary Spalding Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Print : Book1900-1945 'I read "The Man in Grey" which is simply glorious. I must ry and get it.' Hilary Spalding Eleanor Smith Man in Grey, The Print : Book1900-1945 'Am reading "The house in Dormer Forest" by Mary Webb; it has such a lovely cover that I must try and get it, but I think it's the only one of Mary W's books I'll like, a... Hilary Spalding Mary Webb House in Dormer Forest, The Print : Book1900-1945 'Am reading "The house in Dormer Forest" by Mary Webb; it has such a lovely cover that I must try and get it, but I think it's the only one of Mary W's books I'll like, a... Hilary Spalding Mary Webb Precious Bane Print : Book1900-1945 '1943 My Favourite:
Books: "How Green Was my Valley", "Witch in the Wood".
Authors: T.H.White, Hugh Walpole
Poems: "Christabel", "Lotus Eaters"
Writers: Shaw, Shakesp... Hilary Spalding Richard Llewellyn How Green Was My Valley Print : Book1900-1945 '1943 My Favourite:
Books: "How Green Was my Valley", "Witch in the Wood".
Authors: T.H.White, Hugh Walpole
Poems: "Christabel", "Lotus Eaters"
Writers: Shaw, Shakesp... Hilary Spalding John Buchan Witch Wood Print : Book1900-1945 '1943 My Favourite:
Books: "How Green Was my Valley", "Witch in the Wood".
Authors: T.H.White, Hugh Walpole
Poems: "Christabel", "Lotus Eaters"
Writers: Shaw, Shakesp... Hilary Spalding Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel Print : Book1900-1945 '1943 My Favourite:
Books: "How Green Was my Valley", "Witch in the Wood".
Authors: T.H.White, Hugh Walpole
Poems: "Christabel", "Lotus Eaters"
Writers: Shaw, Shakesp... Hilary Spalding Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lotos Eaters, The Print : Book1900-1945 '1943 My Favourite:
Books: "How Green Was my Valley", "Witch in the Wood".
Authors: T.H.White, Hugh Walpole
Poems: "Christabel", "Lotus Eaters"
Writers: Shaw, Shakesp... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 '1943 My Favourite:
Books: "How Green Was my Valley", "Witch in the Wood".
Authors: T.H.White, Hugh Walpole
Poems: "Christabel", "Lotus Eaters"
Writers: Shaw, Shakesp... Hilary Spalding William Shakespeare [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Walter Scott Guy Mannering Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Walter Scott Guy Mannering Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Ian Fraser Whereas I was Blind Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Hammond Innes Attack Alarm Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding John Rode Murders in Praed Street, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Eleanor Smith Lover's Meeting Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Donald Ross MD - Doctor of Murder Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding R.A.J. Walling Murder at the Keyhole Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Dora Olive Thompson That Girl Ginger Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Anthony Armstrong Ten Minute Alibi Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan the Untamed Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Ian Hay Pip Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Nevil Shute Pied Piper Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Ngaio Marsh Man Lay Dead, A Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding James Hilton Random Harvest Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Eve Curie Madame Curie Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Rudyard Kipling Stalky and Co Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Rafael Sabatini Bellarion Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Beverley Nicholls Down the Garden Path Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Noel Streatfeild House in Cornwall, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding "Bartimeus" Tall Ship, A Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding H.A. Vachell Quinneys Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Edward Woodward House of Terror Print : Book1800-1849 'There is also Madame de Stael on the French revolution - first volume only finished - remarks (if any) in the next letter.' Thomas Carlyle Anne Louise Germaine de Sta?l-Holstein 'Considerations on the French Revolution' Print : Book1800-1849 'With regard to reading, you would think I have enough of time upon my hands at present: yet the truth is, I have often read more, almost never studied less!... There is ... Thomas Carlyle Robert Jameson Unknown Print : Book1800-1849 'In conformity with ancient custom, I ought now to transmit you some account of my studies- But I have too much conscience to dilate upon this subject. Besides, it is no... Thomas Carlyle Anne Louise Germaine de Sta?l-Holstein Considerations Sur La Revolution Francaise Print : Book1800-1849 'In conformity with ancient custom, I ought now to transmit you some account of my studies- But I have too much conscience to dilate upon this subject... On the same auth... Thomas Carlyle Horace Benedict Saussure Voyages dans les Alpes Print : Book1800-1849 'I read Bailly's memoires d'un temoin de la revolution, with little comfort. The book is not ill-written: but it grieved me to see the august historian of astronomy, the... Thomas Carlyle Jean Sylvain Bailly Memoires D'un Temoin De La Revolution Print : Book1700-1799 'I heard the greatest part of the Gamester read by Mr Garrick, before it was brought upon the stage. On the whole, I much liked it. I thought it a very affecting performa... David Garrick Edward Moore The Gamester Unknown 1700-1799 'I am very charmed, my dear Mr Edwards, with your sweet Story of a Second Pamela. Had I drawn mine from