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[unknown] : La danse des morts

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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Declaration of Principles

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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : A New Version of the Psalms of David

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Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803

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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Sammlung vorzuglich schoner Gedichte...

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Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Quarterly Journal of Foreign Medicine and Surgery

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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Apocryphal New Testament

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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

'Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolpho ? by way of quieting my imagination? & heard the boys read Homer & Zenophon - & read some of Victor Hugo?s & Lamartine?s poetry ? his last song of Childe Harold. Miss Steers kindly sent a packet of French poetry to Mr. Boyd?s for me yesterday. Le dernier chant wants the Byronic character (- an inevitable want for a French composition ? ) and is not quite equal even to Lamartine.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Print: Book

[n/a] : Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper

Henry Mayhew's interview with a seller of street stationery: 'I read "Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper" on a Sunday, and what murders and robberies there is now!'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper

Henry Mayhew interviews a street buyer of waste paper: "The only worldly labour I do on a Sunday is to take my family's dinner to the bakehouse, bring it home after chapel, and read Lloyd's Weekly"

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Broadsheet, Newspaper

anon [working people] : ["half-penny Ballads"]

William Wordsworth discusses reading habits of the local labouring classes in letter to Francis Wrangham, 5 June 1808: '... I find, among the people I am speaking of, half-penny Ballads, and penny and two-penny histories, in great abundance; these are often bought as charitable tributes to the poor Persons who hawk them about (and it is the best way of procuring them); they are frequently stitched together in tolerably thick volumes, and such I have read; some of the contents, though not often religious, very good; others objectionable, either for the superstition in them (such as prophecies, fortune-telling, etc.) or more frequently for indelicacy.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Wordsworth Print: Book

[unknown] : [books about voyages]

Statement of juvenile offender: "When I left school I went to Mr Banks, bookseller, two years. I had good opportunities of reading then, voyages and such; read the Life of Jack Sheppard. I borrowed it from another boy... I read 'Jack Sheppard' about five months before I began the robberies."

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: J.H. Print: Book

[n/a] : The Daily Chronicle

'[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for anything remotely approaching the spiritual in art, literature or music...", and yet the whole family rea and, on some level, took pleasure in sharing and discussing their reading. His mother recited serials from the Family Reader and analyzed them at length with grandma over a cup of tea. Every few minutes his father would offer up a snippet from the Daily Chronicle or Lloyd's Weekly News. The children were not discouraged from reading aloud, perhaps from Jules Verne: "I can smell to this day the Journey to the Centre of the Earth", Burton recalled. The whole family made use of the public library and enjoyed together children's magazines like Chips and The Butterfly'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

Robert Charles Dallas [?] : [poem]

Byron to unknown female correspondent (mother of author of poem sent for Byron's consideration), 17 August 1814: 'The poem from which you have done me the honour to enlose some extracts --I saw in M.S. last year at the hands of Mr. Murray and expressed my wonder that he did not publish it ...'

Century: Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon Lord Byron Manuscript: Unknown

[n/a] : Old Testament

When he was ordained, the Bishop (who in those days was primus Presbyter, or Praeses) seeking to oppose him, asked him this Question, Have you read the Bible through? Yes (said he) I have read the Old Testament twice through in the Hebrew, and the New Testament often through in the Greek; and if you please to examine me in any particular place, I shall endeavour to give you an account of it. Nay (said the Bishop) if it be so, I shall need to say no more to you; only some words of Commendation and encouragement he gave him, and so with other assistants, he Ordained him.

Century: 1500-1599 Reader/Listener/Group: John Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament

Century: 1500-1599 Reader/Listener/Group: John Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : Scriptures

For his carriage and deportment in his Family, it was sober, grave, and very Religious. He there offered up the Morning and Evening Sacrifice of Prayer, and praise continually: so that his House was a little Church. Thrice a day he had the Scriptures read, and after that the Psalm, or Chapter were ended, he used to ask all his children and servants what they remembred, and whatsoever Sentences they rehearsed, he would speak something out of them that might tend to their edification.

Century: 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: John Carter Print: Book

Oxoniensis [pseud.] : Remonstrance against Cain

Byron to John Murray, 8 February 1822: 'Attacks upon me were to be expected [following publication of his Biblical drama Cain] -- but I perceive one upon you in the papers which I confess that I did not expect.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon Lord Byron Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [political history]

'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage of the public library and early Penguins, he ranged all over the intellectual landscape: Freudian psychology, industrial administration, English literature, political history, Blake, Goethe, Mill,Nietzsche, The Webbs, Bertrand Russell's Essays in Scepticism, and Spengler's The Decline of the West'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Frank Argent Print: Book

[unknown] : [Ancient Greek literature]

'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind", Milton's Lycidas, and Gray's Elegy. She discovered the ancient Greeks at the home of a neighbour, a self-educated classicist with six children, and a Sunday school teacher introduced her to the plays of Bernard Shaw. While attending her looms she silently analysed the character of Jane Eyre's Mr Rochester, "sometimes to the detriment of my weaving".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Blackburn Print: Book

Ouida [pseud] : [unknown]

'In A Young Man's Passage (1950), Mark Tellar recalls "confessing to his prep-school teacher that during the holidays he had read Conway's 'Called Back', together with Fergus Hume's 'The Mystery of the Hansom Cab' (1887), and stories by Miss M. E. Braddon, Mrs Henry Wood, and Ouida."'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mark Tellar Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [basic economics textbook]

[analysis of a female respondent in Arnold Freeman's 1918 Sheffield Survey] 'Munitions worker, age eighteen... Has read Seebohm Rowntree's "Poverty" and a basic economics textbook, as well as "Little Women".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: questionaire respondent Print: Book

[unknown] : [various history and biography]

[analysis of a female respondent in Arnold Freeman's 1918 Sheffield Survey] 'Machinist in a shell factory, age twenty-four... Has read Shakespeare, Burns, Keats, Scott, Tennyson, Dickens, Vanity Fair, The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, biography and history'

Century: Reader/Listener/Group: questionaire respondent Print: Book

[anon] : Aristotle's Masterpiece

'[according to Stan Dickens]"There was one book that we all thought was sensational" - Aristotle's Masterpiece. "At last we understood what was meant when, during Scripture lessons, reference was made to 'the mother's womb'".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stan Dickens Print: Book

[anon] : Aristotle's Masterpiece

'The girls at the hat and cap factory where [Mary Bertenshaw] worked would huddle round at dinner to read Aristotle's Masterpiece over general giggles: "It contained explicit pictures of the developent of a foetus; in turn we read out passages. This went on until our boss Abe interrupted us. We felt so ashamed and from then on kept even further away from the VD clinic and became very dubious about the male sex'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Bertenshaw Print: Book

[unknown] : [physiology textbooks]

'Allen Clark, the son of Bolton textile workers, found physiology books in the public library incomprehensible. A newspaper reference to Rabelais motivated him to borrow Gargantua and Pantagruel, which was no more helpful: "the love passages in the tales were meaningless and boring and I skipped them".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Allen Clark Print: Book

[unknown] : [medical book]

'When they were alone at home [Edna Bold] and her cousin Dorothy extracted from the kitchen bookcase and read side by side, a medical book and Foxe's Book of Martyrs. The intertextuality was profoundly scarring: "Childbirth and martyrdom were synonymmous. We suffered the torments of the damned...We never 'reproduced'."'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edna Bold Print: Book

[unknown] : [reports on education in Prussia]

'[Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland was] an omnivorous reader -- "she could begin the day with reports on technical education in Prussia, continue it with Huxley's 'Life' and Shakespeare, and ... polish off seven love-stories at the same time ..."'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [romantic fiction]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [American literature]

'As a boy [Walter] Besant had read American authors avidly ...'

Century: Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Besant Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'On Friday afternoon I went to Mudie's. What a fascinating place it is!! I had some peeps into most lovely books, & the bindings were exquisite'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Katherine Mansfield Print: Book

Moliere [pseud] : [unknown]

'[R. L. Stevenson] ... nominated ["The Egoist"], together with a couple of Scott's novels, a Dumas, Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Moliere, as one of that handful of books which ... he read repeatedly -- four or five times in the case of "The Egoist", he declared in 1887.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Louis Stevenson Print: Book

[unknown] : [old plays]

'Britain was a mainly urban society...and soon an expanding range of sexual literature became available in the cities. Mark Grossek, the son of a Jewish immigrant tailor in Southwark, acquired his knowledge from grafitti, scandalous stories in the local press, 'Lloyd's Weekly News', 'Measure for Measure', the Song of Solomon, some old plays a fellow student had dug out of his father's library, General Booth's 'In Darkest England', Tobias Smollett, Quain's 'Dictionary of Medicine', as well as Leviticus ("For myself, the most subtle aura of enticement was wafted from the verb 'begat' and the noun 'concubine'")There was also Ovid, but unfortunately the popular translation published by Bohn "had left all the tasty chunks in Latin".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mark Grossek Print: Book

[unknown] : [home medical books]

'Ethel Mannin was an exceptionally liberated letter-sorter's daughter, an early reader of Freud who made something of a career championing sexual freedom in the popular press. But when she approached the subject as a girl, she was far more fearful than informed: "At the board school all the girls were morbidly interested in parturition, menstruation, and procreation... We raked the Bible for information, and those of us who came from homes in which there were books made endless research, looking up in encyclopaedias and home medical works, such words as 'confinement', 'miscarriage', 'after-birth'... We were both fascinated and horrified. At the age of twelve I ploughed through a long and difficult book on embryology"... She copied passages from The Song of Songs into her commonplace book, but was disgusted when she came across the phrase, "Esau came forth from his mother's belly": "It seemed unspeakably dreadful, conjured up visions of sanguinary major operations. I was very miserable...".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ethel Mannin Print: Book

[unknown] : [children's comics]

[Communist activists often displayed hostility to literature, including Willie Gallacher. However his 'hostility to literature abated' in later years and in his later memoirs] 'he confessed a liking for Burns, Scott, the Brontes, Mrs Gaskell, children's comics and Olivier's film of Hamlet... Of course he admired Dickens, and not only the obvious Oliver Twist: the communist MP was prepared to admit that he appreciated the satire of the Circumlocution Office in Little Dorrit'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: William Gallacher Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [school stories from The Captain]

'Walter Citrine won, as a Sunday School prize, a volume of school stories from the Captain, including one by P.G. Wodehouse. "The lady who gave this prize awakened in me a thirst for good literature", eventually leading to the works of Karl Marx and his followers'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Citrine Print: Book

[unknown] : [boys' weeklies]

'George Scott left school and the boys' weeklies behind at fifteen: in barely a year he had absorbed enough Shaw, Wells, Dos Passos and (secondhand) Marx to lecture his parents on the evils of capitalism'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: George Scott Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [travel books]

'The father of Labour politician T. Dan Smith, a Wallsend miner, was facinated by travel books, Twain's Innocents Abroad, Chaliapin, Caruso, and European affairs. But hardly anyone in their neighbourhood ever ventured outside it'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [American History]

'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked second only in my estimation to Robert Burns and Walter Scott. One of his ...favourite books was a popular biography of James Garfield, 'From Log Cabin to White House'".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Harry Lauder Print: Book

George Eliot [pseud] :

'As a boy George Acorn [an] East Londoner, read "all sorts and conditions of books from 'Penny Bloods' to George Eliot" with "some appreciation of style", enough to recognise the affinities of high and low literature. Thus he discerningly characterised "Treasure Island" as "the usual penny blood sort of story, with the halo of greatness about it".'

