√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale The Bible Print : Book1850-1899 'At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Fraser's Magazine Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale The Times Print : Newspaper1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale The Times Print : Newspaper1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Symington Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale J. A. Froude History of England Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale The Bible and Modern Thought Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Joseph Butler Analogy of Religion Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Memorials of Fox Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Bancroft The American Revolution Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Rollin Ancient History Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Waddington Church History Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Paley Works Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale John Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Print : Book1850-1899 "At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ... Louisa Martindale Mrs Jameson Characteristics of Women Print : Book1850-1899 ' .... when ... [Mark Pattison] ... met [Mrs Humphry Ward] as a girl of sixteen ... she
was familiar ... with certain pieces of Ruskin's Modern Painters, which she had ... Mary Augusta Ward John Ruskin Modern Painters Print : Book1850-1899 On advice of Mark Pattison, young Mrs Humphry Ward took up study of early Spanish,
using Bodleian "'Spanish room'". Mary Augusta Ward Texts in/on early Spanish Print : Book1900-1945 Early reading of Joan Evans noted as having included Salomon Reinach, Orpheus: A History of Religions; Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion; Farnell,... Joan Evans Salomon Reinach Orpheus:A History of Religions Print : Book1900-1945 Early reading of Joan Evans noted as having included Salomon Reinach, Orpheus: A History of Religions; Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion; Farnell,... Joan Evans Jane Harrison Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion Print : Book1900-1945 Early reading of Joan Evans noted as having included Salomon Reinach, Orpheus: A History of Religions; Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion; Farnell,... Joan Evans Farnell Cults of the Greek States Print : Book1900-1945 Early reading of Joan Evans noted as having included Salomon Reinach, Orpheus: A History of Religions; Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion; Farnell,... Joan Evans Sir James George Frazer The Golden Bough Print : Book1800-1849 " ... Elizabeth Sewell's consumption of 'modern' works in the late 1820s and 1830s, she records [in her autobiography], specifically mentioning Scott and Byron, led to wo... Elizabeth Sewell Walter Scott Print : Book1800-1849 " ... Elizabeth Sewell's consumption of 'modern' works in the late 1820s and 1830s, she records [in her autobiography], specifically mentioning Scott and Byron, led to wo... Elizabeth Sewell George Gordon Lord Byron Print : Book1800-1849 "Rocking her brother in his cradle ... [Marianne Farningham] was reading from the Sailor's Magazine and came across 'two poems, which had a marvellous effect on me'. The... Marianne Farningham poem on family Bible Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 "Rocking her brother in his cradle ... [Marianne Farningham] was reading from the Sailor's Magazine and came across 'two poems, which had a marvellous effect on me'. The... Marianne Farningham Felicia Hemans The Better Land Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 "... [Marianne Farningham's autobiography] records her childhood disappointment, when reading the Sunday School Union's magazines, at the incessant stories of poor boys w... Marianne Farningham Sunday School Union magazines Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 "The popular religious poet Frances Ridley Havergal claimed 'I do not think I was eight when I hit upon Cowper's lines, ending 'My father made them all!' That was what I... Frances Ridley Havergal William Cowper Print : Unknown"Enid Starkie claimed that reading Francis Thompson's 'The Hound of Heaven' when she was ten made her feel as though she had been taken hold of and mastered, and determin... Enid Starkie Francis Thompson The Hound of Heaven Print : Unknown1800-1849 "Charlotte M. Yonge, apprehensive that mothers in the 1890s were paying insufficient attention to what their daughters got up to on Sundays, regretted that children were ... Young Lady Augustus Stanley and sister The Bible Print : Book1850-1899 Jane Ellen Harrison, in Reminiscences of a Student's Life (1925) 11-12: "'Until I met Aunt Glegg in the Mill on the Floss, I never knew myself. I am Aunt Glegg; with all... Jane Ellen Harrison George Eliot The Mill on the Floss Print : Book1850-1899 "A. Maude Royden, whilst at Lady Margaret Hall, became immersed in Tractarianism, and she read her way through the five volumes of the life of Edward Bouverie Pusey." A. Maude Royden life of Edward Bouverie Pusey Print : Book1900-1945 '... [Margaret Cole's] reading at Girton in the early twentieth century influenced her development as a Socialist ... she was shocked by a comment in J. A. Hobson's "The ... Margaret Cole J. A. Hobson The Science of Wealth Print : Book1900-1945 "... [Margaret Cole's] reading at Girton in the early twentieth century influenced her development as a Socialist ... she was shocked by a comment in J. A. Hobson's The S... Margaret Cole H. G. Wells New Worlds for Old Print : Book1900-1945 "... [Margaret Cole's] reading at Girton in the early twentieth century influenced her development as a Socialist ... she was shocked by a comment in J. A. Hobson's The S... Margaret Cole H. G. Wells The First Men in the Moon Print : Book1900-1945 "[in her autobiography Growing up Into Revolution (1949), Margaret Cole] conveys the combination of amusement and delight she and her companions experienced reading Shaw ... Margaret Cole and Girton contemporaries George Bernard Shaw Print : Unknown1850-1899 "Ellen Wilkinson, brought up in Ardwick, Manchester, went with her father to lectures on theological and evolutionary subjects, and by the time she was fourteen was readi... Ellen Wilkinson and father Ernst Haeckel Print : Book1850-1899 "Ellen Wilkinson, brought up in Ardwick, Manchester, went with her father to lectures on theological and evolutionary subjects, and by the time she was fourteen was readi... Ellen Wilkinson and father T. H. Huxley Print : Book1850-1899 "Ellen Wilkinson, brought up in Ardwick, Manchester, went with her father to lectures on theological and evolutionary subjects, and by the time she was fourteen was readi... Ellen Wilkinson and father Charles Darwin Print : Book1850-1899 "Alice Foley's father was an often drunk, sometimes violent Irish factory worker in Bolton, but when 'in sober mood, he read aloud to the family the novels of Dickens and... anon Charles Dickens novels Print : Book1850-1899 "Alice Foley's father was an often drunk, sometimes violent Irish factory worker in Bolton, but when 'in sober mood, he read aloud to the family the novels of Dickens and... anon George Eliot novels Print : Book1850-1899 '[Alice] Foley continued her education by attending night school after going to work full-time in the mill when she was thirteen. She remembers choosing "Jane Eyre" as a... Alice Foley Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Print : Book1850-1899 "By the age of fifteen ... [Alice Foley] was 'enthusiastically imbibing socialist doctrines arising out of family readings and discussion of the weekly Clarion and Robert... family of Alice Foley The Clarion Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 "By the age of fifteen ... [Alice Foley] was 'enthusiastically imbibing socialist doctrines arising out of family readings and discussion of the weekly Clarion and Robert... family of Alice Foley Merrry England Print : Unknown1850-1899 "By the age of fifteen ... [Alice Foley] was 'enthusiastically imbibing socialist doctrines arising out of family readings and discussion of the weekly Clarion and Robert... family of Alice Foley God and My Neighbour Print : Unknown1850-1899 "The suffragette, Annie Kenney (b.1879), looking back to her girlhood working in a Lancashire factory recalls ... going shares in a weekly girls' paper, 'full of wild rom... Annie Kenney and co-workers weekly girls' paper Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 "As ... [Hannah Mitchell's] love of books became known locally: 'I made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed, which led to my reading some curious and unsui... Hannah Mitchell theological works Print : Book1850-1899 "As ... [Hannah Mitchell's] love of books became known locally: 'I made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed, which led to my reading some curious and unsui... Hannah Mitchell early Methodist magazines Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 "As ... [Hannah Mitchell's] love of books became known locally: 'I made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed, which led to my reading some curious and unsui... Hannah Mitchell cookery books Print : Book1850-1899 "As ... [Hannah Mitchell's] love of books became known locally: 'I made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed, which led to my reading some curious and unsui... Hannah Mitchell crime/horror fiction Print : Book1850-1899 "As ... [Hannah Mitchell's] love of books became known locally: 'I made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed, which led to my reading some curious and unsui... Hannah Mitchell Horace Walpole