the very Life, I should have made a much more perfect Piece of my ... Samuel Richardson Thomas Edwards [letter relating story of a real life 'Pamela'] Manuscript : Letter1700-1799 'Did you never, madam, wish for Angelica's Invisible Ring, in Ariosto's "Orlando"? - I remember when I first read of it, I laboured under a real uneasiness for a whole we... Samuel Richardson Ludovico Ariosto Orlando Furioso Print : Book1700-1799 'In a visit the Author of the Rambler made me on Monday last, I read to him your "Determinta", and expressed my wonder that he had not made a Paper of it, as I thought it... Samuel Richardson Lady Bradshaigh 'Determinta' Manuscript : unpublished piece of writing1700-1799 'In a visit the Author of the Rambler made me on Monday last, I read to him your "Determinta", and expressed my wonder that he had not made a Paper of it, as I thought it... Samuel Johnson Lady Bradshaigh 'Determinta' Manuscript : unpublished piece of writing1700-1799 'I have nothing to say in favour or disfavour of the Shakespeare illustrated. Some pieces are not calculated for more than the present Age, or Time, I should rather say. ... Samuel Richardson William Shakespeare [illustrated, edited version] Print : Book1700-1799 'I have read your Objections to Sir Charles's Divided Love to Mrs Donellan. Just her sentiments, she said. And Harriet's frequent declarations of her love, she also censu... Samuel Richardson Lady Bradshaigh [comments on MS of Sir Charles Grandison] Manuscript : Letter1700-1799 'I have read your Objections to Sir Charles's Divided Love to Mrs Donellan. Just her sentiments, she said. And Harriet's frequent declarations of her love, she also censu... Hester Mulso Lady Bradshaigh [comments on MS of Sir Charles Grandison] Manuscript : Letter1700-1799 'I have read your Objections to Sir Charles's Divided Love to Mrs Donellan. Just her sentiments, she said. And Harriet's frequent declarations of her love, she also censu... Mrs Donellan Lady Bradshaigh [comments on MS of Sir Charles Grandison] Manuscript : Letter1700-1799 'You did not tell me before, that you had read "the Hermit" and "Alfrida". There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinio... Samuel Richardson David Mallett Amyntor and Theodora, or, The Hermit Print : Book1700-1799 'You did not tell me before, that you had read the Hermit and Alfrida. There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinion of... Samuel Richardson William Mason Elfrida Print : Book1700-1799 'You did not tell me before, that you had read the Hermit and Alfrida. There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinion of ... Lady Bradshaigh William Mason Elfrida Print : Book1700-1799 'You did not tell me before, that you had read the Hermit and Alfrida. There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinion of... Lady Bradshaigh David Mallett Amyntor and Theodora, or, The Hermit Print : Book1700-1799 'A bookseller made me a present of 2 vols of a piece intitled, "A Journey thro' Life." My wife and girls, and Miss Collier say it is not very interesting, but has some ... Richardson's wife and daughters Sarah Scott (attrib) A Journey Thro' Every Stage of Life Print : Book1700-1799 'A bookseller made me a present of 2 vols of a piece intituled, A Journey thro' Life. My wife and girls, and Miss Collier say it is not very interesting, but has some m... Miss Collier Sarah Scott (attrib) A Journey Thro' Every Stage of Life Print : Book1700-1799 'Have you read Mad. Sevigne's Letters from the [French]? Fine passages and Sentiments there are in it, & a notion given of the French manner tho' written in the middle re... Samuel Richardson Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de Sevigne Letters Print : Book1700-1799 'Have you read Mad. Sevigne's Letters from the [French]? Fine passages and Sentiments there are in it, & a notion given of the French manner tho' written in the middle re... Samuel Richardson The History of Man Print : Book1700-1799 'Have you read Mad. Sevigne's Letters from the [French]? Fine passages and Sentiments there are in it, & a notion given of the French manner tho' written in the middle re... Samuel Richardson Ninon de Lenclos Letters of Ninon de Lenclos to the Marquis of Sevi... Print : Book1700-1799 'Dr Young once told me, that Dr Hartley's Two Volumes on Man were the Most Original of any thing he had seen published of many years. He praised them; but owned, that one... Dr (Edward?) Young David Hartley Observations on Man Print : Book1700-1799 'Does your Ladiship see The Adventurer? I buy it; but have not had time to read but here and there one; But purpose from the Character judicious Friends give of them, to ... Samuel Richardson John Hawkesworth Adventurer, The Print : Serial / periodical1700-1799 'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slender a wire may be drawn from gold that from once oun... Thomas Turner Christopher Smart On the omniscence of the Supreme Being: a poetical... Print : Book1700-1799 'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slender a wire may be drawn from gold that from once oun... Thomas Turner Christopher Smart On the power of the Supreme Being: a poetical essa... Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding unknown Penguin Parade 4 Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Dorothy L Sayers The Man Born to be King Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding unknown Casterton Papers Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Harrison Ainsworth Old Saint Paul's Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding John Steinbeck The Moon is Down Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding W.C. Sellar 1066 and All That Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding A.E.W. Mason Ensign Knightley Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Paul de Kruif Men Against Death Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Beverley Nichols Mesmer Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding James Agate First Nights Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding T.S. Eliot Little Gidding Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding P.C. Wren Beau Geste Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding P.C. Wren Beau Sabreur Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding James Agate Amazing Theatre, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding unknown Pleasure of your Company, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding F Anstey Humour and Fantasy Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Sean O'Casey Juno and the Paycock Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Henry Williamson Beautiful Years, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Henry Williamson Salar the Salmon Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Henry Williamson Dream of Fair Women, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Henry Williamson Star-born, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Unknown Teach yourself to Think Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Hugh Walpole Cathedral, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Harry S. Keller Mysterious Mr I, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Arthur Ransome Picts and the Martyrs, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding H.G. Wells Three Short Stories Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Beverley Nichols Thatched Roof, A Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding George Sava Healing Knife, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding unknown Nine Ghosts Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Alexander Woolcot While Rome Burns Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Beverley Nichols Star Spangled Manner, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Anna Sligh Turnbull Day Must Dawn, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Harrison Ainsworth Tower of London, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Sarah Hodgson Burnett Little Princess, A Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Ian Hay Lighter Side of School Life, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Kay Ambrose Ballet Lover's Notebook Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding J.M. Barrie Plays of J.M. Barrie Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Noel Coward I'll Leave it to You Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding William Shakespeare Henry the Fifth Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Palgrave Longer Poems Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding S.P.B. Mais Writing of English, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding E.F. Benson Miss Mapp Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Franz Werfel Song of Bernadette, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Laurence Housman Happy and Glorious Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Rudyard Kipling Sixty Poems Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding R Brimley Johnson Birth of Romance, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding R Brimley Johnson Comedy of Life, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding R Brimley Johnson Some Little Tales Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Kenneth Grahame Dream Days Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]:
'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ... Hilary Spalding Margaret Irwin Royal Flush Print : Book1900-1945 'Am reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which is glorious, but very sad. I cried buckets and buckets!" Hilary Spalding Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin Print : Book1900-1945 'Whole afternoon and evening of prep in which I (most regrettably) finished "Roper's Row".' Hilary Spalding Warwick Deeping Roper's Row Print : Book1900-1945 'I am reading "Tom's Brown's Schooldays", which is awfully nice.' Hilary Spalding Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's Schooldays Print : Book1900-1945 'Read "Two Survived", the most amazing book, which is most exciting.' Hilary Spalding Guy Pierce Jones Two Survived Print : Book1900-1945 'Am reading "King's Nurse, Beggar's Nurse", which is really glorious.' Hilary Spalding Sister Black King's Nurse, Beggar's Nurse Print : Book1900-1945 'Am reading, at long last, "Early Stages" by John Gielgud.' Hilary Spalding John Gielgud Early Stages Print : Book1900-1945 'Read lovely book: "Cold Comfort Farm"'. Hilary Spalding Stella Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm Print : Book1900-1945 'Shopped and tried to find some books. Succeeded at last in getting "The Great Ship", the play by Linklater that JG was in last year on the wireless.'
[NB "The Great ... Hilary Spalding Eric Linklater Great Ship, The Print : Book1900-1945 'Read "The Count of Monte Cristo" (abridged) which is simply superb. Bought "Song of Bernadette" at last.' Hilary Spalding Alexandre Dumas Count of Monte Cristo, The Print : Book1900-1945 'Didn't do much work as was reading "The Killer and the Slain", which I don't like much as it's very sordid and morbid.' Hilary Spalding Hugh Walpole Killer and the Slain, The Print : Book1900-1945 'Read "The Count of Monte Cristo" (abridged which is simply superb. Bought "Song of Bernadette" at last.'