Century: Reader/Listener/Group: George Acorn Print: Book

[unknown] : [novels]

'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly liked mathematics because it was slow reading: "A treatise on algebra or geometry, which cost but a very few shillings, afforded me matter for close study for a year".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : [history]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : [biblical criticism]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : [treatises on algebra and geometry]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : [Sunday School prize books]

'Edwin Whitlock faced...[reading] shortages. A farmer on the Salisbury Downs, he had plenty of time to read while shepherding: "the difficulty was to get hold of books. The only ones in our house were the Bible, a few thin Sunday School prizes, which were mostly very pious publications, and a Post Office directory from 1867, whch volume I read from cover to cover".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Whitlock Print: Book

[anon] : The Holy War

'[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen, but I didn't know that, for I had no light literature for comparison. I read most of the novels of Dickens, Scott, Lytton and Mrs Henry Wood, 'The Pilgrim's Progress' and 'The Holy War' - an illustrated guide to Biblical Palestine, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', several bound volumes of religious magazines, 'The Adventures of a Penny', and sundry similar classics". With few books competing for his attention, he could freely concentrate on his favorite reading, "A set of twelve thick volumes of Cassell's 'History of England'".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Whitlock Print: Book

[unknown] : [religious magazines]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Whitlock Print: Book, Serial / periodical, but bound into volumes

Henry Torrens [Sir] : Field exercises and evolutions of the army

And here I am on a wet Sunday looking out of a damned large bow window at the rain as it falls into the puddles opposite, wondering when it will be dinner time, and cursing my folly in having put no books into my portmanteau. The only book I have seen here, is one which lies upon the sofa. It is entitled ?Field Exercises and Evolutions of the Army by Sir Henry Torrens.? I have read it through so often, that I am sure I could drill a hundred recruits from memory.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Dickens Print: Book

[unknown] : [detective thrillers]

'Derek Davies could not recall that his mother had ever read a book. His father, a die-caster in an automobile factory, read only local and sports papers and two novels a week - a Western or a detective thriller: "Yet quite unintentionally he gave me... a love of reading... He never seemed to vary the diet, he never discussed either the books he read or newspaper items, and he never urged me to read for myself... I... was soon reading everything he read. by the age of eleven or twelve I must have read a couple of hundred of his novels..." In addition to the newspapers and his father's novels, he consumed books for younger children and travel books for adults ("Tibet, I remember, was one passionate preoccupation"). He jumped from the "Wizard" and "Hotspur", which his parents considered "trash" to their twenty-two bound volumes of "The Illustrated New History of the 1914-18 War". "Undeterred by the fact that I had neither the space nor the money to embark on even the most modest layout, I consumed book after book on the building of model railways. Gradually, as I found out how to use the School Library and the Public Library, some degree of selection took place, but as nobody at school before the sixth form advised me what to read the selection remained distinctly erratic... At about fourteen... I read every word of T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', although I had only the faintest glimmer of its real significance".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [Western novels]

'Derek Davies could not recall that his mother had ever read a book. His father, a die-caster in an automobile factory, read only local and sports papers and two novels a week - a Western or a detective thriller: "Yet quite unintentionally he gave me... a love of reading... He never seemed to vary the diet, he never discussed either the books he read or newspaper items, and he never urged me to read for myself... I... was soon reading everything he read. by the age of eleven or twelve I must have read a coupe of hundred of his novels..." In addition to the newspapers and his father's novels, he consumed books for younger children and travel books for adults ("Tibet, I remember, was one passionate preoccupation"). He jumped from the "Wizard" and "Hotspur", which his parents considered "trash" to their twenty-two bound volumes of "The Illustrated New History of the 1914-18 War". "Undeterred by the fact that I had neither the space nor the money to embark on even the most modest layout, I consumed book after book on the building of model railways. Gradually, as I found out how to use the School Library and the Public Library, some degree of selection took place, but as nobody at school before the sixth form advised me what to read the selection remained distinctly erratic... At about fourteen... I read every word of T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', although I had only the faintest glimmer of its real significance".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : [local and sports papers]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [local and sports papers]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [Western novels]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Book

[unknown] : [detective thrillers]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Book

[unknown] : [children's books]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Book

[unknown] : [travel books, including some on Tibet]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Book

[n/a] : The Wizard

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Hotspur

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Serial / periodical

[anon] : The Illustrated News History of the 1914-18 War

'Derek Davies could not recall that his mother had ever read a book. His father, a die-caster in an automobile factory, read only local and sports papers and two novels a week - a Western or a detective thriller: "Yet quite unintentionally he gave me... a love of reading... He never seemed to vary the diet, he never discussed either the books he read or newspaper items, and he never urged me to read for myself... I... was soon reading everything he read. by the age of eleven or twelve I must have read a couple of hundred of his novels..." In addition to the newspapers and his father's novels, he consumed books for younger children and travel books for adults ("Tibet, I remember, was one passionate preoccupation"). He jumped from the "Wizard" and "Hotspur", which his parents considered "trash" to their twenty-two bound volumes of "The Illustrated News History of the 1914-18 War". "Undeterred by the fact that I had neither the space nor the money to embark on even the most modest layout, I consumed book after book on the building of model railways. Gradually, as I found out how to use the School Library and the Public Library, some degree of selection took place, but as nobody at school before the sixth form advised me what to read the selection remained distinctly erratic... At about fourteen... I read every word of T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', although I had only the faintest glimmer of its real significance".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Book

[n/a] : [books on model railways]

'Derek Davies could not recall that his mother had ever read a book. His father, a die-caster in an automobile factory, read only local and sports papers and two novels a week - a Western or a detective thriller: "Yet quite unintentionally he gave me... a love of reading... He never seemed to vary the diet, he never discussed either the books he read or newspaper items, and he never urged me to read for myself... I... was soon reading everything he read. by the age of eleven or twelve I must have read a couple of hundred of his novels..." In addition to the newspapers and his father's novels, he consumed books for younger children and travel books for adults ("Tibet, I remember, was one passionate preoccupation"). He jumped from the "Wizard" and "Hotspur", which his parents considered "trash" to their twenty-two bound volumes of "The Illustrated News History of the 1914-18 War". "Undeterred by the fact that I had neither the space nor the money to embark on even the most modest layout, I consumed book after book on the building of model railways. Gradually, as I found out how to use the School Library and the Public Library, some degree of selection took place, but as nobody at school before the sixth form advised me what to read the selection remained distinctly erratic... At about fourteen... I read every word of T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', although I had only the faintest glimmer of its real significance".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Derek Davies Print: Book

[n/a] : [a Latin-English Dictionary]

'Charlie Chaplin was a classic autodidact, always struggling to make up for a dismally inadequate education, groping haphazardly for what he called "intellectual manna"... Chaplin could be found in his dressing room studying a Latin-English dictionary, Robert Ingersoll's secularist propaganda, Emerson's "Self- Reliance" ("I felt I had been handed a golden birthright"), Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Whitman, Twain, Hazlitt, all five volumes of Plutarch's Lives, Plato, Locke, Kant, Freud's "Psychoneurosis", Lafcadio Hearn's "Life and Literature", and Henri Bergson - his essay on laughter, of course... Chaplin also spent forty years reading (if not finishing) the three volumes of "The World as Will and Idea" by Schopenhauer, whose musings on suicide are echoed in Monsieur Verdoux'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Spencer Chaplin Print: Book

[Von Buch] : [a tour in Denmark]

'Began reading a Tour in Denmarkby Von Buch translated by Black with geological and mineralogical notes by Professor Jamieson [comments on contents]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book

[Von Buch] : [A Tour in Denmark]

'Another of Von Buch's Miraculous Tales. On the coast of Norway are many rocks [...] This is the nineteenth hot day without any rain voila Mr Buch once more. At Skey eagles are much dreaded [...]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book

[Von Buch] : [A Tour in Denmark]

'Von Buch says that it is only lately that the Holy Sacrament has been better understood by the Laplanders [...]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book

[unknown] : [account of Bounty mutiny]

[imaginative role play] 'One chauffeur's daughter alternated effortlessly between heroes and heroines: "I have plotted against pirates along with Jim Hawkins and I have trembled with Jane Eyre as the first Mrs Rochester rent her bridal veil in maddened jealousy. I have been shipwrecked with Masterman Ready and on Pitcairn Island with Fletcher Christian. I have been a medieval page in Sir Nigel and Lorna Doone madly in love with 'girt Jan Ridd'".

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Wharton Print: Book

Malvina [pseud.] : [poetry]

'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarborough Album, and in soliciting contributions of a poetical description; these were of a good class, & abundantly bestowed. Archdeacon Wrangham wrote an original piece for the work 'Lines on the sea bathing infirmary at Scarborough'. The Mss of George Berret, the Younger, were freely offered to my use; & Hermione (Mrs Ballantyre, widow of the celebrated Publisher in Edinburgh) kindly controbuted. I also reprinted the celebrated pieces under the signature of Malvina, from The Scarborough Repository.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [Life of Scott]

'I have read a good many things, a life of Scott, the "Pleasures of Memory" by S. Rogers, Roman History and other things.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Sir Walter Raleigh Print: Book

[anon] : [ballads]

'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his mother's, the Bible (which he studied with his grandmother) and "The Imitation of Christ" (read to his mother on her deathbed). He then learned algebra by surreptitiously reading Fenning's textbook: his master's son owned the book and had deliberately hidden it from him'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: William Gifford Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [magazines]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: William Gifford Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Bible

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: William Gifford Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Faith Gray, dutiful member of a devout York evangelical family, self-accusingly notes in a review of the year 1768 a "strange mixture of Morality, History and Novels in my reading", but although she itemises some of the morality and history she is uninformative about the novels.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Faith Gray Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Roget's Thesaurus

'[Aneurin Bevan] burrowed through the Tredegar Workmen's Institute Library, and acquired his characteristically grandiose vocabulary through close study of Roget's Thesaurus... When he chaired the Tredegar Library Committee, ?60 of its ?300 acquisitions budget was delegated to a colliery repairman to buy philosophy books. Bevan could quote Nietzsche, discuss F.H. Bradley's "Appearance and Reality", and deeply impress an Oxford tutor with his crique of Kant's "Categorical Imperative"... Bevan was... deeply influenced by "The Theory of the Leisure Class".'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Aneurin (Nye) Bevan Print: Book

[unknown] : John O' London's

'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover" past customs. In "John O'London's" and "The Nation", in William MacDougall's Home University Library volume on "Psychology" and F.A. Servante's "Psychology of the Boy", he read up on Freud. In a few years he knew enough to ghost-write BBC lectures on modern psychology'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Leslie Paul Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Nation

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Leslie Paul Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [Russian literature]

'After Stalingrad, [Bernard Kops] immersed himself in Russian literature. A GI dating his sister introduced him to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Bernard Kops Print: Book

[Byng] : An appeal to the people: containing the genuine and entire letter of Admiral Byng to the Secr[etary] of the Ad[miralt]y

'In the even read to Tho. Davy an appeal to the public on behalf of Admiral Byng wherein he is clearly proved to be no ways guilty of what has been laid to his charge, nay even so far from it that he behaved like a prudent and courageous commander in the Mediterranean; and his bad luck proceeded from an inferior fleet, and one which our treacherous or simple ministers, or the Lords of the Admiralty, or whoever the planners of the voyage were, could never expect to have success, having but few men, not one hospital, nor fireship...I also read Bally's poem...'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Turner

[unknown] : [unknown]

'[Martin] suffered but little violent pain until the day he died. Up to that period he sought amusement in cheerful and entertaining books. A child of his landlady read to him as he lay upon a sofa, while he endeavoured to fancy himself, as he said, a gentleman of fashion paying the penalty of a debouch.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'I rose with a heavy heart on the Sunday morning, and read mechanically a chapter in the little Bible in which my mother had blotted my name upon the title page: but my thoughts were far away, and I knew not what I had read.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : [French pocket dictionary]

'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays of the Seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar for a franc, and a pocket dictionnary for another. A fellow lodger lent me a Testament and a Telemaque; and to these materials I applied dogedly from six in the morning til dinnertime. I read the Grammar through first, and then made an abridgement of it on a small pack of plain cards... By these means ... I made rapid progress.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Book

[n/a] : Testament

'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays of the Seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar for a franc, and a pocket dictionary for another. A fellow lodger lent me a Testament and a Telemaque; and to these materials I applied dogedly from six in the morning til dinnertime. I read the Grammar through first, and then made an abridgement of it on a small pack of plain cards... By these means ... I made rapid progress.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Book

[n/a] : Telemaque

'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays of the Seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar for a franc, and a pocket dictionary for another. A fellow lodger lent me a Testament and a Telemaque; and to these materials I applied dogedly from six in the morning til dinnertime. I read the Grammar through first, and then made an abridgement of it on a small pack of plain cards... By these means ... I made rapid progress.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper advertisements]

'In the course of a fortnight I could manage, with the help of a dictionary, to read the advertisements in the French newspapers, which I now began to peruse, not without a hope of finding employment of some other kind, in case the printing should fail.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : Moniteur

'One day, [after] an hour's study, I managed to get all the meaning of an advertisement in the Moniteur...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

[Smith describes evening activities while working as the private printer of Dr D.] 'Sometimes I played dices with madam - sometimes I read aloud from some work of history of philosophy selected by the Doctor.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Book

[n/a] : The Times

'"The Times" newspaper was taken in daily, and it was the office of each compositor in town to read the debates and leaders aloud for the benefit of the rest. When it came to my turn, they could never understand my "professional" mode of reading, and made me many humble requests for explanation.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Bible

'Then we met in-doors for supper, with the home-made loaf and the cambray cheese; and then came the old family Bible and the worn-out ... prayer-book, and the ... voice of my good old dad, as he read deliberately the psalms and the prayer as in the days when I lay in my mother's lap while she soothed little Ned to silence in her arms.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [prayer book]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : The Weekly Dispatch

'My uncle and some others were subscribers to The Weekly Dispatch, each of the subscribers agreeing as to the time and days they were to have the paper read.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: villagers of South Mimms Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [various titles]

'I was fond of reading when at home, but we had not an abundance of books; so as soon as I settled at Notting Hill, I often in the evening made my way to Oxford and other streets where I could find open bookshops, and in the course of a couple of years I had purchased and read a fair selection of our standard authors, and, as I shall mention in future pages, I became fairly well acquainted with the drama and the players. I am afraid I was rather more fond of the drama and works of fiction than of books of more general interest.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: William Tinsley Print: Book

[n/a] : British Controversionalist

?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educator", "Historical Educator" and "Educational Course"? Cassell?s publications, cheap and solid, were a great book to me. The "Popular Educator" was my chief handbook. Always fond of linguistics studies, I tackled lessons in English, in French and in Latin.?

