| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1700-1799 | The Iris came this morning, in it there was the following article: at Paris there is proposals for publishing by subsc... | Joseph Hunter | | The Iris | Print: Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | I wrote out of the Monthly Review, an anecdote of Dr Franklin's [surgeon?] who said that the [king?] was the only gent... | Joseph Hunter | | Monthly Review | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | I wrote out of the Gentleman's Magazine the various [games?] assigned for the 9 of diamonds... to which I added my opi... | Joseph Hunter | | Gentleman's Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | I will here give an account of the Hymns which I could say ... This I have copied from Mr E[vans] writing in an old hy... | Joseph Hunter | | 'An old Hymn Book' | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Reading "Anedotes of Some Remarkable Persons Chiefly of The Present and Two Preceding Centuries' | Joseph Hunter | William Seward | Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons, Chiefly o | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | I drew out of a book entitled 'a genealogical History of the Present Royal Families of Europe' the pedigree of several... | Joseph Hunter | Mark Noble | A Genealogical History of the Present Royal Famili | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Looked at Ainsworth's dictionary for the derivation of all the Christian names; Joseph is derived from the Hebrew of I... | Joseph Hunter | Robert Ainsworth | Robert Ainsworth's Dictionary | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Finished the second volume of Mrs Radcliffe's 'Italian'. She is the best writer in her way of anybody I [have?] heard ... | Joseph Hunter | Ann Radcliffe | The Italian | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | We got the last volume of the Italian, I think it does not equal the former production | Joseph Hunter | Ann Radcliffe | The Italian | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Read the 2d volume of Mrs Inchbald's 'Nature & Art'. It is a pretty little thing, not in the same way as the 'Italian'. | Joseph Hunter | Elizabeth Inchbald | Nature and Art | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | I finished Mrs Inchbald's 'Nature and Art', the second volume is not so pleasing as the first, but yet it has a very p... | Joseph Hunter | Elizabeth Inchbald | Nature and Art | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'My Grandmother and Miss Haynes dined at our house. Read Reynolds' "Comedy of Notoriety"; I think it is fully equal to... | Joseph Hunter | Frederick Reynolds | Notoriety: A Comedy [Five Acts in Prose] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the "Ency. Bri." article Porto-Bello the same account is given. They sat it was given by Columbus.' | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Encyclopedia Britanica | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Returned Pratt's "Gleanings in England" to the [D.S?] library having only read a few of the letters which did not ple... | Joseph Hunter | Samuel Jackson Pratt | Gleanings in England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Brought back [from the subscription? library] the Gents Mag for Feby 4 March. They have not yet done with the controv... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Gentleman's Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | 'In this weeks paper Dr M. advertises that he proposes to deliver 12 lectures on metal and metalurgy ...the subscripti... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | [The Sheffield Iris] | Print: Advertisement, Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the "Iris" of this day Dr M advertises the subjects of the two next lectures ...Montgomery [the editor] is very ca... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Sheffield Iris | Print: Advertisement, Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | [account of attending the lectures on metals advertised in the "Iris"] ...all this I had read before ... in the "Sup. ... | Joseph Hunter | George Gregory | The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I took [books] to the library and brought Aikin's "Description of the Country between 30 and 40 miles around Manchest... | Joseph Hunter | John Aikin | A Description of the Country from thirty to forty miles around Manchester | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I finished Aikin's "Description &c"... I began to read my "Evenings at Home" again. It is a book written by Mr Aikin ... | Joseph Hunter | John Aikin | A Description of the country from thirty to forty miles around Manchester | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I finished Aikin's "Description &c"... I began to read my "Evenings at Home" again. It is a book written by Mr Aikin ... | Joseph Hunter | John Aikin | Evenings at home; or the Juvenile Budget Opened | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'We got the "Monthly Magazine" from Miss Haynes who takes it in. Mr E. says it is the best published. I drew a copy o... | Joseph Hunter | John Aikin | A Description of the Country from thirty to forty miles around Manchester | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'We got the Iris this morning I copied out of it the petition of the G [?] dispersed thro Germany and Hartman's Solilo... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Sheffield Iris | Print: Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | 'Mr Fisher who came up to alter Mr E a gown &c against our journay bought in a "Cambridge Inteligencer" to look at; it... