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

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Josiah Conder : The Star in the East

'Read the poems of Conder over a second time [...] I am much pleasd with many more which I shall read anon'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare      Print: Book

Josiah Conder : The Modern Traveller, a Description of the Various Countries of the Globe

'It must have been during this year [1823] that I began to read a work which gave me much and unalloyed pleasure: this was "The Modern Traveller", edited by Mr. Conder. I read the parts consecutively and was so much pleased with them that I looked for their publication with great interest.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter      Print: Book

Josiah Conder : Home

'To... ...' 'There are who strangely love to roam/And find in wildest haunts their home/...' ['Home' ll. 13-22]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Maingay [probably]      Print: Unknown

Josiah Conder : Home

'Home - by J Conder' 'That is not home, where day by day, /...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Bowly group     

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