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Burt Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a : Popular Educator

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Burt Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Educational Course

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Burt Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Cornhill Magazine

?In January 1860, appeared the Cornhill magazine, with Thackeray as its editor. The price was a shilling? As soon as I knew it was on sale, I walked to Beddington and came home the proud possessor of the first number. Thackeray?s "Roundabout papers" and some of his stories I read with much gusto. Before the year was out there appeared in the Cornhill a series of remarkable papers by John Ruskin, "Unto this last". These I read with avidity from beginning to end. Long and deep did I ponder over them. The style ? so simple, so beautiful, so telling ? captivated me??

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Burt Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Newcastle Chronicle

'Opening the "Newcastle Chronicle" one November morning of 1865, I observed a long letter signed "A Coalowner". From beginning to end the letter was a fierce diatribe against the strikers, the Miner's Union, and the Secretary of the Union.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Burt Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : London Journal

?When about fourteen years old a comrade lent me a few stray numbers of the "London Journal", a highly spiced periodical which I read with great gusto. It was full of adventures, of mild, romantic stories depicting duels and battles, deeds of daring, hairbreadth escapes by land and sea, the heroes being banditti, pirates, robbers and outlaws. This stirred my blood and excited the youthful imagination. When my father caught me reading it he gently chided me for wasting my time on such rubbishy stuff. Wretched garbage no doubt it was, yet, after all, perhaps the time given to it was not wholly wasted. No useful information, indeed, was gained, but I was acquiring facility in reading and laying hold of the golden key which would open to me the rich treasures of a great literature.?

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Burt Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Psalms

?For reading aloud the one book used was the Bible, the Psalms being always selected. Directly the last Psalm was finished we turned back to the first, and began them over again. In my own experience, the monotony of this proceeding had a most unhappy effect ? the Psalms became so uninteresting, not to say repetitive, that all through life I have failed to appreciate properly the beauty of those grand Eastern compositions.?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Catling Print: Book

[n/a] : Cornhill Magazine

?There were no free libraries, so the younger hands joined with me in starting a "Literary Fund" of our own, towards which each paid three-halfpence a week. The papers and books bought for general reading were afterwards divided. In our little club the "Cornhill Magazine", from its start under Thackeray?s editorship, was read and discussed; also Dickens?s successive productions. I call to mind many serious books, as well as "Cassell?s Magazine" and the "London Journal", in which appeared Miss Braddon?s great story of "Henry Dunbar", then entitled "The Outcasts".?

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Printers and compositors at Thomas Catling's place of work, Edward Lloyd's publishing house Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Cassell's Magazine

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Printers and compositors at Thomas Catling's place of work, Edward Lloyd's publishing house Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : London Journal

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Printers and compositors at Thomas Catling's place of work, Edward Lloyd's publishing house Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : New Testament

??now, being able to read, I had almost continually the Testament in my hand. I had all the wondrous accounts in the Revelations, and my father, not a little pleased, would at times sit down, and in his way explain the meaning of the strange things about which I read. After I had gone through the Revelations, I began with the Gospel of Saint Matthew, and was deeply interested by the miracles, sufferings and death of our Lord. The New Testament was now my shiny book, and I read it all through and through, but more for the interest the marvellous passages excited, than from any religious impression which they caused.?

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Bamford Print: Book

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [probably] : Egmont

'Began to read Egmont after dinner, then "The Hoggarty Diamond".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot (pseud) Print: BookManuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [French novel]

'I also read again Silvio Pellico's "Prisons". I read it once at Granton- a lovely book (same edition) and "Adam Bede" and a French Novel and other new works. I like all Adam Bede immensely except the extremely inartistic plot. Geo. Eliot loves to draw self-righteious people with good instincts being led into crime or misery by circumstances.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Sir Walter Raleigh Print: Book

[unknown] : [dramatists' works]

'I spent the morning reading dramatists, to qualify myself to teach English Literature [...] while in the evening I read Walt Whitman's last book aloud to Alice, thus establishing myself as a (qualified) Whitmaniac.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Sir Walter Raleigh Print: Book

[unknown] : [Roman History]

'I have read a good many things, a life of Scott, the "Pleasures of Memory" by S. Rogers, Roman History and other things.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Sir Walter Raleigh Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Last night I spent with Charles Strachey; we each had an arm chair with a chair between us to hold books as we passed judgment on them. I am sending you Stevenson's last book which came out a few days ago, which I bought and read this afternoon (I had a meddlesome red pencil with which I slightly disfigured it) and which I think spendidly spirited.' [followed by a judgment on the book]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Sir Walter Raleigh Print: Book

[various] : The Leader

'Read "Leader" and Scherr'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown

[n/a] : The Athenaeum

'Read "Athenaeum"'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown

[n/a] : The Contemporary Literature

'Read article on Dryden in W.R. and looked through the "Contemporary Literature"'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown

[n/a] : The Armenian Magazine

'? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was finished. When not strongly tempted to play I was almost certain to be reading by the summer?s twilight, or by the red embers of the winter fire, my books being chiefly "Wesley?s Journals", "The Armenian Magazine", wherein I found "Maudrell?s Travels from Aleppo to Jerusalem", which I was very much interested by; "An account of the Inquisition in Spain", which filled me with a dislike of Popery; "The Drummer of Tedworth"; "Some account of the Disturbances at Glenluce"; "An account of the Apparition of the Laird of Cool", - and other most marvellous narratives which excited my attention, and held me pausing over the ashes until the light was either gone or I was sent to bed. I also got hold of an old superstitious doctoring book, which gave me some unexpected information relative to the human frame, and equally surprised me as to the occult powers of certain herbs and simples, when prepared under supposed planetary aspects. A copy of Cocker?s "Arithmetic" soon after set me to writing figures and casting accounts, in which I made but slow progress; and part of a small volume of "The History of England", which I found in rumaging through an old meal ark, gave me the first insight into the chronicles of my native country.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Bamford Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : The History of England

'? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was finished. When not strongly tempted to play I was almost certain to be reading by the summer?s twilight, or by the red embers of the winter's fire, my books being chiefly "Wesley?s Journals", "The Armenian Magazine", wherein I found "Maundrell?s Travels from Aleppo to Jerusalem", which I was very much interested by; "An account of the Inquisition in Spain", which filled me with a dislike of Popery"; "The Drummer of Tedworth"; "Some account of the Disturbances at Glenluce"; "An account of the Apparition of the Laird of Cool", - and other most marvellous narratives which excited my attention, and held me pausing over the ashes until the light was either gone or I was sent to bed. I also got hold of an old superstitious doctoring book, which gave me some unexpected information relative to the human frame, and equally surprised me as to the occult powers of certain herbs and simples, when prepared under supposed planetary aspects. A copy of Cocker?s "Arithmetic" soon after set me to writing figures and casting accounts, in which I made but slow progress; and part of a small volume of "The History of England", which I found in rumaging an old meal ark, gave me the first insight into the chronicles of my native country.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Bamford Print: Book

[n/a] : The Testament

?They [wife and child] had been at prayers, and were reading the Testament before retiring to rest?.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Bamford's wife and child Print: Book

[n/a] : Weekly Dispatch

[Adams's grandmother?s nephew sent newspapers to her on weekly basis, first the Weekly Dispatch; this was in time replaced with The Examiner.] ?The substitution of the "Examiner" for the "Dispatch" was not appreciated by the family; but we could not look a gift horse in the mouth, and, besides, we had no means of communicating with the giver?. I revelled as a boy in the politics of the "Dispatch" ? as a youth in the criticisms of the "Examiner".?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Edwin Adams Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Examiner

[Adams's grandmother?s nephew sent newspapers to her on weekly basis, first the 'Weekly Dispatch'; this was in time replaced with 'The Examiner'.] ?The substitution of the "Examiner" for the "Dispatch" was not appreciated by the family; but we could not look a gift horse in the mouth, and, besides, we had no means of communicating with the giver?. I revelled as a boy in the politics of the "Dispatch" ? as a youth in the criticisms of the "Examiner".?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Edwin Adams Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Chambers's Journal

?There was and is so judicious a blending of light and heavy literature in "Chambers?s Journal" that their periodical has helped to educate, inform and entertain many generations of the British public. Whenever it came in my way, as it did sometimes, I revelled in its pages. The "Penny Magazine" also was a great delight on the rare occasions that I saw it. But I remember best the "Family Herald", "Reynolds?s Miscellany", and Lloyd?s penny dreadfuls.?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Edwin Adams Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Family Herald

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Edwin Adams Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Northern Star

?Another Sunday recollection is that of a Sunday morning gathering in a humble kitchen. Larry [a crippled shoemaker] made his appearance every Sunday morning, as regular as clockwork, with a copy of the "Northern Star", damp from the press, for the purpose of having some member of our household read out to him and others "Fergus?s Letter". The paper was first to be dried before the fire, and then carefully and evenly cut, so as not to damage a single line of the almost sacred publication. This done, Larry, placidly smoking his ? pipe, ? settled himself to listen with all the rapture of a devotee in a tabernacle to the message of the great Fergus, watching and now and again turning the little joint as it hung and twirled before the kitchen fire, and interjecting occasional chuckles of approval as some particularly emphatic sentiment was read aloud.?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Morning Star

?The "Morning Star" was at that time the leading Radical daily in London ? almost the only Radical daily, indeed. It was my custom every morning (Sundays excepted, of course) to buy a copy at a news stall near the Horns Tavern at Kennington. My business was in Fleet Street. ? So orderly was the traffic throughout that route that I could, by keeping to the right, read my paper the whole way. And I had nothing left to read in it ? at least, nothing that I wanted to read ? when I reached Fleet Street, nearly an hour?s walk from Kennington.?

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: William Edwin Adams Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Bible

?My Godmother sone [sic] provided me a testament but my mother not being able to Read the first Chapter of St Matthews Gospel I began the second and read it through as well as she could teach me and then I began it again and Read through the 4 gospels and by this time I begun to enquire into the meaning of that which I Read and my mother taught me something of the meaning thereof as far as she knew and I was somehow affected with the sufferings of Christ because I thought it was great Cruelty but I knew nothing of Christ thereof after this book I took a fancy to Read the Bible and began the first Chapter of Genesis but I did not those Chapters with hard names but when I Came to the history of Joseph and his Breathern [sic] I was very much affected with their Cruelty towards him.?

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[unknown] : [religious books]

?during this winter I practised rather more than I had done before for the last two years for my master used to Read himself and make all as Could in the family on a Sabath [sic] evening and sometimes we were permitted to read Books of a religious nature as we sat by the fire side in the week day evenings but not always?.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[unknown] : [various]

?[my master] also was a good scholar and took great pains to teach me in reading and here I made a Considerable progress in reading for although I had heedlessly neglected learning yet I had not lost my taste for it nor forgot the importance of it?.

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'I left off swearing and prodigality and took to reading my Bible and attending divine workship and in doing this I laid hold of some of the promises of the gospel and applied them to myself'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

?here I was stationed in a half Room that is half the men of our Company, and half of another Company and there was a man whose name was Samuel winwright a man of the other company in the Room with me and he was a good Scholar and he undertook to learn me to Read in a better tone of voice than I had attained too and to keep my points and stops for I had never learned them before?.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Bible

?I Remembered when I was about 8 or 9 years of age my mother had been Correcting me for something I had done wrong and I thought I would be revenged on her I had been reading in St mathews gospel where the jews said he Casteth out devils and Belzebub the prince of devils I thought this was the sin against the holy ghost and thinking to be a made for my mother I said to myself God is the devil for I Remember I thought I would not go to heaven to spite her'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'She [his aunt] did not allow me to be idle, but alternately employed me in helping to knit stockings and in reading. While I was unemployed I found a never-failing source of amusement in scanning the gortesque figures and scenes delineated upon the Dutch tiles with which the chimney corners were decorated. I believe that these pictures, rude as they were, helped me a little better to understand what I read to her out of the Bible and other religious books. I believe that these readings were rather useful to me otherwise; but this perhaps arose partly from the pains she took to indulge my fancy in other matters, and partly also from the motherly way in which she endeavoured to make me understand what I read.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Here I also met with some books of a higher order, but which were then far beyond any comprehension. Among these were Hervey's "Meditations", "The Pilgrim's Progress", and an illustrated Bible. This last work was crowded with engravings which were called embellishments.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[unknown] : [stories]

'About this time I also gained the good-will of an aged woman who sold cakes, sweetmeals, and fruit, and was moreover a dealer in little books...I had even then a taste for reading which was here qualified by me being permitted to read all the little stories which she kept on sale. They were, in truth, childish trifles, but I still think of them with pleasure because they were associated in my case with many pleasant recollections.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[unknown] : History of England

'In this way I beguiled many a tedious hour at the time I am now referring to, and also during several years following, towards the close of which I thus contrived to read "Robinson Crusoe" and a brief "History of England", with some other books whose titles I do not now remember. The books that first fell in my way, besides those that belonged to my parents, were few and of little worth.'