NB "Song of Bernadette" appears on the list of 'books read d... Hilary Spalding Franz Werfel Song of Bernadette Print : Book1900-1945 'Worked rather intermittantly [sic] as was dying to read the end of "King's Solomon's Mines" [sic]. However, when this was done, I settled down OK.' Hilary Spalding H Rider Haggard King Solomon's Mines Print : Book1900-1945 'Read "Have His Carcase". Will be the last fiction I'll read at weekends till after exams, worse luck. Am beginning revision to-morrow.' Hilary Spalding Dorothy L Sayers Have His Carcase Print : Book1900-1945 'Revised all day and was really sick of it. Got very stale & ended up by reading "Alice in Wonderland"! Much more refreshing than O.T.' Hilary Spalding Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland Print : Book1900-1945 'Read all afternoon and evening, to parent's [sic] disgust but my delight. Pub. Lib. books.' Hilary Spalding [books] Print : Book1900-1945 'Spent morning shopping and in Pub. Library. Got 2 lovely books and read "Lottie Dundass" all afternoon and "Provincial Lady in America" in evening.' Hilary Spalding Enid Bagnold Lottie Dundass Print : Book1900-1945 'Spent morning shopping and in Pub. Library. Got 2 lovely books and read "Lottie Dundass" all afternoon and "Provincial Lady in America" in evening.' Hilary Spalding E.M. Delafield Provincial Lady in America Print : Book1900-1945 'Spent glorious morning doing book [i.e. sorting bookcase] & enjoying myself thoroughly. Bought "Balletomania" at long last, and am so thrilled as have wanted it for age... Hilary Spalding Helen Waddell Peter Abelard Print : Book1900-1945 'Spent the day reading Lamb [for Higher School Certificate Eng. Lit]. Have decided that if I read an author each fortnight I might manage to finish (by February) "The Ag... Hilary Spalding Charles Lamb Some Essays of Elia Print : Book1900-1945 'Spent the day reading Lamb [for Higher School Certificate Eng. Lit]. Have decided that if I read an author each fortnight I might manage to finish (by February) "The Ag... Hilary Spalding Charles Lamb The Best of Lamb Print : Book1900-1945 'Today I finished "Wuthering Heights" and began "Villette". I must try and get a set of the Bronte books as soon as I can - they are most refreshing and not a bit old fa... Hilary Spalding Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights Print : Book1900-1945 'Today I finished "Wuthering Heights" and began "Villette". I must try and get a set of the Bronte books as soon as I can - they are most refreshing and not a bit old fa... Hilary Spalding Charlotte Bronte Villette Print : Book1900-1945 'English at the moment is super - we are doing the history of drama, and Hazlitt, both most interesting.' Hilary Spalding William Hazlitt unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Finished "Villette", and went fast asleep on couch.' Hilary Spalding Charlotte Bronte Villette Print : Book1900-1945 'Read Shaw, which is wonderful, but I'm sure I don't understand half of it.' Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw Complete Plays Print : Book1900-1945 '1944 My Favourite:
Books: "Peter Abelard". "The Story of San Michele"
Authors: Henry Williamson, B. Nichols
Poems: Hiawatha. Arabia
Writers: Shaw. Dorothy Sayers'. Hilary Spalding Axel Munthe Story of San Michele, The Print : Book1900-1945 '1944 My Favourite:
Books: "Peter Abelard". "The Story of San Michele"
Authors: Henry Williamson, B. Nichols
Poems: Hiawatha. Arabia
Writers: Shaw. Dorothy Sayers'. Hilary Spalding Henry Williamson unknown Print : Book1900-1945 '1944 My Favourite:
Books: "Peter Abelard". "The Story of San Michele"
Authors: Henry Williamson, B. Nichols
Poems: Hiawatha. Arabia
Writers: Shaw. Dorothy Sayers'. Hilary Spalding Beverley Nichols unknown Print : Book1900-1945 '1944 My Favourite:
Books: "Peter Abelard". "The Story of San Michele"
Authors: Henry Williamson, B. Nichols
Poems: Hiawatha. Arabia
Writers: Shaw. Dorothy Sayers'. Hilary Spalding Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hiawatha Print : Book1900-1945 '1944 My Favourite:
Books: "Peter Abelard". "The Story of San Michele"
Authors: Henry Williamson, B. Nichols
Poems: Hiawatha. Arabia
Writers: Shaw. Dorothy Sayers'. Hilary Spalding Walter de la Mare Arabia Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding unknown The Specialist Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Rachel Field All This and Heaven Too Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Lord Lytton Antony: A Record of Youth Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Eleanor Smith Life's a Circus Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding A.J. Cronin Keys of the Kingdom, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Paul Gallico Snow Goose, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Daphne Du Maurier Gerald Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Cross Creek Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Caryl Brahms Footnotes to the Ballet Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Daphne Du Maurier Hungry Hill Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Rafael Sabatini Captain Blood Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Rafael Sabatini Scaramouche Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw Heartbreak House Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Rafael Sabatini Fortune's Fool Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Talbot Baines Reed Fifth Form at St Dominic's Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Rafael Sabatini Lost King, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding E.M. Delafield Diary of a Provincial Lady Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Daphne Du Maurier Frenchman's Creek Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Daphne Du Maurier Rebecca Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Sava Surgeon's