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | Cambridge Inteligencer | Print: Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | '[Brought from the library] "Varieties of English Literature" vol 1st which being unintelligible stuff for the most pa... | Joseph Hunter | [William] [Tooke] | Varieties of Literature From Foreign Literary Jour | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I took "Varieties & c" to the Library. I brought the 2nd Volume of the "Minstrel or Anecdotes of Distinguished Person... | Joseph Hunter | Anon | The Minstrel; or Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons in ye fifteenth century | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I went to see my Grandmother, she lent me 2 romances "Richard Couer de Lion" by Mr White author of "Earl Strongbow" &... | Joseph Hunter | James White | The Adventures of King Richard Couer de Lion | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I went to Mr Gales to order two book which I saw at Birmingham [...] I brought the "Life of Lackington" from the Libr... | Joseph Hunter | James Lackington | Memoirs of the First Forty Five Years of the Life | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I brought from the Library "Pennant's [Views?] of London", out of which I drew a view of the Savoy Hospital' | Joseph Hunter | Thomas Pennant | Account of London | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I drew out of Pennant a View of the Ruins of Clerkenwell Church' | Joseph Hunter | Thomas Pennant | Account of London | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'bought Dodsley's "Trifles", a very entertaining book [in margin] Price 1s which Mr E. gave me to buy it with & has li... | Joseph Hunter | Robert Dodsley | Trifles | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I took the 2nd Vol. & brought the 3d of Lyons &c. They are very entertaining books.' | Joseph Hunter | Daniel Lyons | The Environs of London, Being an Historical Account | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'We got "The Iris" this morning; it contained an Advertisement from Mr [Sorby?], saying that he intended to resign the... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Sheffield Iris | Print: Advertisement, Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | 'We got the new catalogue from Library, The number of subscribers 118, there are near 2400 Books. [In Margin] Printed ... | Joseph Hunter | [unknown] | [Catalogue of the Sheffield Subscription Library] | |
| 1700-1799 | 'We learn from the "Iris" of this morning that the "Wisperer" is just published by J.M.Gomery [James Montgomery].' | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Sheffield Iris | Print: Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | 'I finished Prideaux's "Connection of the Old and New Testament" history.' | Joseph Hunter | Humphrey Prideaux | The Old and New Testament Connected | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Within these few days I could not have a book from the library because Mr E. had lent the "Castle of Otranto" to Miss... | Joseph Hunter | Horace Walpole | The Castle of Otranto | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Fetched the "Castle of Mowbray" from Lindley's Library; a very silly Love tale. Took the "Castle of Otranto" to the L... | Joseph Hunter | Mrs Harley | The Castle of Mowbray | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought from the library for Miss Haynes the 4 [th] vol. of Mrs Godwin's Posthumous Works. It contains Letters, one o... | Joseph Hunter | Mary Wollstonecraft | Posthumos Works, Vol IV: Letters and Miscellaneous | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought [...] the European Magazine for April 1798; it contains an essay on provincial Half-pennies by Joseph M[orer]... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | European Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'I took Radcliffe's "Tour" to the Library; I was not so much entertained with it, as I expected tho her descriptions a... | Joseph Hunter | Ann Radcliffe | A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794 | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Returned from S. Read as I came along a considerable part of "Cotoni Posthuma" which Mr M[anley] lent me.' | Joseph Hunter | Robert Cotton | Cotoni Postuma: Divers Choice Pieces of the Renown | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Began to copy out of Lodge's "Illustrations", the lives of the 4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th Earls of Shrewsbury; the book con... | Joseph Hunter | Edmund Lodge | Illustrations of British History | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Finished the account of the Earls of Shrewsbury.' | Joseph Hunter | Edmund Lodge | Illustrations of British History | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Began to draw out of Lodge, the monument of George 4th Earl of Shrewsbury.' | Joseph Hunter | Edmund Lodge | Illustrations of British History | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Mr E. brought "Fragments in the Manner of Sterne" 1797 from the library. The "Monthly Review" says it is the best imi... | Joseph Hunter | Anon | Fragments in the Manner of Sterne | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Wrote out of "Fragments" the piece upon war.' | Joseph Hunter | Anon | Fragments in the Manner of Sterne | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought from the Library Gifford's "Address to the loyal Association". [In margin:"A Pamphlet"] he says that he has ... | Joseph Hunter | John Gifford | A Short Address to the Members of the Loyal Association | |