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament

Carter describes exam he was forced to undertake to be admitted to the school which was supported by a congregation of Protestant Dissenters: 'it was required of the applicants for admission that they should be able to read in the New Testament to the satisfaction of the managing committee...I obeyed this dread mandate with much trepidation, but was enabled to do it so as to escape censure.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[unknown] : The Assembly's Catechism

'Once in each week we were required to commit to memory a rather large portion of "The Assembly's Catechism": this for a time gave me some trouble, which put me upon making several experiments in order to see whether I could not lessen it. After a failure or two, I hit upon a plan which fully answered my purpose: the time for repeating this lesson was Saturday morning...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : Arminian Magazine

'On my asking him he [the schoolmaster] readily granted my request, nor did he ever revoke his grant: the books were chiefly old and odd volumes of the "Arminian" and the "Gentleman's Magazine"; these, though of but little intrinsic value, were to me a treasure, as they helped to give me a wider and more varied view of many things than I had previously been able to command.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Gentleman's Magazine

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : History of England

'I had been made the more anxious to get some spare time, because several books which I had not before seen now fall in my way. This was through the courtesy of my young master whose kindly feelings I have already noticed. He now gave me free acess to his little library, in which were Enfield's "Speaker", Goldsmith's "Geography", an abridged "History of Rome", a "History of England", Thomson's "Seasons", "The Citizen of the World", "The Vicar of Wakefield", and some other books the titles of which I do not now remember. These books furnished me with a large amount of amusing and instructive reading.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[unknown] : History of Rome

'I had been made the more anxious to get some spare time, because several books which I had not before seen now fell in my way. This was through the courtesy of my young master whose kindly feelings I have already noticed. He now gave me free access to his little library, in which were Enfield's "Speaker", Goldsmith's "Geography", an abridged "History of Rome", a "History of England", Thomson's "Seasons", "The Citizen of the World", "The Vicar of Wakefield", and some other books the titles of which I do not now remember. These books furnished me with a large amount of amusing and instructive reading.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : Spectator, The

'I must now mention some other books which about this time fell in my way. Among these an odd volume of the "Spectator" deserves particular notice. Where it came from or to whom it belonged, I never knew: I discovered it in my Master's kitchen. On opening it I was struck by the seeming oddity of its contents. As the book promised to give me a little amusement, I forthwith set about reading it. I was at first a good deal mystified about its author, character and design, yet I was much gratified with it.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Lloyd's Evening Post

'My master - in conjunction with some friends - began to take in a newspaper, called, if I remember rightly, "Lloyd's Evening Post", and at this I sometimes got a hasty peep. At first, as was natural, I was chiefly interested with the domestic news: I took care to read about "The moving accidents by fire or flood", with an account of which a newspaper commonly abounds. But my curiosity was not long confined to these "little things". It soon led me to look at the articles of foreign intelligence...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Wreath

'It was in this state of feeling that I first got hold of a little volume called "The Wreath", containing a collection of poems by various authors. Among these pieces was "The Grave", which soon commended itself to my hearty and unqualified approbation...Besides this poem the volume contained "The Minstrel", of which I venture to say that I consider it to be of almost unequalled beauty and interest... There was here yet another poem which arrested my attention as fully as much as did "The Grave" or "The Minstrel". This was entitled "Death" - a prize winning poem written by that eminently good man Dr Porteus...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I, moreover, found my Sunday pursuits and amusements to be powerfully instrumental in cheering and elevating my "inner man"... That I might make the day as long as possible, I rose early: if the mornings were at all fine, I walked in the adjacent fields where I found ample amusement in either reading the book of nature or some humbler volume, without which I took care never [last word underlined] to go out on these excursions.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : The Spectator

'It was at this time that I read the remaining seven volumes of the "Spectator"; to which I added the "Rambler", the "Tatler", and some others of the "British Essayists". I also read the poetical works of Milton, Addison, Goldsmith, Gray, Collins, Falconer, Pomfret, Akenside, Mrs. Rowe, with others which I cannot now clearly call to mind. I remember, however, to have read Gay's poems. These gave me more than usual satisfaction. I was much amused with his "Trivia, or the Art of Walking London Streets" but I was especially pleased with his admirably burlesque "pastorals". These just squared with my humour, for I had then, as I have ever had, an utter dislike to the sickening stuff that is called the pastoral poetry...I must not omit to mention the pleasure I derived from reading a poem called "The Village Curate", which, I think, has fallen into unmerited oblivion.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Rambler

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Tatler

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [volumes by the British Essayists]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book, Serial / periodical

Aeschlyus [?] : Prometheus

'The "Prometheus" in the morning'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot (pseud) Print: Book

[unknown] : [various]

'After all my contrivances I found but little convenience for reading, except on the Sunday. I always kept a book in my pocket, that it might be at hand in case I should find a few spare minutes. In general, I managed to read a few pages while going to and from the workshop. This, however, was a somewhat difficult affair, as my path led me through some of the busiest streets and places in the city: and I hardly need say that these are not the most favourable localities for a thoughtful reader, especially if what he chooses to read demands any thing like close attention. It was while standing at a bookstall that I read with the most advantage. I took care to avail myself of this as often, and for as long a time as possible; and from these out-of-door libraries picked up a few - perhaps a good many - scraps of useful or amusing information.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : [morning newspaper]

'For breakfast I had a penny roll and half a pint of porter. This I took at a public house - for two reasons: first, that I might have an opportunity of looking at the morning newspaper; and further, that I might have the comfort of sitting by a good fire... I felt a considerable degree of interest in regard to the course of public affairs, and therefore was the more anxious to see a newspaper everyday. I also hoped that some one of the numerous advertisements might be made available in the way of getting employment other than that of tailoring. In this hope I was disappointed; yet the time I thus spent was not quite thrown away, as I hereby contracted a habit of carefully reading advertisements, which I have found to be useful...[etc.]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : The News

'These men, with several others whose curiosity began to be awakened by the tenor of our political gossip, united with myself in subscribing for a weekly newspaper. We would gladly have taken a daily journal, but our pockets would not allow of so costly an indulgence. The paper we took was called "The News". Its arrival was looked for with very considerable interest, so anxious were we to see some bulletin of the Great Napoleon respecting his military operations, with the other articles of foreign news, and the commentaries of the newspaper editor. The perusal of the paper, with the conversation ensuing thereon, made the day of its coming a "white day" in our estimation.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter and workmates at the tailors workshop Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : British Press

'Thus I became their [workmates] news-purveyor, ie. I every morning gave them an account of what I had just been reading in the yesterday's newspaper. I read this at a coffee shop, where I took an early breakfast on my way to work. These shops were but just then becoming general... The shop I selected was near the bottom of Oxford Street. It was in the direct path by which I made my way to work... The papers I generally preferred to read were the "British Press", the "Morning Chronicle", and the "Statesman". I usually contrived to run over the Parliamentary debates and the foreign news, together with the leading articles. ...My shopmates were much pleased at the extent and variety of the intelligence which I was able to give them about public affairs, and they were the more pleased because I often told them about the contents of Mr. Cobbett's "Political Register", as they were warm admirers of that clever and very intelligible writer.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Morning Chronicle

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Statesman

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'... I did this [looking over the newspaper], as usual, while I took my breakfast, which meal I now procured at a coffee shop in Bear-Street, Leicester-Square. Here I found the additional accommodation of magazines and reviews: for reading the current numbers of which the proprietor made an extra charge of sixpence per month. This charge I was glad to pay, for the sake of reading the "Edinburgh" and "Monthly" Reviews, together with the "Edinburgh", the "European", and the "Monthly" Magazines. 'These, however, I read in the evening, while I took my supper; for I learned to drink coffee at that meal as well as at breakfast time. In addition to the daily newspapers, I also saw here the "Examiner", the "Black Dwarf" and, I think, some other weekly journals.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Monthly Review

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Edinburgh Magazine

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : European Magazine

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Monthly Magazine

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Examiner

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Black Dwarf

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Letters on the Marriage State

'I read a volume which was called "The Guide to Domestic Happiness", but found that it had no direct bearing upon the case of a working man - all its reasonings, counsels, and encouragements being based on upon the supposition of the reader's being a person of substance and education. the only publication I met with which at all came up to my wishes was one called "Letters on the Marriage State"; but even this bore only in a distant way upon the case in question.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[unknown] : [History of the recent wars]

'When [winter] was over, I began to steal a few moments occasionally for the purpose of looking upon the fair and sweet face of nature. It was at this time, I think, that I read Mr. Rogers's very beautiful poem called "Human Life" and also a history of the recent wars.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : London Magazine

'In the course of the ensuing spring (1821), I read Mr. Washington Irving's "Sketch-Book". I thought it very beautiful, and only wished that he had more fully carried his fine imaginative powers beyond "this visible diurnal sphere". By the way, I must observe a similar defect exists in Akenside's "Pleasures of the Imagination"; a poem which in every other respect gives me very great satisfaction. I also read some volumes of the "London Magazine", which I thought to be a very cleverly conducted publication.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : New Monthly Magazine

'He also again freely supplied me with the loan of books. At this time he lent me several volumes of the "New Monthly Magazine", among the very many interesting articles in which I was especially pleased with the "Letters from Algiers", written by Mr. Thomas Campbell, the eminent poet'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Anti-Jacobin Review

'During this year I read an odd volume of that curious publication, the "Anti-Jacobin-Review", from which I gathered a little that pleased me. Among other things I met with some views respecting the conduct of Judas Iscariot towards his Divine Master which to me were quite new. I, however, thought them both reasonable and probable. I also read Mr. O'Meara's "Voice from St Helena", Dr. Henderson's "Travels in Iceland", and Captain Parry's "Narrative" of his Arctic Voyage. I must here beg the reader to remember that henceforth when I say that I have read any book it will only mean that I gave it a hasty perusal, for I had no time for close reading.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

?In my leisure hours during this year, and the years 1838 and 1839, I read the whole of Shakespeare?s dramatic works, Mr. Sharon Turner?s ?Sacred History of the Creation?, the ?Memoirs of Mr. Samuel Drew? and Dr. Stilling?s ?Theory of Pneumatology?, together with same odd volumes of the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews.?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : The lives of the Stoics

?This period gave me unnumbered hours for reading, and I devoured everything that came in my way, novels, histories, travels, even "The lives of the Stoics". There was no such thing as a free library then, so enough money was scraped up for a subscription one, the first volume borrowed being Dickens?s newly published "Bleak House".?

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Catling Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown various titles]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Catling Print: Book

[unknown] : [theological works]

?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Men". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and his other theological works, but they made not the least alterations in his religious opinions.?

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Daniel Bamford Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [works on travel and antiquities]

?As spring and autumn were our only really busy seasons, I had occasionally , during other parts of the year, considerable leisure, which, if I could procure a book that I considered at all worth the reading, was spent with such a book of my desk, in the little recess of the packing room. Here, therefore, I had opportunities for reading many books of which I had only heard the names before, such as Robertson?s "History of Scotland", Goldsmith?s "History of England", Rollin?s "Ancient History", Hume?s "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", Anachaises? "Travels in Greece"; and many other works on travels, geography, and antiquities.?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Bamford Print: Book

[n/a] : [penny bloods]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Edwin Adams Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Life of General Washington

'In my hours of leisure I read the works of Mr Charles Lamb, Mr Holcroft's memoirs, and the "Life of General Washington".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[unknown] : [various]

?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam?s more solid reading was in science, especially in astronomy and geology, mine was in history, biography, logic, languages, oratory, and general literature. Sam?s favourite books at this time were Alison?s "History of Europe" and Humboldt?s "Cosmos".?

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Bailey Print: Book

[unknown] : [various]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Burt Print: Book

[unknown] : [theological magazines]

?For stories, anecdotes, for something lively and telling, I ransacked my father?s theological magazines, with but small success. Two books of his, however, I found greatly helpful. Todd?s "Student?s Manual" and an odd volume on Channing?s works. The "Manual" was a handy little book, full of useful links and suggestions on reading, writing and study. Still more hopeful and inspiring was Channing. That such an author should be in my father?s possession in those days was in itself remarkable? This volume of Channing, which so profited and delighted me, contained essays on Milton, Napoleon and F?nelon. These I read with attention; more than once I read them ? that on Milton many times over. The style took my fancy. Compared, indeed, with the great masters of English prose, the critic would no doubt detect failings not a few in Channing. But I was not a critic; and the clear, easy, simple words, the rhythmic phrases, pleased my ear, while the sentiments always pure, generous, lofty ? impressed me heart and understanding.?

