the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Sam Brown : Lectures on the Atomic Theory, and Essays, Scientific and Literary

'[Henry Buckle's "History of the Civilisation in England"] will be my fireside book at night (the only time I can read well) as soon as I have finished dear Sam Brown's volumes - which are very interesting, but less strong and clear than I had fancied'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Martineau      Print: Book

Samuel Brown : Galileo Galilei

Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 5 September 1850:

'You sent the tragedy of "Galileo Galilei," by Samuel Brown [...] it contained, I remember, passages of very great beauty.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Brontë      Print: Book

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