The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story Print : Book1850-1899 "One windfall came [to Hannah Mitchell] from a passing walker, who asked if the family liked reading poetry. Although only familiar with verse in the local paper, Mitche... Hannah Mitchell William Wordsworth poems Print : Book1850-1899 "One windfall came [to Hannah Mitchell] from a passing walker, who asked if the family liked reading poetry. Although only familiar with verse in the local paper, Mitche... Hannah Mitchell local newspaper (including verse) Print : Newspaper1850-1899 While in service Hannah Mitchell read books borrowed from subscription library; "This reading was supplemented by books read at a well-stocked bookstall which she passed ... Hannah Mitchell library books Print : Book1850-1899 While in service Hannah Mitchell read books borrowed from subscription library; "This reading was supplemented by books read at a well-stocked bookstall which she passed ... Hannah Mitchell bookstall stock Print : Book1850-1899 "In order to read Lyell's controversial Vestiges of Creation when it first came to the house [of the Nonconformist minister in whose family she worked as companion and he... Mary Smith Lyell Vestiges of Creation Print : Book1850-1899 " ... [Mrs Layton (b. 1855)] remembers, when she was in service, and about sixteen, being lent some 'trashy books' by the servant next door: narratives which came out in ... Mrs Layton popular serial fiction Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 In one place in which she worked as a servant, where "Mrs Layton's" reading approved of: "she became particularly keen on reading travel literature ..." Mrs Layton travel writing Print : Unknown1850-1899 "[Jessie] Boucherett (b. 1825) ... 'one day ... caught sight, on a railway bookstall, of a number of the Englishwoman's Journal. She bought it, attracted by the title, b... Jessie Boucherett The Englishwoman's Journal Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 " ... Barbara Bodichon ... used to remember with delight the books whch James Buchanan, their father's friend and their own teacher, used to read them: 'the Bible, the Ar... James Buchanan The Bible Print : Book1800-1849 " ... Barbara Bodichon ... used to remember with delight the books whch James Buchanan, their father's friend and their own teacher, used to read them: 'the Bible, the Ar... James Buchanan The Arabian Nights Print : Book1800-1849 " ... Barbara Bodichon ... used to remember with delight the books whch James Buchanan, their father's friend and their own teacher, used to read them: 'the Bible, the Ar... James Buchanan Emanuel Swedenborg Print : Book1850-1899 "'At a critical juncture', as she put it [in her autobiography] ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] read a novel which appealed directly to her combined desires for independe... Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Walter Besant Children of Gibeon Print : Book1850-1899 " ... it was reading a Life of Mazzini, with its description of how he founded the 'Young Italy' Society, in which each member was pledged to work for the liberation of t... Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Life of Mazzini Print : Book1850-1899 "Before she came into contact with Suffragism ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] felt her political outlook ... had been conditioned by reading Morris, Carpenter, and Whitma... Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence William Morris poetry Print : Unknown1850-1899 "Before she came into contact with Suffragism ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] felt her political outlook ... had been conditioned by reading Morris, Carpenter, and Whitma... Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Carpenter poetry Print : Unknown1850-1899 "Before she came into contact with Suffragism ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] felt her political outlook ... had been conditioned by reading Morris, Carpenter, and Whitma... Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Walt Whitman poetry Print : Book1850-1899 "Harriet Shaw Weaver, as an adolescent, found Leaves of Grass 'a liberating influence and could even read it on Sundays as it wasn't a novel!'" Harriet Shaw Weaver Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass Print : Book1900-1945 "A conversion narrative precisely illustrating ... [the] effects of reading in action is told by Margaret Smith, who sceptically bought a copy of Votes for Women around 1... Margaret Smith Votes for Women Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 "Annabel Huth Jackson ... [became] a 'convinced feminist' after reading an article on the white slave trade in th War Cry when she was thirteen ..." Annabel Huth Jackson The War Cry Print : Serial / periodical1500-1599 'tell supper time I hard Mr Rhodes read of Cartwright' Richard Rhodes Thomas Cartwright [unknown] Print : Book1500-1599 'In the morninge, after priuat praier, I Reed of the bible, and then wrought tell 8: a clock' Margaret Hoby [n/a] Bible Print : Book1850-1899 "Mary Brown ... wrote in her Memories that
"'I asked a Lancashire working woman what she thought of Story of an African Farm and a strange expression came over her face... anon Olive Schreiner The Story of an African Farm Print : Book1850-1899 'Murray (of the Hand-Books) has lately put forward a work which I have found very full of
entertaining reading: a couple of well-sized volumes treating of every place o... Henry James [a guidebook to the areas round London] Print : Book1850-1899 "Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds... Emmeline Pankhurst Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin Print : Book1850-1899 "Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds... Emmeline Pankhurst John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1850-1899 "Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds... Emmeline Pankhurst The Holy War Print : Book1850-1899 "Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds... Emmeline Pankhurst Homer The Odyssey Print : Book1850-1899 "Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds... Emmeline Pankhurst Thomas Carlyle The French Revolution Print : Book1850-1899 "Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds... Emmeline Pankhurst newspapers Print : Newspaper1850-1899 " ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo... Viscountess Rhondda feminist writings Print : Unknown1850-1899 " ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo... Viscountess Rhondda works on political science Print : Unknown1850-1899 " ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo... Viscountess Rhondda works on economics Print : Unknown1850-1899 " ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo... Viscountess Rhondda works on psychology Print : Unknown1850-1899 " ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo... Viscountess Rhondda works in anthropology Print : Unknown1850-1899 ' ... [The Viscountess Rhondda] recounts the difficulty she had in acquiring ... Havelock Ellis's Psychology of Sex: even her father was not able to go straight to a shop... Viscountess Rhondda Havelock Ellis The Psychology of Sex Print : Book1900-1945 'Dora Montefiore, sent to Holloway [as suffragette] in October 1906, recalls the decor of her cell: "On the shelf were a Bible, a wooden spoon, a salt cellar, and one oth... Dora Montefiore unknown unknown Print : Book1900-1945 "Florence Spong recounted in August 1909: 'As to breaking my [prison] cell window, I told them I only followed the advice given in the book, placed in my cell, entitled '... Florence Spong A Healthy Home, and How to Keep It Print : Book1900-1945 "In Holloway ... ['General' Drummond] read Jane Porter's The Scottish Chiefs and Samuel Smiles's Life and Labour." General Drummond Jane Porter The Scottish Chiefs Print : Book1900-1945 "In Holloway ... ['General' Drummond] read Jane Porter's The Scottish Chiefs and Samuel Smiles's Life and Labour." General Drummond Samuel Smiles LIfe and Labour Print : Book1900-1945 "By May 1909 ... [imprisoned suffragette] Miss Broughton [had] read the lives of great women reformers like Florence Nightingale and Miss Weston ..." Lives of women reformers Print : Book1900-1945 "By May 1909 ... [imprisoned suffragette] Mrs Reonold [had been] 'especially cheered and encouraged' by reading a life of Joan of Arc." Mrs Reonold Life of Joan of Arc Print : Book1900-1945 "Whilst the Viscountess Rhondda had taken with her [to prison, where sent as suffragettte] Morley's Life of Gladstone and ... famous speeches of famous men, she resorted ... Viscountess Rhondda Edna Lyall novels Print : Book1900-1945 "Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence wrote of having read Shakespeare's history plays whilst in prison [as suffragette] ..." Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence William Shakespeare History plays Print : Book1800-1849 I have been principally engaged this day studying at an encyclopaedia by Nicholson, six octavo [volumes], a book sent by George Clark, bookseller, Aberdeen. Invoiced at s... Adam Mackie Nicholson Encyclopaedia Print : Book1800-1849 am studying part of the Encyclopaedia Edinensis, brought by a bookman, George Anton Adam Mackie Encyclopaedia Edinensis Print : Book1800-1849 At home without company afternoon and evening, looking over a little of the history of Aberdeen, which I have got lately. Adam Mackie History of Aberdeen Print : Book1800-1849 Afternoon and evening, reading Gifford's History[of the] French Revolution. The fate of Louis xvi soffiiently points oot the instability of human greatness. In his first ... Adam Mackie C.H. Gifford History of the French Revolution Print : Book1800-1849 Little doing this day...Have been reading at Gifford's History of the War and have followed Bonaparte into Egypt in July 1798. That summer I was at Rothie keeping Mr Hays... Adam Mackie C.H. Gifford History of the French Revolution Print : Book1800-1849 In my shop doing little business there, and in the intervals reading Gifford's History of the War. Adam Mackie C.H. Gifford History of the French Revolution Print : Book1800-1849 Have had no company this day with myself, and have gone on with my studies, tracing the courses of the French and British armies in Egypt in 1801. Adam Mackie C.H. Gifford History of the French Revolution Print : Book1800-1849 Afternoon reading Rollin's History Adam Mackie Charles Rollin The Roman History Print : Book1800-1849 Afternoon reading Rollin, wherein instruction may be learned. Indulge not in ease. It enfeebles the body and ,although one could afford luxury, it should not be indulged... Adam Mackie Charles Rollin The Roman History Print : Book1800-1849 Afternoon reading Rollin's history of Antiochus Epiphanus, who persecuted the Jews. Adam Mackie Charles Rollin The Roman History Print : Book1800-1849 Spent the evening reading Paulus Emillius's Campaign in Macedonia and the Overthrow of Perseus, the last king thereof. Adam Mackie Charles Rollin The Roman History Print : Book1800-1849 At even reading from Rollin the defeat of the Romans under Crassus, 54 BC, the history of Hieron, the good king of Syracuse and the siege of Suracuse by the Romans under ... Adam Mackie Charles Rollin The Roman History Print : Book1800-1849 At Kirk as usual. Spent the rest of the day and evening reading Addison's Evidences of the Christian Religion Adam Mackie Joseph Addison Evidences of the Christian Religion Print : Book1800-1849 Have amused myself this evening reading the Life of Christ. Adam Mackie John Fleetwood The Life of Jesus Christ, together with the lives Print : Book1800-1849 At church [...] Had Dr Argo part of this evening, who was down seeing the boys head.[...] Filled up the rest of the time reading the Life of Christ, a work that suggests ... Adam Mackie John Fleetwood The Life of Jesus Christ, together with the lives Print : Book1800-1849 Was some little time up at my Father's this afternoon. Afterwards reading Fleetwood's Life of Christ, an engaging discourse although not handled in my opinion to the same... Adam Mackie John Fleetwood The Life of Jesus Christ, together with the lives Print : Book1800-1849 Spent the evening reading Fleetwood's Lives of the Apostles [NB part of life of Christ] Adam Mackie John Fleetwood The Life of Jesus Christ, together with the lives Print : Book1800-1849 Have employed this evening reading the history and theory of the gas lights from a number of the Encyclopaedia Adam Mackie ' an Encyclopaedia' Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Had no company. Passed the afternoon reading part of Boston's Fourfold State. Adam Mackie Thomas Boston Human Nature in its Fourfold State Print : Book1800-1849 have been in the shop steadily this day (which has been cold and blowing), reading in Hume's History of England- the Norman Conquest. Adam Mackie David Hume History of England Print : Book1800-1849 Am in shop about steady this day doing little else but reading Humes' England Adam Mackie David Hume History of England Print : Book1800-1849 Reading astromomy at even. [ I suspect this is Scott's Guy Mannering, the Astrologer] Adam Mackie [Astronomy] Unknown 1800-1849 Was engaged this forenoon sorting some lint yarn, and all the rest of my spare time reading [Guy] Mannering Adam Mackie Walter Scott Guy Mannering, or the Astrologer Print : Book1800-1849 I have been in the shop all day and during the intervals of business reading Scott's novel of Redgauntlet Adam Mackie Walter Scott Redgauntlet Print : Book1800-1849 I continue in the shop; am occupying my spare time reading Scott's novel of the Abbot. The subject is cheifly on the manner of Queen Mary's imprisonment in the Castle of ... Adam Mackie Walter Scott The Abbot Print : Book1800-1849 I have been engaged this day posting my shop books etc. during my spare time reading a novel- The Pirate [Scott] Adam Mackie Walter Scott The Pirate Print : Book1800-1849 Reading Scott's Tales of My Landlord. Consists of the prosecutions and slaughters by the Military [of] Covenanters in Charles 2nd's time. Scene of the story lies in the ... Adam Mackie Walter Scott Tales of My Landlord Print : Book1800-1849 Employed myself reading Constables Miscellany- voyages, mutinies and shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean Adam Mackie Archibald Constable Miscellany Print : Book1700-1799 "Doctor Gregory's Book was published at Edin [r] just two Days before I left that Place...I read it, tho butin the hurried Way which the Eve of Journey allowed of...I als... Henry Mackenzie Dr John Gregory A Father's Legacy to his Daughters Print : Book1850-1899 'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco... Harry Lauder [unknown] [American History] Print : Book1850-1899 'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco... Harry Lauder Robert Burns [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco... Harry Lauder Walter Scott [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Mary Lakeman, a Cornish fisherman's daughter, confirmed what George Orwell had written in "Riding Down from Bangor": "Little Women", "Good Wives", "What Katy Did", "Avon... Mary Lakeman Susan M. Coolidge What Katy Did Print : Book1900-1945 'Mary Lakeman, a Cornish fisherman's daughter, confirmed what George Orwell had written in "Riding Down from Bangor": "Little Women", "Good Wives", "What Katy Did", "Avon... Mary Lakeman Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Avonlea Print : Book1900-1945 'Mary Lakeman, a Cornish fisherman's daughter, confirmed what George Orwell had written in "Riding Down from Bangor": "Little Women", "Good Wives", "What Katy Did", "Avon... Mary Lakeman Mark Twain Tom Sawyer Print : Book1900-1945 'Mary Lakeman, a Cornish fisherman's daughter, confirmed what George Orwell had written in "Riding Down from Bangor": "Little Women", "Good Wives", "What Katy Did", "Avon... Mary Lakeman Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn Print : Book1900-1945 'Mary Lakeman, a Cornish fisherman's daughter, confirmed what George Orwell had written in "Riding Down from Bangor": "Little Women", "Good Wives", "What Katy Did", "Avon... Mary Lakeman James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans Print : Book1900-1945 'V.S. Pritchett's "popular educator" was the literary section of the Christian Science Monitor: "It was imbued with that unembarrassed seriousness about learning things w... Victor Sawdon Pritchett n/a Christian Science Monitor Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'Growing up in a family that read newspapers only for sport and scandal, Vernon Scannell knew all the great prize fighters by age thirteen, "but I could not have named th... Vernon Scannell Siegfried Sassoon [war poems] Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in a family that read newspapers only for sport and scandal, Vernon Scannell knew all the great prize fighters by age thirteen, "but I could not have named th... Vernon Scannell Wilfred Owen [war poems] Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in a family that read newspapers only for sport and scandal, Vernon Scannell knew all the great prize fighters by age thirteen, "but I could not have named th... Vernon Scannell Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in a family that read newspapers only for sport and scandal, Vernon Scannell knew all the great prize fighters by age thirteen, "but I could not have named th... Vernon Scannell Robert Graves Goodbye to All That Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in a family that read newspapers only for sport and scandal, Vernon Scannell knew all the great prize fighters by age thirteen, "but I could not have named th... Vernon Scannell Edmund Blunden Undertones of War Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in a family that read newspapers only for sport and scandal, Vernon Scannell knew all the great prize fighters by age thirteen, "but I could not have named th... Vernon Scannell's family n/a [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1700-1799 One little book that my father had given me the last time he was at home, was for a long time afterwards my inseparable companion... My dear Papa's beautiful storybook. Ellen Weeton ['A storybook'] Print : Book1700-1799 The only gratification I ever sought was to be permitted to sit quietly in my brother's room, with a book. That room was more pleasant and retired than the one I slept in... Ellen Weeton [unknown] Print : Book1700-1799 Religion is such a consolation to a drooping spirit,that I could wish thou wouldest seek for comfort and cheerfulness in it; for God never forsakes those who turn to him.... Ellen Weeton ['Psalms'] Print : Book1700-1799 [review of the novel. Noted but not reproduced by the editor] Ellen Weeton Anne Louise Stael-Holstein Corinna, or Italy Print : Book1700-1799 Books lately read: A Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Dr Johnson, by James Boswell, Esq. J. Boswell does appear so wonderfully simple, so surprisingly ingenuous, t... Ellen Weeton James Boswell The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Print : Book1700-1799 I have to attend to the direction of the House, the table &c, as well as literary studies; to assist in entertaining company in the parlour; and give directions to the se... Ellen Weeton [books on carving] Print : Book1700-1799 Miss R. staid 2 or 3 days withme; the rest of the time I was entirely alone, spending the time chiefly in reading and writing letters, until I had brought on an almost pe... Ellen Weeton [unknown] Print : Book1700-1799 'Books lately read' Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son, 4 vols. It has been said of these letters... The first and 2nd vols appear to me unexceptionable. Of the othe... Ellen Weeton Philip Dormer Stanhope Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Phili Print : Book1700-1799 [Has spent week repairing her brother's clothes] The week after that was as much occupied in copying some songs and the music belonging to them, which my brother had lent... Ellen Weeton [songs and music] Unknown 1700-1799 When I begin to enumerate the works I have read since I came to Dove's-Nest, I feel surprised that I should have read so few, and that the greater part of those few shoul... Ellen Weeton [novels] Print : Book1700-1799 A Satyrical View of London, by J. Corry. 