'"In my childhood, I never met another who could not read", [H.M. Tomlinson] recalled. "Some of them could be so excited by the printed page that they passed on the fun they had found, and thus... I was introduced to Mayne Reid, and again to Harrison Ainsworth, with "The Headless Horseman" and "Rookwood"".'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: H.M. Tomlinson Print: Book
'In the course of the winter I read some of Mr. Dugald Stewart's "Essays on the Human Mind", together with a part of Dr. Reid's on the same subject. I also read Mr. Cary's translation of Dante and Mr. Jowell's "Christian Researches".'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book
'Read the first five chapters of Reid's "Enquiry into the Human Mind": in which he examines the senses of Smell, Taste, Hearing, and Touch...'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Green Print: Book
The Bronte enthusiast Sidney Biddell to Charlotte Bronte's former schoolfriend, Ellen Nussey,
15 May 1883:
'Miss Robinson's "Emily Bronte" is prettily enough written [...]
But I confess to being a little disappointed, as my knowledge of that great woman is not one
jot increased by anything Miss R. has written. I prefer Mrs Gaskell's work as being more
versatile; Mr Reid's as being more vivacious, and Mr Bayne as being more stern and real
[goes on to criticise 'the constant mention of Branwell Bronte' as 'the great blot in the book']
[...]
'It's a pity she did not make her [Emily Bronte] more of a psychological study, and gone a
little deeper into the recesses of her mind [...] We owe Miss Robinson a debt of gratitude if
only for the beautiful poem she has unearthed and given in at the end of her work,
commencing "No coward Soul is mine" —
'It is new to me, at least I don't remember it.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Sidney Biddell Print: Book
