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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945�Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards�copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativePrint: Book
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Walter de la Mare[book review]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Laurence BinyonFor the FallenPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardySong of the SoldiersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rudyard KiplingFor all we have and arePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney William WatsonThe Battle of the BightPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Julian GrenfellInto BattlePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Alfred NoyesThe SearchlightsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardyA Changed Man, the Waiting Supper and Other Tales:...Print: Book
1900-1945�There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet�s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney D.H. (David Herbert) LawrenceThe White PeacockPrint: Book
1900-1945�Someone has lent me two of Tchekof�s [Chekhov]'s plays�"The Sea-gull" and "The Cherry Orchard". The first I have read twice and am very struck with it�for its truth ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Anton ChekhovThe SeagullPrint: Book
1900-1945�Someone has lent me two of Tchekof�s [Chekhov]'s plays�"The Sea-gull" and "The Cherry Orchard". The first I have read twice and am very struck with it�for its truth ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Gerhart HauptmannThe Sunken BellPrint: Book
1900-1945�Carlyle has not put it too strongly in Heroes. It is chiefly a matter of environment with the really great men what shape they take in their power; but with smaller ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rosaline MassonWordsworthPrint: Book
1900-1945�You letter gave me great pleasure; and for once I took your advice on a matter of books, to the extent of buying that World�s Classics Selection you mentioned (I hav...Ivor Bertie Gurney William PeacockEnglish Prose from Mandeville to RuskinPrint: Book
1900-1945�I shall be glad to be out of the army. The best thing for me is brainwork again of some kind. I need something to fix my wandering thought in the morning � But must ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Charles DickensMartin ChuzzlewitPrint: Book
1900-1945�Indeed you are darlings of a special sort. The birthday book of my beloved William [Wordsworth] is charming, and you know what I think of the oatcake and scones you ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Adelaide WordsworthWordsworth Birthday BookPrint: Book
1900-1945�Of all the written words of Man that help one submit to Destiny I know nothing more persuasive than that part of "War and Peace" which tells of Pierre�s captivity an...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945�I think we are quite near [departure for] the front�the fighting line, but at least I have control enough of my mind to think very little of this. The only thought t...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945�Here I am, sitting on my bed, half-reading Carlyle, little soaking through to my dull mind, when I become aware that a boxing match is being arranged � I am not alto...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas CarlyleHeroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in HistoryPrint: Book
1900-1945�Here I am, sitting on my bed, half-reading Carlyle, little soaking through to my dull mind, when I become aware that a boxing match is being arranged � I am not alto...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rupert BrookeLetters from AmericaPrint: Book


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