1 vol. The above vol. is a tolerable production; it treats principally of fashion, beaux, belles, London tradesmen, quack doctor... Ellen Weeton John Corry A Satirical View of London at the Commencement of Print : Book1700-1799 Windermere: A Novel in 2 vols This is below Mediocrity; the title [title is underlined]induced me to read it; and with the title I am satisfied-and disappointed. Ellen Weeton By the Editor of the Letters of Maria Windermere. A Novel Print : Book1700-1799 Letters on Mythology Addressed to a Lady by R. Morgan, 1 vol. A humourous and entertaining production, written in a light and easy style, to make it palatable to a lady's... Ellen Weeton R Morgan Letters on Mythology Print : Book1700-1799 Lessons of a Governess to her Pupils by Madame de Silery- Brulart (formerly Countess de Genlis) 3 vols. For further remarks see page 11th. Ellen Weeton Stephanie de Genlis Brulart Lessons of a Governess to Her Pupils Print : Book1700-1799 Lake of Killarney, by A.M. Porter. 3 vols. Rose de Blaguere, a foundling, is the heroine of the tale. Mr Clermont the hero. Mr O'Neil and his maiden sister bring up Rose... Ellen Weeton Anna Maria Porter Lake of Killarney Print : Book1700-1799 The Cottagers of Glenburnie. 1 vol. by Miss Hamilton. A little tale tending to shew the folly of adhering to old customs merely because they have been habitual for many g... Ellen Weeton Miss Elizabeth Hamilton The Cottagers of Glenburnie: A Tale for the Farmer Print : Book1700-1799 The Mysterious Gentleman Farmer. 3 vols. by J.Cory [sic] There is nothing in this novel, or in the author's Satyrical View of London, that would induce me to waste my tim... Ellen Weeton John Corry The Mysterious Gentleman Farmer Print : Book1700-1799 An Essay on Old Maids. 3 vols. Has my approbation, although, or because, I am an Old Maid. What is the public opinion, I never heard - nor any opinion - but shall take t... Ellen Weeton W Hayley A Philosophical, Historical and Moral Essay on Old... Print : Book1700-1799 I read very seldom indeed having in the first place but very little time for it... and in the second place, Mr & Mrs A. having never offered to lend me any books except a... Ellen Weeton David Brewster The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Conducted by D. Brews Print : Book1850-1899 'A South Wales miner, raised in an orphanage, acknowledged that "Robin Hood was our patron saint, or ideal. We sincerely believed in robbing the rich to help the poor". (... anon Robin Hood Print : Book, Serial / periodical1850-1899 'A South Wales miner, raised in an orphanage, acknowledged that "Robin Hood was our patron saint, or ideal. We sincerely believed in robbing the rich to help the poor". (... anon Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical1850-1899 'A South Wales miner, raised in an orphanage, acknowledged that "Robin Hood was our patron saint, or ideal. We sincerely believed in robbing the rich to help the poor". (... anon Dick Turpin Print : Book, Serial / periodical1850-1899 'A South Wales miner, raised in an orphanage, acknowledged that "Robin Hood was our patron saint, or ideal. We sincerely believed in robbing the rich to help the poor". (... anon Charles Peace Print : Book, Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Though miners' MP Robert Smillie surreptitiously gorged on Dick Turpin and Three Fingered Jack as a boy, they... "led to better things": by fourteen he had seen Richard ... Robert Smillie anon Dick Turpin Print : Book, Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Though miners' MP Robert Smillie surreptitiously gorged on Dick Turpin and Three Fingered Jack as a boy, they... "led to better things": by fourteen he had seen RIchard ... Robert Smillie anon Three Fingered Jack Print : Book, Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Though miners' MP Robert Smillie surreptitiously gorged on Dick Turpin and Three Fingered Jack as a boy, they... "led to better things": by fourteen he had seen RIchard ... Robert Smillie William Shakespeare Sonnets Print : Book1850-1899 'Though miners' MP Robert Smillie surreptitiously gorged on Dick Turpin and Three Fingered Jack as a boy, they... "led to better things": by fourteen he had seen RIchard ... Robert Smillie Robert Burns [poems] Print : Book1850-1899 'Though miners' MP Robert Smillie surreptitiously gorged on Dick Turpin and Three Fingered Jack as a boy, they... "led to better things": by fourteen he had seen RIchard ... Robert Smillie Walter Scott [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 'Though miners' MP Robert Smillie surreptitiously gorged on Dick Turpin and Three Fingered Jack as a boy, they... "led to better things": by fourteen he had seen RIchard ... Robert Smillie Charles Dickens [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w... Frederick Willis [penny dreadfuls] Print : Book1850-1899 '"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w... Frederick Willis George Bernard Shaw Print : Book1850-1899 '"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w... Frederick Willis Herbert George Wells Print : Book1850-1899 '"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w... Frederick Willis William Makepeace Thackeray Print : Book1850-1899 '"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w... Frederick Willis Charles Dickens Print : Book1850-1899 '"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w... Frederick Willis Henry Fielding Print : Book1850-1899 '"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w... Frederick Willis William Shakespeare Print : Book1850-1899 '"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w... Frederick Willis Geoffrey Chaucer Print : Book1850-1899 'Children's Papers could lead readers to great literature in more direct ways. As Willis noted, "Union Jack" serialised abridgements of Walter Scott novels, with more sen... Frederick Willis n/a Union Jack Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Children's Papers could lead readers to great literature in more direct ways. As Willis noted, "Union Jack" serialised abridgements of Walter Scott novels, with more sen... Frederick Willis Walter Scott [various works, abridged] Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Children's Papers could lead readers to great literature in more direct ways. As Willis noted, "Union Jack" serialised abridgements of Walter Scott novels, with more sen... Frederick Willis n/a Chatterbox Christmas Annual Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 ??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listened candidly to our replies, and a good-humoured disc... Samuel Bamford William Cobbett Weekly Register Print : Newspaper1800-1849 ??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listened candidly to our replies, and a good-humoured disc... Samuel Bamford William Hone [political pamphlets] Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 ?They [wife and child] had been at prayers, and were reading the Testament before retiring to rest?. Samuel Bamford's wife and child [n/a] The Testament Print : Book1850-1899 'Barber John Paton remembered that the "Boys' Friend" "ran a serial which was an enormously exciting tale of Alba's oppression of the Netherlands, and gave as its source,... John Paton n/a Boys' Friend Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Barber John Paton remembered that the "Boys' Friend" "ran a serial which was an enormously exciting tale of Alba's oppression of the Netherlands, and gave as its source,... John Paton John Lothrop Motley The Rise of the Dutch Republic Print : Book1850-1899 'Barber John Paton remembered that the "Boys' Friend" "ran a serial which was an enormously exciting tale of Alba's oppression of the Netherlands, and gave as its source,... John Paton John Richard Green [history] Print : Book1850-1899 'Barber John Paton remembered that the "Boys' Friend" "ran a serial which was an enormously exciting tale of Alba's oppression of the Netherlands, and gave as its source,... John Paton Thomas Babington Macaulay [probably The History of England from the Accessio... Print : Book1850-1899 'Barber John Paton remembered that the "Boys' Friend" "ran a serial which was an enormously exciting tale of Alba's oppression of the Netherlands, and gave as its source,... John Paton William Hickling Prescott [Spanish history] Print : Book1850-1899 'Barber John Paton remembered that the "Boys' Friend" "ran a serial which was an enormously exciting tale of Alba's oppression of the Netherlands, and gave as its source,... John Paton Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen History of Rome Print : Book1850-1899 'East End socialist Walter Southgate remembered that Dick Turpin and Buffalo Bill stories "were condemned by our teachers (all from middle class backgrounds) who would co... Walter Southgate [penny dreadfuls about Dick Turpin and Buffalo Bil... Print : Book1850-1899 'East End socialist Walter Southgate remembered that Dick Turpin and Buffalo Bill stories "were condemned by our teachers (all from middle class