Destiny, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Norman Collins Anna Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Georgette Heyer Black Moth, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Walter de la Mare Peacock Pie Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding A.J. Cronin Citadel, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding J.B. Priestley Good Companions Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding C.O. Skinner Our Hearts were Young and Gay Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Siegfried Sassoon Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Sava Healing Knife, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding unknown First Year Out Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding A.J. Cronin Stars Look Down Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Thornton Wilder Bridge of San Luis Rey Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Hugh Walpole Rogue Herries Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw Caesar and Cleopatra Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Stella Gibbons Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw Dark Lady of the Sonnets Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding unknown Velvet Deer, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding J Harpole Leaves from a Surgeon's Case Book Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Charles Dickens Christmas Carol, A Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding A Seyler Craft of Comedy Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding William Shakespeare As You Like It Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding John Galsworthy Plays Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding A.P. Herbert She Shanties Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding unknown Actor, Soldier, Poet Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Alice Duer Miller White Cliffs, The Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Thomas de Quincey Confessions of an English Opium Eater Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding H.V. Morton In Search of England Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding William Shakespeare Pericles Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding M.M. Were Poems of Contemporary Women Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding Wilfred Massey Crime at the Club Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding J.M. Barrie Quality Street Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw Major Barbara Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw You Never Can Tell Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding George Bernard Shaw Doctor's Dilemma Print : Book1900-1945 [List of books read during 1944]:
'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ... Hilary Spalding William Shakespeare King John Print : Book1850-1899 'One of my aunts, living some two miles away, I discovered had a copy of Bunyan's immortal dream. The Bible and the pilgrim. Bunyan, for some reason, probably because of ... Thomas Burt John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1850-1899 'With my scanty pocket-money, high-priced books were beyond my reach; but I was lucky enough, when hunting, as was my want, among the second-hand bookstalls in Newcastle ... Thomas Burt John Milton Aeropagitica Print : Book1850-1899 ?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti... Thomas Burt William Cowper [poems] Print : Book1850-1899 ?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti... Thomas Burt Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [poems] Print : Book1850-1899 ?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti... Thomas Burt John Milton [poems] Print : Book1850-1899 ?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti... Thomas Burt Alexander Pope [poems] Print : Book1850-1899 ?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti... Thomas Burt William Wordsworth [poems] Print : Book1850-1899 ?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educa... Thomas Burt [n/a] British Controversionalist Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 ?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educa... Thomas Burt [n/a Popular Educator Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 ?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educa... Thomas Burt [n/a] Educational Course Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 ?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educa... Thomas Burt Historical educator Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 ?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam... Samuel Bailey Archibald Alison History of Europe Print : Book1850-1899 ?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam... Samuel Bailey Alexander van Humboldt Cosmos Print : Book1850-1899 ?[William Ritson] was a lover of books ? specially fond of poetry. He lent me about this time a paper-backed copy of Bailey?s "Festus", which I read with great admiration... Thomas Burt Phillip James Bailey Festus: A poem Print : Book1850-1899 ?I now read for the first time "The Tempest", "Measure for Measure", "Love?s Labour?s Lost", and many other of Shakespeare?s comedies, besides the supreme tragedies, amon... Thomas Burt William Shakespeare The Tempest Print : Book1850-1899 ?I now read for the first time "The Tempest", "Measure for Measure", "Love?s Labour?s Lost", and many other of Shakespeare?s comedies, besides the supreme tragedies, amon... Thomas Burt William Shakespeare Measure for measure Print : Book1850-1899 ?I now read for the first time "The Tempest", "Measure for Measure", "Love?s Labour?s Lost", and many other of Shakespeare?s comedies, besides the supreme tragedies, amon... Thomas Burt William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost Print : Book