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Burt Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [playbill]

'As our roads home from school lay for a considerable distance in the same direction, Tommy Davies...and I generally walked home together, making numerous stoppages along the way to read, admire and compare the playbills of the different theatres. One afternoon in the latter end of the month of October we were going home, when our attention was forcibly arrested by a bill of an unusually attracive character. It was a very large, very highly coloured and very profusely illustrated bill...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Wright Print: Broadsheet, Poster, playbill

[n/a] : [playbill]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Tommy Davies Print: Broadsheet, Poster, playbill

[n/a] : The Lounger

'The "Lounger" a new publication being a book now pretty much read, we at this time got it from Humphrey's library & Miss White and I began reading the diff't numbers of it of an evening.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Star, The

'The next morning I took a ride to Stoke where Lady Louisa show'd me a paragraph she had cut out of the "Star", reflecting on the Dean for refusing the cathedral for the music meeting intended lately, a copy of w'ch I took to shew Mrs M little thinking at the time that this paragraph, of w'ch the Dean seems determin'd to suppose me the author, wo'd occasion a break between us.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'On the Sunday follow'g (9th) ... we first heard a rumour of the massacre of the prisoners on the 2d & 3d at Paris, the melancholic details of which we read in the next morning's newspapers.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Weekly Screamer]

'[On Sunday] After breakfast I had taken up the "Weekly Examiner", and was intent upon a more than usually scurrilous and illogical leading article, when the paper was suddenly snatched from my hands by my landlady, who sternly asked me if I thought reading a newspaper on a Sunday morning was proper behaviour in the house of a God-fearing couple.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Wright Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Life of Pope Sixtus V

'At this time to amuse myself in my confinement I read the "Life of Pope Sixtus 5th." w'ch Miss Poole ... lent me. My son John Marsh showing and inclination to read this (who had before seldom evinced much taste for reading) I told him that as the book was borrow'd by Miss Poole he must get thro' it much faster than he did books in general, of w'ch a very few pages at a time... used to satisfy him. This book however, seem'd to catch his attention & he soon got through it, since w'ch time tho' he has never become a thorough reader, he has continued much more of one than he ever was before.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book

[unknown] : Life of Pope Sixtus V

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book

[unknown] : [various]

'As to Mrs M & I, we have been, ever since we lived at Nethersole, great readers, taking each always a book at breakfast & at tea when without company in the house & also for some time after dinner & supper, by w'ch means we each read about 2 hours or make everyday our young men likewise taking their books at the same time, ... except after supper on days when we had been visiting, or at the Concert, the talking over which afterwards generally furnish'd amusement for the remainder of the evening.'

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book

[unknown] : [various]

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Marsh Print: Book

[unknown] : [a novel]

'I rode to Brighton on my way back, where I spent the evening and slept at the Old Ship, amusing myself besides my novel, with going on with some of the draught or rough sketch of this history...'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book

[anon] : Maria or The Vicarage

'I on Tuesday the 8th went in the afternoon to Fareham by the telegraph, where I spent the evening & slept at the Red Lion, taking with me for my amusement there & in the coach the little novel of "Maria or The Vicarage", w'ch I had seen well spoken of in a review.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book

[unknown] : [various titles]

'... at the end of my fourth year I drew a small weekly salary one half of which my father allowed me for my own use... I bought books, and read as much as possible, and reflected upon what I read while engaged in my daily avocations.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : [various]

[Smith joins a reading group of seven with a view to self-improvement] 'We got a good room, with such attendance as we required, at the sum above named; and thus, for sixpence a week each, with an additional three-halfpence in winter time for firing, we had an imperfect, it is true, but still an efficient means of improvement at our command. Here we met nearly three hundred nights in the year, and talked, read, disputed and wrote "de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis" until the clock struck eleven.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Manby Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : [various]

'"My books" - I have a few of my own - pick up a loom where it can be had; so of course my reading is without choice or system.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Thom Print: Book

[Anon] : The Irish Excursion, or I fear to tell you

'On Wed'y the 24th I finish'd reading the new & popular novel of the "Irish Excursion", w'ch Mr Hayley had recommended to us...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book

[n/a] : [local newspaper]

'... my usual headache on the first day of travelling having come on before I got to Town, I felt by that time very little inclination to unpack or dress myself, but seeing a very tempting bill of fare in the papers at the Sussex Hotel, I was induced to set about it, the bustle of which, with a dish of coffee, nearly carried off my complaint.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'For some time before this I had found my eyes not so good as they had been, being now oblig'd to hold a book, when reading, farther from my eyes & finding some difficulties in seeing to read anything of a small print, or to write on the first bringing in of candles of an evening. Having made this observation on taking up a paper at the Bolt & Tun the evening before we went into Kent, Mr Drew (...) desired me to try his spectacles, which I at first scouted, but having at his desire placed them before my eyes, I found the confusion I had just complain'd done away, & that I co'd see the smallest type perfectly well, on which I determin'd on procuring a pair...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [religious books]

'... April when we marched to Mansfield here I met with a man who was a member of Johannah Southcott Society and he lent me some of his books and told me many straing things So that I began to be taken with his devices but by his books I found some things that did not Correspond with the Bible and also that it was a trick to get money so I declined his religeon and bid him adue.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[n/a] : Book of Isaiah

'in the Course of this summer one day I took the Bible to read and happened on the 54th Chapt of Isaiah a chapt I had never noticed before and as I read it I had such a glorious insight of the promises therein Contained and although I Could not apply one of them to myself yet I saw that God was gracious and so mercyfull as to forgive the sins of the worst sinners.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'I went home and told my wife and took my Bible and opened it upon the 37th Psalm I read it and found much Comfort from it and made it a matter of prayer and the Lord enabled me to bear the burden at this time.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'the whole of the Church concerned with us in sentiment except my Brother and his wife and they stedfastly opposed us but this we did not mind for we gave up ourselves up to the constant practice of reading and Studying the Scripture and we made it our practice to meet every night in the week except Saturday night at one private house or other.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'When I had been in school about twelve months, he resolved that one of the boys should read a chapter from the New Testament every Sunday after the opening prayer. I was the first one selected, and had to choose my chapter; I read, in a somewhat tremulous voice, the first chapter of the gospel according to St John. The master applauded my execution of the task. On the following Sunday, two or three others were named to read, but each one demured, and I had again to read the lesson. This circumstance, being new in the school, was sufficient to bring down upon me the ridicule of my fellow apprentices.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Christopher Thomson Print: Book

[unknown] : [religious tracts]

'My father was likewise very fond of reading; he now proposed to encourage my love of books, by entering me a subscriber to one of the circulating libraries. I had the pleasure of being my father's instructor in reading and writing, and this kind offer to procure me books was a high reward for so doing - previously, I had great difficulty in getting books to read, except the tracks and magazines supplied by the chapel libraries and Sunday school teachers.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Christopher Thomson Print: Book, Broadsheet, tracts

[unknown] : [religious magazines]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Christopher Thomson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Bible

'A few years ago the curate of the village called upon the old man to converse with him on religious matters; after some talk, he promised to send him a Bible, "his honour" also promising to read it after he received it. Shortly afterwards the curate was passing the cottage-door, and observed the old man employed with the book. The curate accosting him, said, "Well, Isaac, I am glad to see you reading your Bible." "Oh yes", replied Isaac, in a gruff tone of voice, - gruff, but not intentionally uncivil. "Will you tell me what you are reading about?" said the clergyman. "O, to be sure I will", was the answer, "I am reading all the wars of rascally Jews, and all that sort of thing; why, what a blood-thirsty race of men they were, Sir".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Isaac Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

[description of work while employed as an apprentice at the warehouse of Mr Tait, proprietor of 'Tait's Edinburgh Magazine'] 'This accomplished, my next duties were to sweep the floor and dust the counter and desks in the front shop, in the course of which an occasional brief pause on my work was made that I might take a peep at the contents of some book, the title of which took my fancy.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Glass Bertram Print: Book

[unknown] : [various English periodicals]

'At the beginning of each month, too, there fell to be collected from the various agents a large number of English magazines for Mr Tait's customers, as also a few copies of "Blackwood"; and at the contents of some of those I often contrived to get a surreptitious "read".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Glass Bertram Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Glass Bertram Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Bentley's Miscellany

'I pursued a similar plan with others of the magazines whenever I got a chance, especially "Bentley's Miscellany", which contained in my young days "Jack Sheppard".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Glass Bertram Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Spectator

'Read the Introduction to Savonarola's poems, by Audin de Rians, "The Spectator" and the "Athenaeum"'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Athenaeum

'Read the Introduction to Savonarola's poems, by Audin de Rians, "The Spectator" and the "Athenaeum"'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Cornhill Magazine

'Read the "Cornhill" and "Orley Farm"'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodical

Giuseppe Zirardini [probably] : Tesoro dei Novellieri Italiani scelti dal decimoterzo al decimonono secolo

'Looked into the Novellieri Scelti'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud.] Print: Book

[unknown] : Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

'In the evening read the Newspaper and an article on Renan in "Blackwood"'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [Newspaper]

'In the evening read the Newspaper and an article on Renan in "Blackwood"'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Canti Carnascialeschi

'This week I have read a satire of Juvenal, some of Cicero's "De Officiis", part of Epictetus' Enchiridion, two cantos of Pulci, part of the Canti Carnascialeschi, and finished Manni's Veglie Piacevole, besides looking up various things in the classical antquities and peeping into Theocritus'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Book

[n/a] : Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

'Read passage from Du Bois Reymond's book on Johannes Mueller, a propos of visions. Finished Libro 1 of Machiavelli's Istorie. Read "Blackwood"'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [chronicle of conquest of the Morea]

'Looked at the chronicle of the conquest of the Morea yesterday, and into Finlay's "History of Medieval Greece".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Book

Johann Lorenz von Mosheim [possibly] : [unknown]

'Reading Gibbon Vol 1 in connection with Mosheim. Read about the Dionysia. Also Gieseler, on the condition of the world at the appearance of Christianity'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Book

[n/a] : Annual Register, The

'Finished "Annual Register" for 1832. Reading Blackstone'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown

Felicia Browne [later Hemans] : Poems

Thomas Medwin, in his memoir of Shelley: 'In the beginning of [1808] I showed Shelley some poems to which I had subscribed by Felicia Browne [...] Her juvenile productions, remarkable certainly for her age [14] [...] made a powerful impression on Shelley'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament

'I read the new Testament in Greek with great success & am edified with the slow but sure progress I make in that language you cannot think how learned I should grow did it but agree with my head to apply'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Caroline Lamb Print: Book

[n/a] : Spectator, The

'In the evening I read aloud a short speech of Bright's on Ireland, delivered 20 years ago, in which he insists that nothing will be a remedy for the woes of that country unless the Church Establishment be annulled: after the lapse of 20 years the measure is going to be adopted. Then I read aloud a bit of the "Promessi Sposi", and afterwards the "Spectator", in which there is a deservedly high appreciation of Lowell's Poems'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Seraphime

'G. finished reading "Seraphime" aloud to me'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [books on plants]

'I am reading about plants, and Helmholtz on music'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Book

[unknown] : Ancient Geography

'Read the articles Phoenicia and Carthage in Ancient Geography. Looked into Smith's "Universal History" again for Carthaginian religion. Looked into Sismondi's "Litterature du Midi", for Roman de Rose, and ran through the first chapter, about the formation of the Romance Languages. Read about the Thallogens and Acrogens in "the Vegetable World". Drayton's Nymphidia - a charming poem. A few pages of his Polyolbion. Re-read Grote v-vii on Sicilian affairs down to rise of Dionysius'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Book

[unknown] : Vegetable World, The

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Book

[unknown] : [on Charles Fourier and Robert Owen, Utopian Socialists]

'I read about Fourier and Owen'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud] Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Le Figaro

[a teacher at St Edmunds Scool, Canterbury] 'encouraged him by supplying him regularly with the literary pages of Le Figaro. From then on Durrell became hooked on French Literature'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Lawrence Durrell Print: Serial / periodical

Richard (pseud.) Aldington [real name] : Death of a Hero

'The fresh-sounding work of the war generation, which began to appear in the late 1920s and early 1930s, provided him with important models. Huxley, Wells and Aldington (especially "Death of a Hero") were rapidly digested; his poetic models were Edith Sitwell, Aldington, Nichols, Sassoon and Graves (in the cheap Benn's Sixpenny Poets editions), to be followed by the more lasting influences of Eliot and D.H. Lawrence...He read an essay by Lawrence in which he showed how England treated its writers. That, he said, made him decide "to swim against the current".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Lawrence Durrell Print: Book

Richard (pseud.) Aldington [real name] : [poetry]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Lawrence Durrell Print: Book

[unknown] : The Grave

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[unknown] : The Minstrel

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Book

[n/a] : [daily newspapers]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [Liverpool newspaper: squib on Matthew Arnold]

'Of course you have seen the squib on him in the "Examiner" ("Mr Sampson"). I saw it in a Liverpool paper. One sees him in almost every newspaper now. "D. News" rapped his knuckles a month since... and I see the "Times" did it yesterday'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Martineau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Daily News (comment on Matthew Arnold)

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Martineau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : The Times (comment on Matthew Arnold)

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Martineau Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Pall Mall Gazette, The

'So it is you who send me the "Pall Mall"! I shall read it with yet more pleasure now I know... It is a very instructive and interesting paper - so unlike any other!'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Martineau Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Spectator, The