| 1700-1799 | 'Finished Wollstoncraft's "View of the French Revolution" Vol I. It appears to rather a panegyric upon the actions of ... | Joseph Hunter | Mary Wollstonecraft | An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I begun to write in my Common-place book, the account of the King of Patterdale [from the 'Gentleman's Magazine', bor... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | Gentleman's Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took the "Gent. Mag." to the Library, & brought Frederick Morton Eden's "State of the Poor"; he gives an account of t... | Joseph Hunter | Sir Frederick Morton Eden | The State of the Poor; or an History of the Labour | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took Percy's "Reliques" to the Library [no evidence of reading this text], & brought Ireland's "Picturesque Views on ... | Joseph Hunter | Samuel Ireland | Picturesque Views of the River Thames | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'We got the "Iris"; it contains an exceedingly humourous account of the first campaign of our Loyal Independant Sheffi... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Iris | Print: Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | 'Bought Mr Smith's "Sermon to the Odd Fellows", Professor Robinson's "Proof of a Conspiracy" seems to have made a deep... | Joseph Hunter | George Smith | A Sermon Delivered in the Parish Church of Sheffield | |
| 1700-1799 | 'Got the "Monthly Mag" & "Rev." from Miss Haynes. They appear to be two very entertaining no's. I am much pleased with... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Monthly Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought Donald Campbell's "Journey Over Land to India" [from the Library]. We had a very high character given of it &... | Joseph Hunter | Donald Campbell | A Journey Over Land to India | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I finished D. Campbell's "Journey over land to India". It is divided into three parts ... the story of Mr [Alli?] who... | Joseph Hunter | Donald Campbell | A Journey Over Land to India | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Finished Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"; [borrowed from Mr Manley on visit to Stammington, July 7 1798] It has of late be... | Joseph Hunter | Lawrence Sterne | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy [in 2 vols] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Finished the "Whisperer or Tales & Speculations" by Gabriel Silvertongue. It was written by J. Montgomery and part o... | Joseph Hunter | James Montgomery | The Whisperer; or Tales & Speculations | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I will give an account of how I spend the day hour by hour. From 7 to 8 drew part of a landscape, wrote my diary. 8 ... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | Encyclopaedia | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I will give an account of how I spend the day hour by hour. [...9-12 at the warehouse] 12 to 1 came to my dinner, re... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Iris | Print: Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought Mrs Radcliffe's "Mysteries of Udolpho"; I wish I had not read it before, for upon a second reading it loses h... | Joseph Hunter | Ann Radcliffe | The Mysteries of Udolpho | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Wrote out of the "Monthly Mag." an example of English hexameter. [Borrowed 'the first 12 no.s' from Miss Haynes on 1... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | Monthly Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | '"The Iris" this week contains an advertisement from the Cutler's Company [annual ball] White Bear Inn. Price 10s 6d.' | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Iris | Print: Advertisement, Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | 'Wrote out of Zimmerman on "Solitude" the introduction to it. [Notes that it is a 1797 edn when borrowed on 26 Aug. 1... | Joseph Hunter | Johann Georg Zimmermann | Solitude, or the effect of Occasional Retirement | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took Zimmermann to the library [In margin: 'vestry']. It consists for the most part of declamation, tho' it is very i... | Joseph Hunter | Johann Georg Zimmermann | Solitude, or the effect of Occasional Retirement | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Saw at Book John's [In margin: A person who stands in the Market Place & sells books & of whom I have sometimes bough... | Joseph Hunter | De La Roche | New Memoirs of Literature | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I have read part of Townson but I think I shall read no more as it consists of nothing [else?] but mineralogical & bo... | Joseph Hunter | Robert Townson | Travels in Hungary with a Short Account of Vienna | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took the 1st vol of Staunton to the library [borrowed on 7 Sept], & brought Townson's "Travels" ... The 1st part of S... | Joseph Hunter | Sir George Leonard Staunton | An Authentic Account from the King of Great Britain | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Began to read Thomson's "Seasons".' | Joseph Hunter | James Thomson | The Seasons | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took [the] "Answer to Wilberforce" to the Chapel Library & brought "The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797, Being... | Joseph Hunter | [unknown] | The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Wrote out of the "Spirit of the Public Journals" "Washing Day", a poem in blank verse; originally printed in the "Mon... | Joseph Hunter | [unknown] | The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [series | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When I brought the "Spirit of the Journals", I did not think that it would have contributed anything towards the acco... | Joseph Hunter | [unknown] | The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [series | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Wrote also out of the "Spirit of the Journals" "a hymn for the fast day" by Captain Norrice on Foxe's Birthday.' | Joseph Hunter | [unknown] | The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [series | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took the "Spirit of the Journals" to the Chapel Library [...] there are no less than 101 Epigrams on Messrs Pitt & Du... | Joseph Hunter | [unknown] | The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [series | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took Staunton's "Embassy to China" to the Library & brought "Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Revolution...". ... | Joseph Hunter | [Anon] | Biographical Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Revolution | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Finished the "Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Revolution". I have found that considerably more of it has appe... | Joseph Hunter | [Anon] | Biographical Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Revolution | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'The "Monthly Magazine" contains an account of the publication of that long expected work by Mr Conder of Ipswich, "an... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Monthly Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Wrote out of the "Analytical Review" an account of the Abbey of Glastonbury which they have extracted from Gilpin's O... | Joseph Hunter | William Gilpin | The Analytical Review; or History of Literature | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | '"The Iris" in mentioning the Sessions at Sheffield says ...' | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Iris | Print: Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | 'Read a beautiful story in Pratt [borrowed on 11 Oct] concerning a decayed merchant & his daughter who had retired int... | Joseph Hunter | Samuel Jackson Pratt | Gleanings Through Wales, Holland and Westphalia | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Procured a paper in form of an advertisement called "Long Faces" published Feb. 28th 1794 on the fast which was held ... | Joseph Hunter | Anon | Long Faces; Amusement for Starving Mechanics | Print: Advertisement |
| 1700-1799 | 'brought also the "Gent Mag" for Sepr 1798. [It] speaks very severly of Mr Smith's Sermon to the Odd-fellows; they say... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Gentleman's Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Thought the following remarks in Miss Williams was exceeding applicable to the manufacturers of Sheffield: "There is ... | Joseph Hunter | Helen Maria Williams | A Tour in Switzerland | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought Wolstonecraft's "View of the French Revolution", from the Chapel Library, for Miss Haynes to read. Read in Mi... | Joseph Hunter | Hannah More | Sacred Dramas: Chiefly intended for Young Persons | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Saw ... in the possession of one of our men the "Spy", a periodical printed by Crome in the year 1795, in which were ... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Spy | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought from the Library as a pamphlet Bunbury's "Academy for Grown Horsemen"; in some parts he is exceedingly humuro... | Joseph Hunter | Henry William Bunbury | An Academy for Grown Horsemen | |
| 1700-1799 | 'It has been stated in some of the London papers that when the news [of Nelson's victory] arrived there was no appeara... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Iris | Print: Newspaper |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought the 2d number of the "Anti-Jacobin Review & Magazine", which is got into the Surry Street library instead of ... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | Anti-Jacobin Review | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Borrowed the "Spy" of one of our men; it is peculiarly calculated for the lower class of people. Mr Harrison a school... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Spy | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Miss Williams "Tour" is very entertaining; besides describing the scenery (which she does in a masterly manner) she g... | Joseph Hunter | Helen Maria Williams | A Tour in Switzerland | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I was too much engaged with Gibbon to bestow time on reading "Causes and Consequences"; Mr E. However, read it & was ... | Joseph Hunter | Edward Gibbon | History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Began to read as my Sunday Reading Benson's "Life of Christ".' | Joseph Hunter | George Benson | The History of the Life of Jesus Christ | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought Mrs Wolstonecraft's "Letters from Norway" [etc.] Mr Godwin in his "Life of Mrs W." speaks very highly of it.' | Joseph Hunter | William Godwin | Memoirs of the Author of the Vindication of the Rights of Women | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought the "Gents Mag" for May. It contains an advertisement for a new edition of the "Encyclopedia Britannica" with... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Gentleman's Magazine | Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Mr Scholfield gave me a medal struck to commemorate the presentation of the colours to the Birmingham association of ... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | 'Printed Description' accompanying a comemorative medal | Print: Handbill |