backgrounds) who would co... Walter Southgate Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Print : Book1850-1899 'East End socialist Walter Southgate remembered that Dick Turpin and Buffalo Bill stories "were condemned by our teachers (all from middle class backgrounds) who would co... Walter Southgate Walter Scott [Waverley Novels] Print : Book1850-1899 'East End socialist Walter Southgate remembered that Dick Turpin and Buffalo Bill stories "were condemned by our teachers (all from middle class backgrounds) who would co... Walter Southgate James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans Print : Book'As a boy George Acorn [an] East Londoner, read "all sorts and conditions of books from 'Penny Bloods' to George Eliot" with "some appreciation of style", enough to recog... George Acorn ['Penny Bloods'] Print : Book'As a boy George Acorn [an] East Londoner, read "all sorts and conditions of books from 'Penny Bloods' to George Eliot" with "some appreciation of style", enough to recog... George Acorn George Eliot [pseud] Print : Book'As a boy George Acorn [an] East Londoner, read "all sorts and conditions of books from 'Penny Bloods' to George Eliot" with "some appreciation of style", enough to recog... George Acorn Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Thomas Carlyle Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Leo Tolstoy Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Francis Bacon Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Francois Rabelais Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Plato Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt [dime novels] Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt George Alfred Henty Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Thomas Hardy Print : Book1900-1945 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabelais; towering Plato...") and, having taught himself G... William Holt Joseph Conrad Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley [penny horror stories] Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley [penny fairy stories] Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley Robert Burns Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book1800-1849
[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelle... Percy Bysshe Shelley [n/a] New Testament, The Print : Book1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley ... Percy Bysshe Shelley John Milton Areopagitica: a Speech of Mr John Milton for the L... Print : Book1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley ... Percy Bysshe Shelley Jonathan Swift Tale of a Tub, A. Written for the Universal Improv... Print : Book1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley ... Percy Bysshe Shelley August von Kotzebue Das merkw?rdigste Jahr meines Lebens Print : Book1800-1849 'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly... George Smith [unknown] [novels] Print : Book1800-1849 'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly... George Smith [unknown] [history] Print : Book1800-1849 'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly... George Smith [unknown] [biblical criticism] Print : Book1800-1849 'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly... George Smith [unknown] [treatises on algebra and geometry] Print : Book1800-1849 'Methodist millworker Thomas Wood attended a school where there was only one book, the Bible, which was never read beyond the first chapter of St John. Therefore he later... Thomas Wood n/a Bible Print : Book1800-1849 'Methodist millworker Thomas Wood attended a school where there was only one book, the Bible, which was never read beyond the first chapter of St John. Therefore he later... Thomas Wood Charles Rollin Ancient History Print : Book1850-1899 'Edwin Whitlock faced...[reading] shortages. A farmer on the Salisbury Downs, he had plenty of time to read while shepherding: "the difficulty was to get hold of books. T... Edwin Whitlock n/a Bible Print : Book1850-1899 'Edwin Whitlock faced...[reading] shortages. A farmer on the Salisbury Downs, he had plenty of time to read while shepherding: "the difficulty was to get hold of books. T... Edwin Whitlock [unknown] [Sunday School prize books] Print : Book1850-1899 'Edwin Whitlock faced...[reading] shortages. A farmer on the Salisbury Downs, he had plenty of time to read while shepherding: "the difficulty was to get hold of books. T... Edwin Whitlock n/a POst Office Directory, 1867 Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Charles Dickens [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Walter Scott [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Edward George, Earl Bulwer Lytton [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Ellen Wood [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock [anon] The Holy War Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock [unknown] [religious magazines] Print : Book, Serial / periodical, but bound into volumes1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock anon The Adventures of a Penny Print : Book1850-1899 '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,... Edwin Whitlock anon Cassell's History of England Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton anon ['twopenny bloods'] Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton anon The Wizard Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton anon [a handbook for vegetarians] Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and the Jewels of Ophir Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton William Prescott HIstory of the Conquest of Peru Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton Washington Irving Rip van Winkle Print : Book1900-1945 'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro... Michael Stapleton n/a the Hotspur Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams The Gem Print : Serial / periodical, comic1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Magnet, The Print : Serial / periodical, comic1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams [Sexton Blake Stories] Print : Serial / periodical, comics1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams George Alfred Henty Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Robert Michael Ballantyne Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Frederick Marryat Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams James Fenimore Cooper Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Mark Twain Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Charles Dickens Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Walter Scott Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Anne/Charlotte/Emily Bronte Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams George Eliot Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams William Prescott Conquest of Peru, The Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams William Prescott Conquest of Mexico, The Print : Book1900-1945 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o... James Williams Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales, The Print : Book1800-1849 'Having just finished the first volume of les Veillees du Chateau, I think it a good opportunity of beginning a letter to you while my mind is stored with Ideas worth tra... Jane Austen Madame de Genlis les Veillees du Chateau Print : Book1700-1799 'I would not let Martha [Lloyd] read First Impressions [later published as "Pride and Prejudice"] again upon any account, & am very glad that I did not leave it in your p... Martha Lloyd Jane Austen First Impressions Manuscript : Sheet, MS of novel1700-1799 'So much for Mrs Piozzi. I had some thoughts of writing the whole of my letter in her stile [sic], but I beleive [sic] I shall not.' Jane Austen Hester Lynch Piozzi Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 And here I am on a wet Sunday looking out of a damned large bow window at the rain as it falls into the puddles opposite, wondering when it will be dinner time, and cursi... Charles Dickens Henry Torrens [Sir] Field exercises and evolutions of the army Print : Book1700-1799 'He [Edward Austen] made an important purchase Yesterday; no less than a pair of Coach Horses; his friend Mr Evelyn found them out & recommended them, & if the judgement ... Jane Austen Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels Print : Book1800-1849 Scott probably knew de Stael, he was certainly acquainted with her work, friends, lifestyle etc. Here is a brief excerpt: '...the tendency of the last of her productions,... John Scott Anne-Louise-Germaine de Stael Considerations sur les Principaux Evenements de la Print : Book1800-1849 I send you by George (who in Fred?s absence on business, is kind enough to be the bearer of this) the volume which contains the Life of Savage. I have turned down the lea... Charles Dickens Samuel Johnson An account of the life of Mr. Richard Savage Print : Book1800-1849 'We think he is mistaken in every respect. His work does not teach the human heart, but insults it...His precepts are conveyed in the cries of Bedlam; and the outrage of ... John Scott Percy Bysshe Shelley The Cenci Print : Book1800-1849 [The text is an open letter from Pearson to Paley, praising the latter's book, and suggesting its use as an academic textbook. The letter is dated 11/11/1802] Edward Pearson William Paley Natural Theology Print : Book1800-1849 I am glad you like The Black Veil. I think that the title is a good one, because it is uncommon, and does not impair the interest of the story by partially explaining its... John Macrone Charles Dickens The Black Veil Print : Unknown1800-1849 'One unfortunate who had confounded together the opening paragraphs of the Evidences and the Natural Theology... [wrote as his exam answer] only this commencement of a se... William Paley Natural Theology Print : Book1450-1499 Susan Schibanoff, "Taking the Gold out of Egypt: The Art of Reading as a Woman": "In 1473, Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, came across a French version of the Liber Philo... Anthony Woodville Earl Rivers Liber Philosophorum Moralium Antiquorum Unknown 1800-1849 Elizabeth Segel, in "'As the Twig is Bent ...': Gender and Childhood Reading," notes that Mary Ann Evans began reading Scott when aged seven. Mary Ann Evans Walter Scott Print : Book1900-1945 Elizabeth Segel, in "'As the Twig is Bent ...': Gender and Childhood Reading": "