'Fan Arnold lends me the "Spectator", and at first I thought it a treat in its way: but I am getting as tired of it as some other people are. Its smartness is degenerating into impertinence very fast; and its insolence is so absurd in partnership with its incredible ignorance of the world and of social matters'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Martineau Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Bible

[Letter from Lord Byron to Annabella Milbanke, Feb 15 1814]. 'In my letter of ye 12th in answer to your last I omitted to say that I have not for several years looked into the tract of Locke's which you mention - but I have redde it formerly, though I fear to little purpose since it is forgotten. - & have always understod that and Butler's Analogy to be the best treatises of the kind... Of the Scriptures themselves I have ever been a reader and admirer as compositions, particularly the Arab-Job - and parts of Isaiah - and the Song of Deborah'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon, Lord Byron Print: Book

[unknown] : [30 vol. History of 'Conjurazioni]

[Letter from Byron to Annabella Milbanke, Aug 25th 1814]. 'You can hardly have a better modern work than Sismondi's, but he has since published another on the Literature of Italy, Spain &c., which I would willingly recommend... on my return to London I would gladly forward it... Gibbon is well worth a hundred perusals. Watson's Philip of Spain, and Coxe's Spain and Austria are dry enough; but there is some advantage to be extracted even from them. Vertot's Revolutions (but writes not history but romance). The best thing of that kind I met by accident at Athens in a Convent Library in old and not "very choice Italian". I forget the title - but it was a history in some thirty tomes of all Conjurazioni whatsoever from Catiline's down to Count Fiesco of Lavagna's in Genoa and Braganza's in Lisbon. I read it through (having nothing else to read) & having nothing to compare it withal, thought it perfection'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon, Lord Byron Print: Book

[anon.] : Thousand Nights and One Night, The

'By the age of ten he had gone through E.W. Lane's three-volume translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Scott's Waverley novels, Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass", the adventure stories of Captain Marryat, everything of Harrison Ainsworth, and other, now forgotten, works'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: William Somerset Maugham Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read all evening'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [Greek Grammar]

'Read in the greek grammar'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read and work in the evening'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read in the morning and work'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [Greek Grammar]

'Read in the Greek grammar'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [Greek Grammar]

'Read a little in the Greek grammar'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Work and read in the evening'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Write and read'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Print: Book

James [?] Edmeston : The penny magazine

'On looking over "The Penny magazine" I met with the following useful piece by my friend James' [?Edmeston].

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Dr. Walcot went into the shop of Mr Wright, where Mr. Giffard was seated reading a newspaper; he asked him if his name was not Giffard? He replied in the affirmative. Upon which the Doctor aimed a blow at his brother poet with a cane ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Giffard Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [playbill]

'The boy was reading a play bill, when the prisoner went up to him and struck him, knocking out one of his teeth.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Advertisement, Poster, playbill

[n/a] : [notice]

'On looking in at the shop window, which was well stocked and elegant, we perceived a notice announcing that a Riblic dinner was to take place at the Swan Hotel, July 1st, to commemmorate the cessation of the toll on the Bedford Bridge.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Advertisement, Poster, Notice on shop window

[unknown] : [descriptions of the West Indies]

'Read some descriptions of West Indies.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Book

[Anon] : [suitable readings]

'Aftn. Suitable readings & social prayers. Read a sermon by the Revd E. Butcher.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Book

[unknown] : [Account of the Tailor Bird]

'Read acct of the "Tailor Bird".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Book

[various English poets] : [poems]

'At other times we studied Shakespeare, Milton and some other English poets as well as some of the Italians. We took long walks and often drew from nature. We read with great attention the whole of the New Testament, Secker's lectures on the Catechism and several other books on the same important subjects.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Smith Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : Den golden spiegel

To Miss Hunt, St Winifred's Dale, August 18 1793 'I admire the German you sent me extremely. I have read none since you left me, except two books of Dr Randolph's "Den Golden Spiegel", which is an imitation of an Eastern tale, by way of making dissertations upon government. It is entertaining and there is an account of a happy valley, that makes one long to live in it. The other book is Wiessen's Poems (Lyrische Gedischte) some of which are very pretty.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Smith Print: Book

[n/a] : The Derbyshire Patriot

'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him with vegetables...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Derbyshire Patriot

'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him with vegetables...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Hollingsworth Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Derbyshire Patriot

'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him with vegetables...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Dobb Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Derbyshire Patriot

'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him with vegetables...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Ward Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Bells Weekly Messenger

'Went with E. Allen to the Swan to see a London paper, saw one and learnt from it that Col. Evans was return'd to Westminster ... a sad shock to the Ministry- Bells - in noticing this says [quotes from paper]...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Morning Chronicle

'Read an important letter of Mr E. Elliot's to the editor of the "Morning Chronicle also an extract from the "Parliamentary Review" on the state of the public mind and the conduct of the Whigs, Neithyer of which hesitate to say that the time is almost arriv'd for a change and both intimate that the most likely way to affect it is by force.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Parliamentary Review

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [advertisement / poster for next week's preacher]

'Saw an advertisement that Mr Berry was to preach at South Street on the following Sunday and at once determined (health and circumstances permitting) to hear him. [Berry was a Methodist preacher from Bolton].

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Advertisement, Poster

[n/a] : The Sheffield Iris

'Sent for a pot of porter. J.I. and myself drank it, I smoked a pipe read a little in an old "Sheffield Iris"- then wrote this paragraph.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Morning Chronicle

'Trade awfully bad the money market depressed and deplorable accounts from the manufacturing districts ... says the "Morning Chronicle"'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Morning Chronicle

'The "Morning Chronicle" of this day announced the death of Henry Lord Brougham... The editor very kindly and very justly bewails his death.' [NB Brougham had not in fact died]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [The Morning Chronicle?]

'Noticed at dinner time the improper conduct of Mr Slyfield he having taken the paper and not reading aloud. I kindly requested him to read the city article and sat 1/4 of an hour thinking he would look at it in a while, he however continued reading to himself and deigned not to answer me or to comply with my request or to give up the paper but sat as if he were the only person who had a right to know any of its contents, and also as if he were a being superior to us.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Slyfield Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [The Morning Chronicle?]

'The account of the money market rather more favourable.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [The Morning Chronicle?]

'Rose at 7 am wash'd looked over the paper etc.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [The Morning Chronicle?]

'Read the paper and smoked a pipe.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Encyclopedia Britanica

'In the "Ency. Bri." article Porto-Bello the same account is given. They sat it was given by Columbus.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[n/a] : The Gentleman's Magazine

'Brought back [from the subscription? library] the Gents Mag for Feby 4 March. They have not yet done with the controversy with respect to the commencement of the century. There is both letters and epigrams upon it in this no.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [The Sheffield Iris]

'In this weeks paper Dr M. advertises that he proposes to deliver 12 lectures on metal and metalurgy ...the subscription for which is one guinea.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : The Sheffield Iris

'In the "Iris" of this day Dr M advertises the subjects of the two next lectures ...Montgomery [the editor] is very careful of what he says about the riots; a burnt child dreads the fire.' [Report on church charities noted from this issue of the 'Iris' appears on F 3 of the journal in the margin.]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : [Greek or Great?] Testament

'I read at night in the G[reek or Great]Testament but for a very short while'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Jones Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'When Mrs Hinde (the Old Lady) would sometimes talk to her about Books, she?d cry out, "Prithee don?t talk to me about books?as I never read any Books, but men & Cards"?But let any Body read [ital] her [close ital] Book; & then tell me, if she did not draw Characters with as masterly a hand as Sr Joshua Reynolds. "Go thou and do likewise."'

Century: 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Churchill Print: Book

[unknown] : [old-fashioned theological works]

'As my love of books became known, I was made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed which led to me reading some curious and unsuitable matter, old-fashioned theological works, early Methodist magazines, cookery books and queer tales of murder and robbery. One such, entitled "The Castle of Otranto", haunted my dreams for many a night. Our nearest neighbour who was more of a scholar than his rough exterior and taciturn manner suggested, lent me a "History of England" which was a veritable godsend.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Book

[unknown] : [early Methodist magazines]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [cookery books]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Book

[unknown] : [tales of murder and robbery]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Unknown

[unknown] : History of England

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Book

[unknown] : Adam's First Wife

'In another house I found a tattered copy of Scott's "Kenilworth" and a quite new copy of "Cranford". Among some old books in my grandmother's cottage I found a curious one entitled "Adam's First Wife". This was a sort of history of the Garden of Eden which rather discounted the "rib theory" and raised some doubt in my mind as to Adam's innocence in the pre-apple days.' [continuation of discussion of Adam etc]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament

'One wet Sunday morning we were all sitting round the table, reading in turn from the New Testament, this being my mother's substitute for Sunday school when she happened to be in a good temper.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: family of Hannah Mitchell Print: Book

[unknown-probably various contributors] : [poems in newspaper]

'The only poetry we had read were short poems in the local paper, which my mother called "verse". But I knew it meant reading matter, so I said quickly: "Yes, we like it."'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Newspaper

[uknown-ship's cook?] : [recipe]

'This cabbage we have eaten every day since we left Cape Horn, and have now good store remaining; as good, to our palates at least, and fully as green and pleasing to the eye as if it were bought fresh every morning at Covent Garden Market. Our steward has given me the receipt, which I shall copy exactly - false spelling excepted.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Banks Manuscript: Sheet, Hand written recipe.

[unknown] : [poetry]

'I also found a small library, which meant that many copper really needed for food were spent on borrowing books. At this time I read all Mrs. Henry Wood's novels, most of Sir Walter Scott's works along with a good deal of poetry and history, as well as a good deal of rubbish I daresay. But as I have forgotten it it did me no harm.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Book

[unknown] : [history]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'I attended Sunday school with the daughter of the house, finding my enforced study of the Bible very valuable to me.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Book

[n/a] : The Clarion

'Later on, when Blatchford and his friends, A. M. Thompson, E. F. Fay and Montague Blatchford founded the Socialist weekly "The Clarion", I began to read it and became deeply interested in the theories put forward.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [To our trusty and well beloved Hannah Maria Mitchell]

'Subsequently I recieved a curiously worded scroll addressed to "Our trusty and well beloved Hannah Maria Mitchell." This document would hardly find favour with the advocates of Basic English - there are no stops or commas in it. It begins with "Greeting. Know ye that we have assigned you and every one of you jointly and severally Our Justices to keep the peace in and throughout our city of Manchester in our County Palatine of Lancaster and to keep and cause to be kept all Ordinaces and Statues made for the good of our peace and for the Conservation of the same." Then followed the instructions - "to chastise and punish all persons that offend against the form of these ordinaces. To cause to come before you or any of you all those who to anyone or more of Our People concerning their bodies or the firing of their houses have used threats to find sufficient security for the Peace if they shall refuse to find such Securtiy then them in our prisons until they shall find such security to cause to be safely kept." The scroll ends with the command - "that you diligently apply yourselves to the keeping Our Peace Ordinance Statutes and all and signular other the premises and perform and fulfil the same in form aforesaid being therein what to Justice appertaineth according to the Laws and Customs of England."'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Mitchell Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown]

Sunday, Feb 4 (1940) 'Rose late. 11 o'clock. Breakfast. Went out to shovel snow off paths. Stayed in all day, reading, writing, etc. Thank goodness snow seems to be thawing.'

