| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1850-1899 | 'Surely no book was ever read and re-read and talked over as that first new volume, although we went on to buy many mo... | Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes | Robert Michael Ballantyne | The Iron Horse | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899
1900-1945 | '"The words I didn't understand I just skipped over, yet managed to get a good idea of what the story was about", wrot... | James Murray | Robert Michael Ballantyne | [novels] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'When old enough to read for herself, Rose Macaulay entered into other realms of fictitious brave adventure. She devou... | Rose Macaulay | Robert Michael Ballantyne | Coral Island | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | [A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Pri... | questionaire respondent | Robert Michael Ballantyne | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a gre... | James Williams | Robert Michael Ballantyne | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Kipling had now been supplemented with Henty, Ballantyne, Rider Haggard and John Buchan, all with their own tales of... | Lawrence Durrell | Robert Michael Ballantyne | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'there was nothing in the house which was worth reading, apart from the Bible, "The Pilgrim's Progress", "Gulliver's T... | Edwin Muir | Robert Michael Ballantyne | Hudson Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America | Print: Book |