[Melvyn Bragg] became 'hooked' on Alcott after having picked up at a seaside
bookshop ... Melvyn Bragg Louisa May Alcott Jo's Boys Print : Book1900-1945 Elizabeth Segel, in "'As the Twig is Bent ...': Gender and Childhood Reading": "
[Melvyn Bragg] became 'hooked' on Alcott after having picked up at a seaside
bookshop ... Melvyn Bragg Louisa May Alcott Little Women Print : BookDavid Bleich, "Gender Interests in Reading and Language": "I first 'understood' Wordsworth when I heard his poetry read by his descendent, Jonathan Wordsworth, some years... Jonathan Wordsworth William Wordsworth poetry Unknown 1800-1849 Marginal comments throughout the text, generally of the format of a key word within the text being indicated with a cross and the marginal comment then arguing a related ... John Drummond Erskine Adam Dickson An essay on the causes of the present high price o... Print : Book1800-1849 Recd from WM the Morning Herald of Friday, which pleased me to find him so attentive, to what he knows gives me satisfaction; I am now beforehand with the knowing ones I ... Robert Sharp The Morning Herald Print : Newspaper1800-1849 I see Lord Liverpool has been taken very ill, some of the farmers were so devoted as to say that providence has interfered so far as to put a stop to any alteration to th... Robert Sharp [newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Read the last Nos of Cobbett to the 24th Feb he has no compassion for Lord Liverpool; The Elegy on Bric is as ludicruous as can be well concieved. He still persuades his... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Cobbett tells a very plausible tale of being deceived by the man who was to have been his surety... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Saw in the Rockingham that seven of the Ministers have sent in their resignation - Amongst the rest the Lord, Chancellor... Robert Sharp Rockingham and Hull Weekly Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 I just peeped into Cobbett last night but had not time to read much I looked over the Dialogue between the King and the seven sages... It is a curious concern is this sam... Robert Sharp William Cobbett The Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Newspaper from WM this morning... Also two Examiners the last week and this, so that I revel in news this day. The Old ministers seem very sore at losing or giving up the... Robert Sharp The Times OR The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Cobbett thinks that Mr Canning would not have pressed on the Corn Bill in the manner it is, if he had not been threatened... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Mr Nelson's estate which is advertised for sale in the Hull papers. I likewise saw it in The Times. Robert Sharp The Times Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 Mr Nelson's estate which is advertised for sale in the Hull papers. I likewise saw it in The Times. Robert Sharp The Hull Packet and Humber Gazette Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 I see by the paper that Mr Canning is indeed very ill... Robert Sharp [a newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd the Courier this morning with an account of the Death of Mr Canning...' Robert Sharp The Courier Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'A very small market this day... I saw Bells's life in London with a portrait of Mr Canning. It is a strange rough concern, the onlyconsolation is that it cannot be his l... Robert Sharp Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see Cobbett has been calling the toll collectors to account...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 '"Blessings on his head said Sancho Panza who first invented sleep", But what shall we say of the character of the French which I lately saw in "Moor's France"...' Robert Sharp John Moore A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerla Print : Book1800-1849 'Sent last night to WM a Basket... after that amused myself by reading in the Spectator the account of Sir Roger de Coverley, It really is an entertaining description of ... Robert Sharp The Spectator Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'In the Times there is an Order from the Magisterial Gentlemen of Beverley at the last sessions...' Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'It must be labour that makes things valuable Princes & Lords may flourish and may fade But a bold Peasantry, the Country's pride When once destroy'd can never be supplie... Robert Sharp Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village Print : Book1800-1849 'On the paper I received this morning was written near the seals "Billy's away" and a sketch of some kind of head... The prosecutors for libel have Reaped but little bene... Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have read the "Literary Gazette"; the notice of the Life of Bonaparte is quite entertaining, some of the names of the French Revolutionists who were quite familiar abo... Robert Sharp The Literary Gazette Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have read over the "History of Chivalry", it really is true to the title page as nothing but Chivalry can befound in it. I cannot say that it is very amusing or instru... Robert Sharp Charles Mills The History of Chivalry; or Knighthood and Its Tim Print : Book1800-1849 'Mr Sykes will not take any more of Cobbett's registers for the abuse heaped on Mr Canning and for the observations made on Mr Brougham's speech at Liverpool...' Richard Sykes William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have seen some advertisements of Books from Ths. Hurst & Co in St Paul's Church yard...' Robert Sharp [book advertisements] Print : Advertisement1800-1849 'It appears by the Times that there are several dreadful houses in the Neighbourhood of Bow Street, where the unthinking are robbed of their property...' Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Isaac Wilson in his paper of the 16th inst said that the Poll was settled at Preston and Cobbett thrown out, but it appears the contest is still continued, but without a... Robert Sharp The Hull Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Re[ceived] a parcel from WM this night by the carrier, containing two of Cobbett's & a court calendar, I am glad to hear he is well, I expected that Cobbett's conduct at... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the Times of Saturday last that Hunt retired from the contest'. Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see a review of Moxon's book in the Imperial Mag. For July, it is very fair I think.' Robert Sharp The Imperial Magazine; or Compendium of Religious Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I saw a piece in the times headed 'Poor old Cobbett' where it seems to be insinuated that he has not spent all the money which he has given an acccount of, I suppose he ... Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd this morning a small parcel from WM I think Cobbett's greatest antipathy at present...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the Times this morning that a young man of the name of Dunn from Hull has been robbing his employers Sewell & Co... May this be a warning to all young men... [a... Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'There is a paragraph in the Times this morning on the subject of large farms, which is much to the purpose...' Robert Sharp The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd a parcel from William... [Cobbett] seems to bear it admirably for he says it was a triumph...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have been reading Boswell's Life of Johnson which is very entertaining; I never saw Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides or Western Islands, I suppose it is an amusing Bo... Robert Sharp James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 'I know that Historians are very subject to give us their own views, instead of Facts. Hume is very partial to Royalty, and at every opportunity is ready to sneer at Reli... Robert Sharp David Hume The History of England from the Invasion Print : Book1800-1849 'I read in the Edinburgh Review the Remarks there made on the Hamiltonian System of acquiring languages. I think it merits being attended to from the specimens of the Ita... Robert Sharp Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'The Times recd this morning gives an account of the printing trade being in a very depressed state at present. I think Cobbett has commited himself dreadfully...' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see the account is contradicted that Walter Scott has been appointed the King's printer, the Newspapers contradict one day what they have confidently asserted the day ... Robert Sharp n/a [The Newspapers] OR [The Times] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'The Times called Cobbett a "comical miscreant", and the "vagabond" in an article on the "Poor Man's Friend", it appears there is another poor Man's friend published by H... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have lately read a report of the Corn Laws made in 1814 before the house of Commons, one witness says... It came out in evidence that most of the witnesses were land V... Robert Sharp anon Report on the Corn Laws OR Address to the Two Hous... Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 'Recd a parcel from William last night. I was at the time reading Boswell's Life of Johnson, but it was immediately laid down, for the entertainment I anticipated, from h... Robert Sharp James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 'Recd two Papers this morning, and was like the Ass between the bundles of Hay, not knowing which to begin to read first, however I even thought it was as well to begin i... Robert Sharp n/a [two newspapers] OR The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see by the Times this morning there is likely to be some stir with the supporters of the Bible society, it is no more than I have cooked for; I expect there is good pi... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'The Times this morning seems to think that the corn question will meet with the same treatment as catholic emancipation' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'two papers this morning, the one that missed yesterday came today [...] I see there is a great deficiency in the Quarter's Revenue - were an individual to go in the mann... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : NewspaperEvidence of engagement with the text: (1) occasional marginal notes; (2) marginal symbols throughout the text, crosses (ex. pp. 1,5,12), underlines (pp. 16, 520-1), score... Jo. Halkerston Conradus Lagus Methodica iuris traditio, seu ratio compendiaria, ... Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia Alexander Pope [translations of Homer and other works] Print : Book1800-1849 'I have done little since I wrote last but revised Leslie's conics, and read a part of Laplace's 'exposition du systeme du monde' not the mecanique celeste for I alas, am... Thomas Carlyle Simon-Pierre Laplace Exposition du systeme du monde Print : Book1800-1849 'I had read some little of Laplace when I saw you; & I continue to advance with a diminishing velocity. I turned aside into Leslie's conics - ' Thomas Carlyle Simon-Pierre Laplace Exposition du systeme du monde Print : Book1800-1849 'I had read some little of Laplace when I saw you; & I continue to advance with a diminishing velocity. I turned aside into Leslie's conics - & went thro' it, in search ... Thomas Carlyle Sir John Leslie Elements of Geometry, Geometrical Analysis, and Pl... Print : Book1800-1849 'I likewise turned into Charles Bossut's Mecanique - to study his demonstration of pendulums, and his doctrine of forces. The text is often tediously explanatory - & in ... Thomas Carlyle Charles Bossut Mecanique Print : Book1800-1849 'Moore's Lallah Rookh & Byron's Childe Harold canto fourth formed an odd mixture with these speculations. It was foolish, you may think, to exchange the truths of philos... Thomas Carlyle Thomas Moore Lalla Rookh Print : Book1800-1849 'Moore's Lallah Rookh & Byron's Childe Harold canto fourth formed an odd mixture with these speculations. It was foolish, you may think, to exchange the truths of philos... Thomas Carlyle George Gordon Lord Byron Childe Harold (Canto IV) Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia [books of European travels] Print : Book1800-1849 '27th June - The last book worth mentioning, which I perused was Stewart's preliminary dissertation - for the second time. The longer I study the works of this philosoph... Thomas Carlyle Dugald Stewart Philosophy of the Human Mind Print : Book1800-1849 Elizabeth Segel, "As the Twig is Bent: Gender and Childhood Reading": "When Lucy Lyttelton's grandmother began reading aloud Adam Bede ... it was 'duly bowdlerized for ou... anon George Eiiot Adam Bede Print : Unknown1850-1899 " ... a young compositor encounters Macaulay for the first time:
"'Bernard Shaw tells me how he could get more intoxication from Mozart and Beethoven than any common mo... anon Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England Print : Book1700-1799 "Anthony Errington, a Tyneside wagonway wright, sat down in 1823 to write out his life history ... After brief accounts of his parents and his infancy, he turned to his e... Anthony Errington Print : tombstone epitaphs1800-1849 "A young handloom weaver in Carlisle was able to develop both his literacy skills and his political consciousness as his workshop responded with keen interest to the moun... William Farish newspapers Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "'At seven I had so far profited by her teaching,' wrote the Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge of his dame school teacher, 'as to be able to make out the contents ... Joseph Gutteridge newspapers Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "'At seven I had so far profited by her teaching,' wrote the Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge of his dame school teacher, 'as to be able to make out the contents ... Joseph Gutteridge public house and shop signs Manuscript : Signboard1700-1799 "Alexander Somerville, a young farm-worker growing up in the Lammermuir Hills, made his first great journeys without leaving the fields in which he laboured:
"'The next ... Alexander Somerville Anson Voyage Round the World Print : Book1700-1799 "After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled,
"'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,... Alexander Somerville Print : Book1700-1799 "After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled,
"'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,... Alexander Somerville Print : Book1700-1799 "After a morning's work ... [Alexander Somerville] recalled,
"'I remained in the fields, and lay on the grass under the shadow of the trees and read about the Centurion,... Alexander Somerville Print : Book1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Cinderella Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Little Red Riding Hood Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Jack and the Beanstalk Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Zig Zag Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1700-1799 "John Clare listed the material which he encountered as he learnt his letters in his Northamptonshire parish as the nineteenth century commenced:
"'About now all my sto... John Clare Prince Cherry Print : Unknown, "Sixpenny Romance"1800-1849 "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I fi... James Watson notice of political meeting Print : Poster1800-1849 "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I fi... Members of Radical Reform group The Black Dwarf Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I fi... Members of Radical Reform group The Republican Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I fi... Members of Radical Reform group The Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 3 pp of ms at the end of v.1 appear to be brief notes abstracted from details in the text. Each page is ruled and divided into 3 columns headed, 'Substance', 'Symptoms', ... Dr Sibbald Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila A general system of toxicology, or, a treatise on ... Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia Oliver Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield, The Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia William Shakespeare Print : Book1700-1799 'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him... Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia John Milton Print : Book1850-1899 A volume of sermons, marked with dates and what appears to be a system of initials - possibly some sort of reminder? Examples: "E.F.I. [?] April 24th -1853/Nov. 13th ..53... George Burder Village sermons: or, fifty-two plain and short dis... Print : Book1900-1945 A volume of sermons, marked with dates and what appears to be a system of initials - possibly some sort of reminder? Examples: [Sermon 1.] "SSC [?] 15 Jan 1922 & M.../ SS... James Walker Harper Fidelis, pseud. Thirty short addresses for family prayers or cotta... Print : Book1800-1849 'A customer of Old Willy's in the Leather and nail line, telling us he had heard Cobbett's register read lately, where he says in about a year or perhaps rather more from... [A customer of Old Willy's in the Leather and nail line] anon William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'At church twice today as usual; the Parson at his work amongst the children, armed with a huge octavo which he called Archbishop Secker's Lectures on the Church Catechis... 'The Parson' Thomas Secker Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England Print : Book1800-1849 'Cobbett is quite entertaining in his Rural Rides, he indeed excels in rural descriptions; he sees as well as all may who do not shut their eyes, the poverty and degradat... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the Times this morning there is a project for two prices, paper & cash, viz paper one fourth of gold, it appears to be a wild scheme, however I cannot understan... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have read most of Moore's Life of Sheridan, I see Mr Canning first came into notice in 1794...' Robert Sharp Thomas Moore Memoirs of the Life of the Rt Hon R B Sheridan Print : Book1800-1849 'The paper which should have been here yesterday arrived today, so that there were two this morning... I see by the Rockingham that the last voyage of the Steam Packets f... Robert Sharp n/a Rockingham and Hull Weekly Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have read all the Rural Rides of Cobbett he is very excellent at description, he has just opened on the Greek Patriots. I expect he will give them no quarter...