Unknown

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group:

[unknown] : [life of Joan of Arc]

'It was quite a thousand pages and they laughed at me for reading it. It was dry, but I could really live the life of that girl.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[Thomas] [Moore] : [The Blue Stocking]

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: Untitled; Text = 'To sigh, yet feel no pain; /To weep - yet scarce know why/ To sport an hour with Beauty's chain/ Then throw it idly be ... ' [total = 2 x 10 line verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[George Gordon, Lord] [Byron] : [Don Juan - Canto the Third]

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: Untitled; Text = 'Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine/ A sad, sour, sober beverage - by time/ Is sharpen'ed from its high celestial flavour/ Down to a very homely household savour'

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[n/a] : The Sheffield Iris

'Saw the "Sheffield Iris" paper- and in it the report of a division in the House of Commons on a motion of Sir W. Ingilby "For reducing or repealing the malt tax' ...this was hailed throughout the country as something being done for the people...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Jenkinson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Sheffield Iris

'Sent 29 stuff hats to Mr Booth -heard the "Iris" Paper read by Tom, find the country is much agitated at the conduct of ministers.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Tom Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'1.45. Paddington. All seats crowded, people eating, sleeping, reading, on seats and porters' trucks. Looking at Arrival Indicator, woman says "Trains not a bit late yet, the organization's wonderful!" People generally not talking about the Coronation but about trains, food, drinks, relatives, etc.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [advertisement]

'Advert. S. side of Euston Road reading "Morris Commercial Vehicles-a Body for every Trade" heavily draped with decorations. Diversion round Euston Square. Extraordinary diversion at Albany Street: "Straight on all colours" says notice on road going due North.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Advertisement, Poster

[n/a] : Daily Mirror

'Girl sitting on soiled newspaper is reading Daily Mirror. The caption reads "Three women wait 25 hours; lead line up for the big parade".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [crime novel]

'I find myself between a well-to-do business man from the Midlands, who is reading a "crime" novel, and two good-looking twins who are speaking a language like Danish and are learning English words from a Pitman's book.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : Pitman's book

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [pamphlet]

'Walking back to lunch I met an old lady wheeling another old lady in a bath-chair, and heard the one in the bath-chair reading aloud slowly from the leaflet I had been distributing: "Speed-up in Industry: 5 men now do the work that it took 6 men to do in 1932".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group:

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Hostess is embroidering a fire-screen. Son, age 19, is reading. The wireless is on, and from time to time they consult the "Daily Telegraph Supplement"; host offers Observer a sweet but by mistake holds out bird's peanut tin.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Daily Telegraph Supplement

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Very few people appeared to be out, in fact it seemed like Sunday in the High Road, I called in a snack bar, ordered a cup of tea and a packet of cigarettes, I was the only customer at the time, and the waiter seemed reluctant to put down the newspaper he was reading to serve, I remarked it was a bad day, he agreed and said that some people would lose a lot of money as a result of it.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'On Coronation Day we had a holiday so I thought I would have a rest and so I stayed in bed all the morning reading.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : A Guide to philosophy

'About 10.30 p.m. I took her for some refreshment, we talked of books, she said she was reading "A Guide to Philosophy", I made some laudatory remarks about "Eyeless in Gaza".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : The Times

'Suddenly, he gave a sort of cry, and read out the opening sentences from the "Times" announcing a battle in the valley of the Alma...both he and my mother seemed deeply excited. He broke off his reading when the fact of the decisive victory was assured, and he and my mother sank simultaneously on their knees...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Philip Gosse Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [sensational novel]

'...the inside of the lid of it was lined with sheets of what I now know to have been a sensational novel. It was of course a fragment, but I read it, kneeling on the bare floor, with indescribable rapture.' [and more for a paragraph..]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edmund Gosse Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'I read the Bible everyday, and at much length; also, -with what I cannot but think some praiseworthy patience, - a book of incommunicable dreariness, called Newton's "Thoughts onthe Apocalypse".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edmund Gosse Print: Book

[Robert] [Burns] : [Lady Mary Anne]

[Transcription from a commonplace book]: [Untitled]; [Text = prose introduction followed by verse] 'During the troubles in the reign of Charles 1st, a/ country girl came up to London in search of a place as/ servant maid ... Lady Mary Anne was a flower in the dew/ Sweet was its smell and bonnie was its hue ...' [total = 1p. of prose and 2x 4 line verses)

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'A man is playing the piano briskly; on music stand is a newspaper, open at the sports page, which he is reading. A hunchback, brown suit, bow tie, sings songs about love.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Carpentier's life

'D. Did you ever read Carpentier's life, I've been reading it in a illustrated paper, 'e thought 'e was on a easy thing 'e never trained. Battling Siki knocked everything out of 'im.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical, illustrated paper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Tries to read sports page, but ends up reading news. One girl does bad piece of work in mill. Immense black-out purchasing in town.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'While an old working-class lady of 68 in Worktown, reading a newspaper, summed up her opinion of the war as follows.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [pamphlet]

'When one has finished reading through this pamphlet one comes to the inevit- able conclusion that there is absolutely no hope for Germany.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group:

[n/a] : [newspaper]

?[N]ow that the Newspaper is so interesting it is difficult to read at all'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Caroline Lamb Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [copy books]

?Dear Sir, if you had condescended to write a few lines with these copy Books I should have had greater pleasure in reading them at present I cannot even guess what they are or why you sent them to me. I should have conceived basing[?] a few hard words that it was one of the stories I wrote some fifteen years ago ? as it bears all the marks of that work of premature genius which some romantic children have - & which seldom I think does them any other service than to lead them headlong into love & folly before the usual time I should say it was the production of what Sir Moore properly defines a Girl of Genius unless perchance it is the school effusion of some boy of that sort ? it is very clever, very original in parts ? very imitative in others and tho the whole thing occasioned by having either read some poetry or seen some play that has filled the Authors[sic] head ? with mystery ? wildness & extravagance ? if it is to be published it must of course be reread & rewritten - & if you knew how sick I was of ?Moments of Gloom? mysterious personages ??care worn brows" marble hearts - & the whole of that which deceived me & many others, you would never send me any think of the sort I think however seriously this that if the person who wrote this be young & inexperienced, they will soon write very well & must be very clever. if they be at their best ? I donot [sic] much admire them?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Caroline Lamb Manuscript: Copy Books

[unknown] : Review of Glenarvon in the Augustan Review

'do you ever read the Augustan Review it is stupid though[underlined] it thinks me so - & yet be afraid I like it because it takes[?] the thing [Glenarvon] fairly & not as real characters[.] have you ever heard what he [presumably Lord Byron] said to Glenarvon ? I burn to know?

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Caroline Lamb Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Sketch

'ELLEN: looks up from the "Sketch", which she has been reading: "How do you pronounce M-Y-R-R-H"?'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ellen Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'It is a bitterly cold evening, towards the end of February. The fire is very low, and at the moment is rather smothered by small coal and slack. Miss V. is sitting over it, reading. Mr. T. comes in, dressed in Home Guard uniform, and rubbing his hands together.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Miss V Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Housekeeping pupil (voluntarily) reading the paper over my shoulder yesterday morning. "I suppose Eden thought they'd go on their knees to get him not to resign. If there were many like him, there'd soon be a war".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily Telegraph

'At work the sole topic was the new Conscription Bill, with discussion on how it will affect each one. After reading the "Telegraph" I worked out that it would be August at least before I was de-reserved, and that I should be out of work by then, for I cannot see us lasting another seven months.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[Felicia Dorothea Browne] [Hemans] : The grave of a poetess

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'The grave of a poetess (Mrs` Tighe at Woodstock near Kilkenny)'; [text] 'I stood beside thy lowly grave;/ Spring-odours breath'd around/ And music, in the river-wave/ pass'd with a lulling sound ...' [total = 13 x 4 lines verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Anne Gabriel] [De Querlon]? : [Adieu]

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Mary, Queen of Scots' farewell to France'; [text] 'Adieu, plaisant pays de France/ O ma patrie/ La plus cherie/ Qui a nourri ma jeune enfance ......' [total = 13 x 4 lines verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Whereas Kay was always trying to read or knit when she sat down, Louise is doing nothing at all, and so can be quite undisturbed by the constant clawing of sticky hands round her knees.'

Unknown

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Kay

[unknown] : [English novel]

'The English student said that he had read an English novel in which a similar idea was suggested. One German was very much annoyed at hearing that the idea had been put forward in England, and said that it was a great mistake to give the enemy warning.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : [news running on electric signboard]

'The steps around Eros statue are filled with an excited crowd, coster's barrows stand around selling fruit, chocolate, etc. Hot chestnuts, roasted potatoes and peanuts are selling fast. It is 1 a.m. and most of the roadway is filled with people who read aloud the slowly spelled news reports on the running electric signboard over the end of Glasshouse Street.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: people gathered near the Eros statue Print: electric signboard with scrolling text

[unknown] : Low Company

'D. went. N. said he wasn't going to sleep, because it was too uncomfortable; would read a book. He read "Low Company", while I read the first chapter of Silone's "Bread and Wine".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Also told me he had been commissioned to write a history of Dudley a few days back. Had declined. We went back and read until 12 o'clock.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'6.30-8 p.m. read. 8 p.m. supper. 9 p.m. bath and bed. I saw nothing stirring or peculiar. The only funny thing was the name of a row of houses, Amble Tonia.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Reporter. On May 12 I slept till ten. From ten to eleven I read the paper with interest until I came to a half column of news giving the time schedule of the Queen's dressing arrangements on that morning.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper?]

'On one of the side streets, a young couple parked their perambulator in the middle of the sidewalk and stopped to read the results of the Coronation procession in London.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: a young couple Print: Unknown, perhaps front page of newspaper displayed?

[n/a] : [tomb inscriptions]

'I walked through the park for a few minutes and not finding anything of interest to see or hear, I turned into a lane nearby that led to the cemetery. Here I read the inscriptions on several tombs and thought how different Italian burial places were. Night was approaching, I was chilly, I turned and walked home.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: epitaphs on tombs at cemetery

[unknown] : Poesie di Ossian

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Poesie di Ossian [by] Cartoue'; [Text] 'O tu che luminoso erri e rotundo/ ...'; [total = 37 lines]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Mary] [Tighe] : The old Maid's prayer to Diana

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'The old Maid's prayer to Diana'; [Text] 'Since thou and the stars, my dear goddess decree/ That Old Maid as I am, an Old Maid I must be;/ O, hear the petition I offer to thee/ For to hear it must be my endeavour/ ...'; [total = 5 x 8 line verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Robert] [Pollock] : The Course of Time [extract]

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Lord Byron ? From "The Course of Time"'; [Text] '... He touched his harp and nations heard, entranced/ As some vast river of unfailing source/ Rapid, exhaustless, deep, his number flowed/ And op'ed new fountains in the human heart...'; [total = 86 lines]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'My friend didn't want to shave, although he was no longer clean-shaven, so we had a brief wrangle about washing. Then he read to me out of the newspaper, still in his pyjamas, while I told him to get dressed.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'At 9.50 I went into the general office in order to await any cases of infectious diseases or nuisances which may arise during the day (inspector on duty) and chatted with the clerk on duty. He had a Coronation souvenir paper and read aloud the heading "Smiles that charm all subjects" and added in a disappointed tone "they have failed to charm me".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I prepare supper and we eat it. Listen to news. I continue to read.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Light and Dark

'9.15-12.0. Dressed. Wrote a poem. Annoyed by patriotic and religious activities at Church opposite. Read a magazine, "Light and Dark", to which I had contributed. Began to rewrite a criticism of Edgar Poe.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'At half past two I was dry, and eating the remnants of my lunch. I switched on the wireless and listened to the Coronation ceremony. When this had finished I read a book till seven o'clock when my father came home.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : [morning newspaper]

'Had extra hour in bed and read morning paper. Spent most of morning in garden making enclosure for tortoise as decide simple things are satisfying, but wireless sets are giving off loud cheers and wish secretly I was seeing procession.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

' I laid in bed till 6.15 a.m. and got up, washed and shaved. I ate my breakfast and read the paper.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Ayrshire Post

'Smoke a Players "medium" and a De Reszke "Minor". I read "Glasgow Herald" (Bus strike, Britain's new Navy, etc.) and "Ayrshire Post" (Report of Ayrshire Film Society, Dr. M'Rae's report of Glengall Mental Hospital, letter about- people-writer of letter doesn't like them- comments on Ayr's poor support of a resident repertory company "Pelican Players").'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily Worker

'Breakfast ready and finished dressing 7.45. Read "Daily Worker".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'To attempt to describe either their dresses or persons would be only to repeat some of the many accounts of them that have already been published, as every one has been written by people who had much better opportunities of seeing them, and more time to examine them than I have had. Indeed, a man need go no farther to study them than the China paper, the better sorts of which represent their persons, and such of their customs, dresses, etc., as I have seen, most strikingly like, though a little in the "caricatura" style. Indeed, some of the plants which are common to China and Java, as bamboo, are better figured there than in the best botanical authors that I have seen.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Banks Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [news bulletin]

'"I've been calm all week, but yesterday I listened to the news bulletin and I got a bad dose of jitters. I read somewhere that they're going to move London to Canada, and I can well believe it."'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [information leaflets]

'Have not read the P.I.L., neither has anyone in the house or anyone else I know. Will be read only if war breaks out. They are being carefully kept.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group:

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Oh, I have strained my eyes trying to read, and had to give it up in the end. I call it dismal, sitting for half an hour or more in a dark, gloomy carriage, so's you can't read; can't even look at the girls sitting opposite you; can't see your station. That's not going to keep us cheerful and "bring us victory," is it?'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [thrillers]

'Well, I took it because it's a thriller. That's the reason. I like thrillers, you see. I always read thrillers.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [newspapers]

'Course I know what you're talking about, I read about it all in the paper, used to read books about it, they've made a new car so's it's easier to drive, more profit for them isn't it, like Lord Nuffield. Wireless is all right though.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Newspapers]

'Read all about it chum in the papers, they don't interest me 'cept they don't do anything like for the likes of us, they talk about what we should eat, why don't they see we get it. . . . Vitamins-bread and bloody jam is what we get. . . . They think about more ways of making bloody money for the capitalists. . . . It's all right if they'd keep men in their bloody jobs.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [newspaper?]