| 1700-1799 | 'Learnt to play those Games which are wrote down in the abbreviations in the "History of Chess".' | Joseph Hunter | Lambe Robert | The History of Chess | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took the "Curiosities of Literature" to the Library. It contains many curious things; a great part of it consists of ... | Joseph Hunter | Isaac D'Israeli | Curiosities of Literature | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Wrote out of the Register's "Mary Queen of Scotts a Monody; Written near the Ruins of Sheffield Manor". It is one of ... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | [The Annual] Register | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Finished the 3rd Vol of Dodderidge's "Family Expositor".' | Joseph Hunter | Philip Doddridge | The Family Expositor; or a Paraphrase and Version | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took Beckman's "History of Inventions" to the Library; I have been very much entertained with it. Brought the "Gent. ... | Joseph Hunter | Johann Beckmann | A History of Inventions and Discoveries | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took the 1st vol of Lodges' "Illustrations of British History" to the Library; I brought the 2nd volume; the 5th volu... | Joseph Hunter | | The European Magazine and London Review | Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'On 25.7.1799, I have seen a month or two ago, in the "Mon Mag" an account of the publication of the first part of the... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Monthly Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought the "Monthly Review" from Miss Haynes; this month they review Conder's "Arrangement of Provincial Coins", but... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Monthly Review | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'I have had it before, but have brought it now for the sake of copying a story or two out of it, of which there are ve... | Joseph Hunter | Leman Thomas Rede | Anecdotes and Biography, including many modern characters | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought vol 2nd "Literary Memoirs of Living Authors of Great Britain" from the Surry Street Library [...] The author ... | Joseph Hunter | David Rivers | Literary Memoirs of Living Authors of Great Britain | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | '"The Memoirs of Living Authors" appears to be quite a catch-penny job. The author gives a list of their works & somet... | Joseph Hunter | David Rivers | Literary Memoirs of Living Authors of Great Britain | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Finished the "Memoirs of Living Authors".' | Joseph Hunter | David Rivers | Literary Memoirs of Living Authors of Great Britain | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I have not yet finished "Joan of Arc". Near 500 lines at the beginning of the 2d book were supplied by S.T. Coleridge... | Joseph Hunter | Robert Southey | Joan of Arc, An Epic Poem | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | '[...] Gaze on - then heart-sick [...] It is in the first edition of this poem, that I am reading, which Southey compo... | Joseph Hunter | Robert Southey | Joan of Arc, An Epic Poem | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'took "Joan of Arc" to the library. I think the 4 first books, are much superior to any which follow, if we except the... | Joseph Hunter | Robert Southey | Joan of Arc, An Epic Poem | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought "A Fortnights Ramble to the Lakes" from the Chapel Library; also the "Analytical Review" for July 1798, to re... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | Analytical Review | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought Vol 2nd "Literary Memoirs of Living Authors of Great Britain" from the Surry Street Library. It is a book on ... | Joseph Hunter | David Rivers | Literary Memoirs of Living Authors of Great Britain | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought the "Mon Mag" from Miss Haynes. It contains an account of the death of Dr Towers.' | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Monthly Magazine | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'For the sake of improving myself in the French language, began to translate Vertot's "Revolutions of Portugal".' | Joseph Hunter | Rene Vertot | Histoire des Revolutions de Portugal | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Finished the "Epistle to a Friend". I do not so much admire it as I did the "Pleasures of Memory".' | Joseph Hunter | Samuel Rogers | An Epistle to a Friend, with Other Poems | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'The anecdotes of Bowyer is to me a very entertaining book, I intend to read it through. I was much pleased with the f... | Joseph Hunter | John Nichols | Biographical and Literary Anecdotes of W Bowyer | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'The following story is taken from p 248 of the anecdotes of Bowyer. Among the innumerable stories that are told of hi... | Joseph Hunter | John Nichols | Biographical and Literary Anecdotes of W Bowyer | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When I came to extract the remarks on Dodsley, I found [they?] were remarks upon an old edition & that the editors we... