√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1850-1899 Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Thomas Westwood, 12-13 December 1850:
'If you had not sent me the Athenaeum article I never should have seen it probably, for my husband ... Robert Browning John Westland Marston Review of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems (1850) Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Thomas Westwood, 12-13 December 1850:
'If you had not sent me the Athenaeum article I never should have seen it probably, for my husband ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning John Westland Marston Review of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems (1850) Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, March 1828:
'I send you three notices of my poem [An Essay on Mind] [...] They are the only ones I have [italics]seen[end italic... Elizabeth Barrett anon Review of Elizabeth Barrett, An Essay on Mind with... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, March 1828:
'I send you three notices of my poem [An Essay on Mind] [...] They are the only ones I have
[italics]seen[end ital... Elizabeth Barrett anon Review of Elizabeth Barrett, An Essay on Mind with... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844:
'Think of the Westminster Review [...] commending me for "moral courage" on account of the
sonnets to Ma... Edward Moulton-Barrett Review of Elizabeth Barrett, Poems (1844) Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I return you the Quarterly Reveiw [sic] with many Thanks. The Authoress of "Emma" has no reason I think to complain of her treatment in it - except in the total omission... Jane Austen Walter Scott [anon] review of Emma Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'George, George, you are detected, and if you do not immediately drink a bottle of Burgundy (to my health and Pepys's) you will certainly be damned.' Robert Louis Stevenson George Saintsbury Review of Familiar Studies in Pall Mall Gazette Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Fanny Kemble to John Murray (1832):
'The article in the Quarterly on my "Francis the First," more than satisfied me, for it made me out a great deal cleverer than ever... Fanny Kemble Milman Review of Fanny Kemble, Francis the First Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Sir Francis Knight to John Murray (1839):
'I was glad [...] to hear the child's voice crying in the Times this morning. The extract [from his work] was the very best t... Francis Head Review of Francis Head, 'Narrative of his Administ... Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Sir Francis Knight to John Murray, 5 March 1839:
'What is most extraordinary is the article in my favour which lately appeared in the Globe. That paper, after defendin... Francis Head Review of Francis Head, 'Narrative of his Administ... Print : Newspaper1800-1849 George Borrow to John Murray junior, 31 December 1842:
'With respect to the critique [of his The Bible in Spain] in the Times, I fully agree with you that
it was har... George Borrow Review of George Borrow, The Bible in Spain Print : Newspaper1800-1849 George Borrow to John Murray junior, 31 December 1842:
'With respect to the critique [of his The Bible in Spain] in the Times, I fully agree with you that
it was har... George Borrow Review of George Borrow, The Bible in Spain Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 George Borrow to John Murray, 25 February 1843:
'I have seen the article in the Edinburgh about the Bible [in Spain] -- exceedingly brilliant and
clever, but rather ... George Borrow Review of George Borrow, The Bible in Spain Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Your "Daniel Deronda" is uncommonly jolly, and right. I don’t know that you’ve ever written anything which pleased me so much. You might have pitched it stronger about t... Robert Louis Stevenson Sydney Colvin Review of George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda" Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 3 March 1817:
'In acknowledging the arrival of the article from the Quarterly, which I received two days ago, I cannot express myself better tha... Augusta Leigh Walter Scott Review of George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold... Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'do you ever read the Augustan Review it is stupid though[underlined] it thinks me so - & yet be afraid I like it because it takes[?] the thing [Glenarvon] fairly & not a... Lady Caroline Lamb [unknown] Review of Glenarvon in the Augustan Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu... George Gordon Lord Byron anon review of Goethe, Aus meinem Leben, Dichtung und W... Print : Serial / periodicalManuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'I gather from a review that the conclusion of the book has not been printed in the Fortnightly?& this the most interesting part of the book. For this reason I should li... Arnold Bennett unknown Review of H.G. Wells' The First Men on the Moon Print : Book1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 19 or 26 March 1875: "I read this morning your notice of A Passionate Pilgrim ... If kindness could kill I should be safely out of th... Henry James William Dean Howells review of Henry James, A Passionate Pilgrim Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Henry James to William Dean Howells, 3 February 1876: "Why won't you tell me the name of the author of the very charming notice of Roderick Hudson in the last Atlantic, w... Henry James anon Review of Henry James, Roderick Hudson Print : Serial / periodical