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'There is one of the best satirical pieces in the last Examiner (alias Tom Tit) on the King's speech which I almost ever read on any subject,it is a real cutter.' Robert Sharp n/a The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I see it is strongly reported that the difference between Spain and Portugal is made up. I hope it is, for I do not like to hear the sound of War.' Robert Sharp n/a [a newspaper, probably The Times] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd by the Carrier last night from WM the Judgement of Sir John Nichols, on the burial of Persons baptized by Dissenters. I am glad to find that the survivors of such p... Robert Sharp John Nicholl [The Judgement Delivered December 11th 1809...] Print : Book1800-1849 'Cobbett on the Corn laws is almost above himself it is the best exposition I ever saw of the frantic cry of the Agriculturalists that they bear exclusive burdens, just a... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the paper this morning that the Corn question in Parliament is put off till the 26th inst this almost confirms the report that the ministers have no plan ready.... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Very little news of importance in the Papers. I see Mr Hume is still strenuous for Economy, particulary in the Navy estimates...' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Very little news of importance in the Papers. I see Mr Hume is still strenuous for Economy, particulary in the Navy estimates...' Robert Sharp n/a The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'The Examiner for last week arrived yesterday... I hear that the corn question is put off till Thursday next...' Robert Sharp n/a The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Recd a parcel from WM last night, containing new cravats. Cobbett is most fierce on Mr Hume, but what good will he do? For my part I am sorry to see the mighty fallen so... Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Recd 2 papers from WM yesterday morning, the Examiner not come to hand all this week... I see Taylor, the orator, Philosopher and Fool has been obliged to find Bail for ... Robert Sharp n/a [a newspaper, probably The Times] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'By the paper I see there has been a great deal of crowding about St James's to see the laying in state of the Royal Duke...' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'A fine morning. Recd the Examiner this morning which is soon as can be expected. The times very copious on the approaching funeral of the Duke of York. All the honours p... Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Saw in the Paper this morning the official account of the Death of the Duke of York; the paper in mourning.' Robert Sharp n/a [a newspaper, probably The Times] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Last night I sat down to read Cobbett, and very cold it was, but I was left by myself at the fire-side; I never have a great fire, I would rather have a little one and s... Robert Sharp William Cobbett The Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have begun to read Hill's history of Chivalry, the author seems to be delighted with his subject, and I have no doubt but he treats it in a proper manner; - This is a ... Robert Sharp Charles Mills The History of Chivalry; or Knighthood and Its Tim... Print : Book1800-1849 'I see by the Hull packet that the Brothers has sailed for London...' Robert Sharp n/a The Hull Packet and Humber Gazette Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I recd two papers this morning packed up together, so that if news be like wine which improves in the keeping, I am very well off this day[.] It is all new to me. It is ... Robert Sharp n/a [a newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'There is a fine cover on one of the Registers which I must preserve, it has been a Wrapper to a No of Hogarth's works, there are such droll figures on it as I can scarce... Robert Sharp n/a ['Wrapper to a No of Hogarth's works' OR [cover to Print : Advertisement1800-1849 'Cobbett has rubbed down Sir Francis pretty roughly, it appears that when self interest is contrasted with Patriotism the latter in general gives way...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have read in the Times this day with great satisfaction the proceedings of a meeting in London to protect & defend the rights of the Welsh cottagers.' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'While Cobbett has been at the Crown & Anchor amongst [the] Philistines they would not suffer him to speak...' Robert Sharp William Cobbett Political Register Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I see by the Paper this morning that Mr Canning is going to allow all corn in bond before the first of July...' Robert Sharp n/a The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'The following written by Dr Worthington appeared in the Morning Chronicle. Epistle from Tom Cribb to Big Ben concerning some foul play in a late transaction. [transcribe... Benjamin Newton n/a The Morning Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of Wellington said to be written by B.Constant 'un heros froid et mediocre [...]' I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ... Benjamin Newton John Hobhouse The substance of some letters Print : Book1800-1849 'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of wellington said to be written by B.Constant "un heros froid et mediocre [...]" I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ... Benjamin Newton anon Letters written by an eminent persons in the seven... Print : Book1800-1849 'Drove out to Ledbury with Commeline, Ann, C, and M.N Junior [...]Having read Kitt's [NB Kett's] Flowers of Wit I pronounce them to be mere daisies. Everywhere there are ... Benjamin Newton Henry Kett The flowers of wit, or a choice collection of bon Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Shuckfords Connections, Galt's Life of West. The former is a work of a man of great learning and little judgement.' Benjamin Newton Samuel Shuckford The sacred and profane history of the world Print : Book1800-1849 'Read [...] Galt's Life of West [...]is recorded one of the noblest instances of religious userality in a Quaker that I ever met with of any sect, the speech of John Will... Benjamin Newton Galt [Life of West] the life and studies of Benjamin We... Print : Book1800-1849 'Very much struck at the unpreachable style of Clarke on the attributes, his logical and metaphysical views, his answers to Lucretius, Hobbesand spinoza. what a differenc... Benjamin Newton Samuel Clarke A demonstration of the being and attributes of God Print : Book1800-1849 'In the review of Tweddell's Remains where it is said that out of religious motives he refrained from animal food.' Benjamin Newton John Tweddell Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'The poorest review of any book that I have yet met in the Edinburgh is that of Goethe.' Benjamin Newton n/a Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Read Wilkins and Visconti on the Elgin marbles. Wilkins' assertions that Visconti does not think the relievos on the frieze and the metopes to be the work of Phillias no... Rev. Benjamin Newton Ennio Visconti A letter from the chevalier Antonio Canova Unknown 1800-1849 'Read bishop of Gloucester's Charge which I think excellent for its devotion, its liberality, its style and manner and think no harm would arrive to the church were all t... Rev. Benjamin Newton Henry Ryder A charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese Unknown 1800-1849 'Read Bingley's useful knowledge, Jocular Tenures, Pyle, much interrupted by Justice business'. Rev. Benjamin Newton William Bingley Useful knowledge or a familiar and explanatory acc... Unknown 1800-1849 'An account in the papers of Mrs W. Long being married to Rich the Rope dancer, old Billy Long was a fine contrast to him.' Benjamin Newton n/a [newspapers?] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Read Bingley's Useful Knowledge, Jocular Tenures, Pyle, much interrupted by Justice business'. Benjamin Newton Thomas Pyle [sermons?] Unknown 1800-1849 'Went hunting [...] saw Mr Claridge's advertisement for the sale of 11, 695 trees of which 5241 were oaks.' Benjamin Newton n/a [advertisement] Print : Advertisement1800-1849 'Saw today in the paper that Philip's Norton was given to Mr Warner'. Benjamin Newton n/a [Local newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'Read Kidd's Geological Essay and an account of 10 years residence in Tripoli. Kidd's a very bad embarresed [sic] style. Account of Tripoli; amusing enough. [Lists other ... Benjamin Newton John Kidd A Geological essay on the Imperfect Evidence Print : Book1800-1849 'I read Wood's Isle of Man because I knew nothing of it and he has said little from there being very little to say'. Benjamin Newton George Woods An account of the past and present state of the Is... Print : Book1800-1849 'Dallaway on sculpture is very slovenly from the little pains he takes to be clear. It is very difficult to know what antecedent word he refers to. His book suggests two ... Benjamin Newton James Dallaway Of Statuary and Sculpture among the Antients Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Warden's account of Buonuparte [sic]. Whether or not W wrote this account with a view to influence his readers in favour of Buonaparte I know not but I think there ... Benjamin Newton William Warden Letters written on board [...]in which the conduct Print : Book1600-1699 "Writing about himself in the third person, Robert Boyle ... blamed his short attention span on poor reading habits: he complained that reading a romance as a boy had 'ac... Robert Boyle romance Print : Unknown
