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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Susan CoolidgeWhat Katy Did
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Hans AndersenHans Andersen's Fairy Tales
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of books read]'Eileen Lawrence Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of books read]'Eileen Lawrence Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsPrint: Book
1900-1945'One sat or stood waiting, humbly, through hours which scarcely melted, for something to happen, something which would bring this eternity to a conclusion: but, one...Guy Patterson Chapman Thomas HardyJude the ObscurePrint: Book
1700-1799'8 April 1742: I have myself, upon your recommendation, been reading Joseph Andrews. The incidents are ill laid and without invention; but the characters have a great ...Thomas Gray Henry FieldingThe History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews an...Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter: 1 January 1743]: [Joseph Andrews] contains such a surprising variety of nature, wit, morality, and good sense, as is scarcely to be met with in any one compos...Elizabeth Carter Henry FieldingThe History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews an...Print: Book
1900-1945'As you say, Mother, the war does not look like ending for a long time yet. You never want to read the Daily Mail. It is almost a pro German paper. There are things...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Daily MailPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thanks for sending the socks and gloves received yesterday, and for the letter which came the day before. The socks are quite the thing, and the gloves came in goo...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Weekly NewsPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899
1900-1945		'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs. History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was delete...Joseph Conrad Alfred Russel WallaceThe Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan,...Print: Book
1900-1945'The weather is perfectly ideal and it�s a country holiday to be here [i.e., picnicking in a meadow 1 mile from Talbot House]; the only things we left behind of val...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Walter BesantThe Golden ButterflyPrint: Book
1900-1945I am reading the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea (how much prettier a name than Red Sea): it was an old commercial chart by an unknown Greek of Alexandria in the firs...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon]Periplus of the Erythrean SeaPrint: Book
1900-1945'So home to tea � And after tea, letters, etc., together with a Daily Chronicle I had managed to cadge from the A.S.C., till family Evensong at 7 p.m.'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Daily ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on �shepherd.� Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton TreasuryPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on �shepherd.� Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton SketchPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on �shepherd.� Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Comic CutsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'What with slumber, sandwiches and a copy of the Scotsman secured by the canny guard of our train from one proceeding in the contrary direction�the trains were appa...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton ScotsmanPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Who put that dreadful note about me in the "Pauline"? I�m Chaplain to one battery only, and gunners don�t have forts. I wish they did! Please strafe the unknown aut...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton PaulinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'� folk talk about men not wanting religion�the men who really know what the War is have a different tale to tell�have you read Neville�s book, just out? I�ll send ...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Neville TalbotThoughts on Religion at the FrontPrint: Book
1900-1945'Your delightful letter, the Challenge (which I think grows better and better�especially the Prayer suggestions on the last page), and various enclosures arrived on...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton The ChallengePrint: Serial / periodical


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