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Gentleman's Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'When I came to extract the remarks on Dodsley, I found [they?] were remarks upon an old edition & that the editors we... | Joseph Hunter | Robert Dodsley (editor) | A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took Gibbon to the library. I have not had time to read more than one chapter being engaged with Bowyers. I can procu... | Joseph Hunter | Edward Gibbon | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took Pindar's "Tales of Hoy" to the library; I think it much inferior to most of his other publications which I have ... | Joseph Hunter | Peter Pindar | Tales of the Hoy, interspersed with song | Print: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | 'Went to the library. Saw in Volume 4th of Nichol's "Select Collections of Poems" a poetical account of the monuments ... | Joseph Hunter | John Nichols | A Select Collection of Poems; with notes (Vol IV) | Print: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | 'Took Colquhoun's "treatise of the police of the metropolis" to the library. I have not read it but, Mr Evans has; he ... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Iris | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | 'Dr Marwick advertises again.' | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Iris | Print: Advertisement, Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Home's "tragedy of Douglas", I was much pleased with it. I have seen it remarked, I believe in the "Memoirs of L... | Joseph Hunter | John Home | Douglas: A Tragedy | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Returned Pratt's "Gleanings in England" to the SS Library having only read a few of the letters which did not please ... | Joseph Hunter | Samuel Jackson Pratt | Gleanings in England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Foote's "Farce of the Minor"; I do not admire it near as much as I do the Mayor of Garratt.' | Joseph Hunter | Samuel Foote | The Minor, A Comedy | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I think Mrs Montague [sic] has fully vindicated Shakespeare from the objections of Voltaire [...] Her three dialogues... | Joseph Hunter | Elizabeth Robinson Montagu | An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read in the vol of plays lent me by my father, the farce of "Catherine and Petruchio"; abridged from Shakespeare's pl... | Joseph Hunter | David Garrick | Catharine and Petruchio. A Comedy Altered from Shakespeare | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Brought...a translation of the Greek, Latin, French and Italian quotations in the "Pursuits of Literature" which I ha... | Joseph Hunter | Thomas Mathias | A Translation of the Passages from Greek, Latin, French and Italian in the Pursuits of Literature | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'It being the Saturday previous to the annual meeting at the SS Library I was oblig[e]d to return, rather unwillingly,... | Joseph Hunter | James Thomas Kirkman | Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin Esq | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'The "Iris" contains an advertisement of a book being published intitled "A Poetical Review of Miss Hannah More's Stri... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Iris | Print: Advertisement, Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | 'She [Mrs Montagu] is characterised in this manner in the first part of the "Pursuits of Literature"; comparing the co... | Joseph Hunter | Thomas James Mathias | The Pursuits of Literature [...] A Satirical Poem | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read the first 3 parts of the "Pursuits of Literature", of these the first I admire the most. There are people who wi... | Joseph Hunter | Thomas James Mathias | The Pursuits of Literature [...] A Satirical Poem | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read the last play in the Series on the passions. The subject of it is Hatred. It is a tragedy & the title is De Mont... | Joseph Hunter | Joanna Baillie | A Series of Plays In Which It is Attempted to Deli | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Dryden's comedy of the Spanish Fryar, was not much pleased with it.' | Joseph Hunter | John Dryden | The Spanish Fryar | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'There is an advertisement prefixed to this number of the "Copper Plate Magazine", in which is given a list of the pla... | Joseph Hunter | John Walker | Copper-Plate Magazine | Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | 'Finished the last vol of Beckmann's "History of Inventions"; I do not know the book that contains a greater variety o... | Joseph Hunter | Johann Beckmann | A History of Inventions and Discoveries | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | [3 July 1797] 'brought the 2nd vol of the "Antiquarian Repertory"; I had read it before but there was a picture in it ... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | The Antiquarian Repertory [Vol II of 4 vols] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Got the "Monthly Mag" & "Rev." from Miss Haynes. They appear to be two very entertaining no's. I am much pleased with... | Joseph Hunter | [n/a] | Monthly Review | Print: Serial / periodical |