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Henry Thomas Buckle : History of Civilization in England

'Finished Buckle's "History of Civilization in England" vol. I which I began a fortnight ago.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud]      Print: Book

  

Henry Buckle : History of the Civilisation in England

'Tell Eras: that Buckle has been an immense treat...Of course I agree about the grave inconsistencies, serious disproportions &c; and I doubt whether he understands Condillac and that sort of men: but it is truly a great work, suggestive and productive.'

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

  

Henry Thomas Buckle : History of Civilisation

Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, December 1896 - March 1897, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source author notes that Wilde read and re-read everything available to him in prison. 'Gaston de Latour by Walter Pater, MA (Macmillan), Milman's History of Latin Christianity, Wordsworth's Complete Works in one volume with preface by John Morley (Macmillan, 7/6), Matthew Arnold's Poems. One volume complete. (Macmillan, 7/6), Dante and other Essays by Dean Church (Macmillan, 5/-), Percy's Reliques, Hallam's Middle Ages (History of), Dryden's Poems (1 vol. Macmillan. 3/6), Burns's Poems ditto, Morte D'Arthur ditto, Froissart's Chronicles ditto, Buckle's History of Civilisation, Marlowe's Plays, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (edited by A. Pollard 2 vols 10/-) Macmillan, Introduction to Dante by John Addington Symonds, Companion to Dante by A.J. Butler, Miscellaneous Essays by Walter Pater, An English translation of Goethe's Faust'.

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Oscar Wilde      Print: Book

  

Henry Thomas Buckle : The History of Civilization in England

One can say of the more reticent British that, as you come to know them, some are discovered and some are found out. My father was of those who are discovered. 'The Times' came to him regularly, and he had a small shelf of books which he read over and over, admitting a newcomer now and then, after much deliberation. The whole of George Borrow and of Charles Darwin, Hodson of Hodson's Horse, Buckle's 'History of Civilization', White's 'Selborne', Benvenuto Cellini, and Sismondi's Italian Republics are what I remember.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Stark      Print: Book

  

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