| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1850-1899 | Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr., 16 March 1881: "I have of course read Grant Allen in the March Atlantic and think ... | Henry James | Grant Allen | article (?in response to work by William James) | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'he entered a competition held by Tit-Bits. The prize money was twenty guineas, and it was offered for a "humorous con... | Arnold Bennett | Grant Allen | What's bred in the bone | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, April 7 1794
'I am very rich in German books right now for Dr Randolph, who has a great many, has giv... | Elizabeth Smith | Hallen | [poems] | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | [I am reading this] 'Because I've got a ten week's old baby. (Practical Psychology: Allen)' | | Allen | Practical Psychology | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have just been reading Allen's account of your Administration. Very well done, for the cautious and decorous style;... | Sydney Smith | John Allen | [article in the Annual Register, 1806] | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899
1900-1945 | Considerable marginalia in pencil in English, especially on the following pages: 30, 186, 216, 220-224. | Vernon Lee | Grant Allen | Physiological Aesthetics | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 20-21 July 1794: 'When Coleridges work is published you will see a Latin... | Robert Southey | Robert Allen | Ludi Scenici (unpublished) | Manuscript: Sheet |
| 1900-1945 | Transcript of interview: 'The school library had a reasonably wide selection – we could take out one fiction and one... | Hilary Spalding | Hervey Allen | Anthony Adverse | Print: Book |