'Never thought much about it, took it for granted. One thing it's done is make people's nerves on edge all the time, wars and all that, get sick of it. . . . Pictures you get used to, they're all the same. . . . You can get about easier. . . . I don't blame them as finds things out, it's them as is let use the things wot they find out. . . . I read a bit about that new car, don't know what it means though. They're always finding things out now. All right if we knew how to use them, first thing they do is to put men on the shelf before they're grown up. . . . Sometimes think if they had a rest from thinking how they can make more money out of us-that's what they do it for.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : People

'I read where there's going to be a war soon, it said so in the "People", they tell you what's going to be, there's more than something in it.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [horoscopes]

'I read them every Sunday, many a time it's been true, but they don't give you so much bad news. When it was my birthday they said I should get a surprise. I got one. It was a good 'un, mister. No, I'm not telling you what it was, that's my business.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'I read all the papers on it. I don't understand the politics of it, but they are all different. That's why people have less faith in the papers.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[Walter] [Scott] : [The monastery]

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Untitled]; [Text]'There are those to whom a sense of religion/ has come in storm and tempest, there are those/ whom it has summoned amid scenes of vanity/ there are those too who have heard "its still small voice"/ Amid rural leisure & placid contentment ?' [total = 10 lines]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Felicia Dorothea Browne] [Hemans] : [Kindred hearts]

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Untitled]; [Text]' ?Oh! ask not, hope not thou too much/ of sympathy below/ For are the hearts whence one same touch/ Bids the sweet fountains flow/ ?' [total = 16 lines but not a continuous extract]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Anon] : Matilde a novel

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Untitled]; [Text]' "La Belle France" has no more pretensions to beauty/ than the majority of her daughters. Like many of/ them she has not a single good feature in her face,/but unlike them she does not even do her best ??' [total = 18 lines]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Anon] : [untitled]

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Untitled]; [Text]' Count oe'r the days whose happy flight/ Is shared with those we love/ Like stars amid a stormy night/ Alas! how few they prove ?' [total = 2 x 8 line verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Anon] : A Highland Salute to the Queen

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'A Highland Salute to the Queen/ Air Roderigh Vich Alpine dhu, ho! Ieroe!'; [Text] 'Long life to our Queen who in beauty advances/ To the refuge of freedom, the home of the fair/ Each true Highland bosom with loyalty dances/ From Drummond to Taymouth - from ? to Blair/ ...' [total = 5 x 10 line verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[unknown] : Long ago!

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Long ago!'; [Text] 'Long ago!` Oh long ago!/ Do not these words recall past years?/ And scarcely knowing why they flow/ Bring to the eye unbidden tears?/ ...' [total = 4 x 8 line verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Daily Herald

'I read an article in the "Daily Herald" on the Coronation Day survey. There was an invitation to write to Blackheath if any wished to assist. It appealed to me immensely. I think it is true to say I am naturally observant. I had frequently noticed various things that passed other people's notice.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : News Chronicle

'I read in the "News Chronicle" articles about the work, and especially the account by an ordinary housewife of her day. Mass-Observation, it was something new, something to talk about; the things I do in the house are monotonous, but on the 12th, they are different somehow, letting the dog out, getting up, making the dinner, it makes them important when they have to be remembered and recorded.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper

'When I read about Mass-Observation in "Reynolds", I wrote straight away to join in. In fact, if there was a joining-fee I would have joined just the same.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[Anon] : The Star of Missions

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]; [Title] "The Star of Missions"; [Text] "Behold the Mission Star's soul gladdening ray/ Which o'er the nations sheds a beam of day;/ While glad salvation speeds her life fraught ?/ Borne by the Gospel's herald wheels afar;/ ... " [Total = 7 x 6 line verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Anon] : unknown

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]; [Untitled]; [Text] "Qu'est ce qui fait le bonheur ou le malheur/ de notre vie? C'est notre caractere, c'est la/ maniere ? nous voyons les choses, /? " [Total = 17 lines]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

Innes[?] : Lines on Mountghaine [?]

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]; [Title] "Lines on Mountghaine[?] by Innes[?], Mrs Gordon's butler"; [Text] "Hail beauteous spot of Nature's earth/ Arrayed in robes of richest dress/ In gorgeous splendour showing forth/ Preeminence in loveliness/... " [Total = 9 x 6 line verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Anon] : The dead friend

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'The dead friend'; [Text] 'Not to the grave, not to the grave, my soul/ Descend to contemplate/ The form that once was dear!/ ?not on thoughts so loathly horrible/ ...'; [Total = 40 lines]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[Elizabeth Rundle] [Charles] : To one at rest

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'To one at rest/ by the author of/ the Three Wakings'; [Text] 'And needest thou our prayers no more, Safe folded mid the blest/ How changed are thou since last we met, To keep the day of rest/ Young with the youth of angels; Wise with the growth of years/ For we have passed since thou has gone, A week of many tears/ ...24th Sept 1871'; [Total = 11 lines]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown

[n/a] : New York Times

Letter 292 7 October 1940 Referring to the Blitz on London: 'I see in to-day?s [New York] "Times" that you had a night of respite yesterday ? let?s hope you have lots more.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Britten Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Royal Academy Catalogue

'I was invited on one occasion to Mr Champley's, in Newborough, where I saw a specimen of Etty's peculiar painting in the portrait of Mr Champley himself; and looked over the Royal Academy Catalogue and there found several of his productions enumerated; one I copied; this is it 235 Bridge of Sighs' [catalogue entry follows, approx 120 words].

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Book

[unknown] : [album]

'On the circular table in the centre of the room was placed among other books an album, and Mr Storey being called away, I noted the following excellent morsels of literature: "It is a good rule that our conversation should rather be of things than of persons: for thus obvious reason, that things have not a character to lose." "To take sunshine pleasure in the blessings and excellencies of others is a much surer mask of benevolence than pity their calamities".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'At this later place [Lincoln] we arrived at about 10 in the evening. Tea and bed were then in request, with a small portion of newspaper literature.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Newspaper

[unknown authors] : [various titles]

'Roved around Northampton and stepped into most of the booksellers' shops to examine new works, etc, and made extracts as they suited, and took down titles of several to recommend them to other booksellers etc.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Book

[unknown] : [sermons]

'After tea walked home, and went through, with my family, our usual Sunday evening devotions, consisting of sermon reading and prayers.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Print: Book

[n/a] : Book of Job

'This dream I knew not what to make of but I took some encouragement from it and the next day I was reading in pilgrims progress and was by a quotation directed to the 33 Chap of job and the 15th and 16th verses In a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep falleth upon men in slumberings upon the bed Then he openeth the ears of men and Sealeth their instruction.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Mayett Print: Book

[n/a] : Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

'When in my early apprentice days I was first enabled to dip into the pages of "Maga", its chief attraction was the later series of "The Diary of a late physician". I greatly enjoyed the papers, and also, later on, the same author's story of "Ten Thousand a Year". [when the journal came out] I would sit on the steps [of George Street] for nearly an hour engrossed by the perusal of some interesting portion of its pages, munching at the same time my dinner of bread-and-cheese. The pages of the copies of the magazine in my custody as collector were, of course, uncut, but, having as many as eight or ten in my charge, I managed without its being discovered to cut open one leaf in each of the numbers in order to master the narrative.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Glass Bertram Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [explanation of the principles of the Christian religion]

'Every Sunday after breakfast the Bishop of Norwich reads to their Royal Highnesses a practical explanation of the principles of the Christian religion'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Prince George Print: Book

[n/a] : Psalm

14/1/1827 ? 'I read "Galt?s Life of Wolsey" with interest. To be thankful, and rather better, could only read a psalm to the servants.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Amelia Opie Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'Well, it takes me enough time reading papers and the Sunday papers, and "John Bull" and the "Illustrated"'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Sunday newspapers]

'Well, it takes me enough time reading papers and the Sunday papers, and "John Bull" and the "Illustrated"'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : John Bull

'Well, it takes me enough time reading papers and the Sunday papers, and "John Bull" and the "Illustrated"'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Sports Illustrated

'Well, it takes me enough time reading papers and the Sunday papers, and "John Bull" and the "Illustrated"'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [magazines]

'I don't read books at all, chiefly magazines that I can pick up and put down without losing the thread of the story ...'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [thrillers]

'I like reading. I can sit down and read a good thriller and start on it again immediately I have finished it, but nothing else ... As I've tried to explain I can't find the time. When I've come home from work, helped the wife, and had a smoke, you look round, and it's time to go to bed.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I do like reading, and I spend most of the evening reading because there's nowhere to go.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Well, yes, but not good reading. I only read to pass the time away, - any old thing; any time when I happen to be stuck for an hour or so.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : News of the World

'Sunday evening is the only time I do read, - I spend over an hour reading the "News of the World".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Times

'I read the "Times", which takes a time, - I suppose about an hour a day.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Telegraph

'I read the "Telegraph" reviews ... in trains and in the evening, lunch-time etc.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Newspapers]

'I've got too much to do (to read books). I read the newspapers mostly, morning and evening editions, and the midday, as I'm a racing man.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Newspapers]

'I spend some time reading the papers, morning and evening editions, roughly about 14 hours a week, about two hours each day ... I expect I'm too tired of an evening to settle down to books, - I like the newspaper better, there's bite of everything in it.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Woman

'I don't read newspapers, but I get the magazine "Woman", and I spend about 2 hours reading that.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : New Statesman

'The only reading I do outside the scope of my studies is that of newspapers, and the "New Statesman", - one hour.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [Newspapers]

'The only reading I do outside the scope of my studies is that of newspapers, and the "New Statesman", - one hour.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [magazines]

'Three hours magazines, - scientific and travel'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [magazines]

'I read a lot of magazines ... They're bright and easy reading, and you can find out lots of useful things in them.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Engineer

'I read one magazine, the "Engineer", which I peruse at odd times over a week or so. It would take sometimes as much as five hours to read straight off. No one ever does though with that type of magazine.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'25 C was reading a book, waiting to be served, and reading with concentration, both elbows on table, head between hands. When served with pot of tea and a bun, continued to read, eating and drinking absently. At 5 o'c looked up, gazed round cafe for two minutes, lit a cigarette, asked for bill. Started to read again, but more casually, glancing round cafe from time to time. Left at 5.5. p.m'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : Bow Bells

'In her spare time she was a great reader of novelettes and out of her four shillings subscribed to "Bow Bells" and the "Family Herald". Once when Laura, coming home from school, happened to overtake her, she enlivened the rest of the journey with the synopsis of a serial she was reading, called "His Ice Queen"'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Flora Thompson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Family Herald

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Flora Thompson Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : His Ice Queen

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Flora Thompson Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [books]

'That I don't like refugees in fiction is perhaps easy to understand, but I don't even like the war and today's conditions ("Murder in the Home Guard" and similar titles) to figure in my novels..... In the greater part of my reading I have just the opposite taste; I read mostly books dealing with the questions of today and tomorrow. But I can't stand any of it in fiction. Funny isn't it?'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [detective novels]

'Detective stories and thrillers are by far the most numerous, in fact at the moment are all the fiction I seem to read... After reading them I always wonder why I read them and if I once pause and examine the profusion of adjectives I am almost compelled to stop.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : Sunday Times

'Oh, I read the reviews in the "Sunday Times" and the "Times Literary Supplement", when I can get hold of it. I also read the book reviews in "John O' London's". Quite often I get interested in a book and this leads me on to reading more about the subject. For instance, I read the "Guide to Edinburgh" and that introduced me to James IV period, and then I read all about that. Other times I just glance at the title and open the book, and by reading a few lines at random I get some idea of the book, and if it interests me I'll take it out.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Times Literary Supplement

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Guide to Edinburgh

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [books on James IV]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [novels]

'Novels, except of exceptional quality, I prefer to borrow as I read them, mainly for relaxation only and seldom wish to read the same book a second time, as my choice is usually very light. When I find a novel which appeals strongly. I buy it because I know I shall find pleasure in re-reading it.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : Daily Herald

'I read the first page of the newspaper first, then turn to the back page, then fold the outside in. A chance headline may set me reading page 3 first, but usually it is page 2.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily Herald

'I read the headlines and the adverts. If any particular headline strikes me I follow it up. Particularly comment on parliamentary debates. I don't read racing or Sports - save for occasional boxing matches (i.e. big matches). Keep off divorce and sensational twaddle.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily Herald

'First of all I read the main headlines, then the various news paragraphs in order of importance on the front page, then the back page. I then turn to the inside news page, then the leader, readers' letters. Hannes Swaffer's column, other articles, then a general run over the smaller news items.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily Herald

'I have always adopted the principle of working the newspaper fairly carefully from beginning to end. There may be an occasional glance at principal headlines over breakfast, but after that the real reading consists of starting at the front page, first column, and going steadily through. I rarely read advertisements, but not much else is omitted. The degree of concentration of course varies with the subject matter. Articles have preference over everything, especially those of current interest, Personal stuffy, like the "Wonder of the War" anecdotes, tend to get skipped somewhat. I suppose I am more interested in ideas than individuals.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily Telegraph

'At work the sole topic was the new Conscription Bill, with discussion on how it will affect each one. After reading the "Telegraph". I worked out t[h]at it would be August at least before I was de-reserved, and that I should be out of work by then, for I cannot see us lasting another seven months.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Jack O' London

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [books]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [novels]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Have breakfast (next real interval is tea time, so breakfast includes prayers, reading and any urgent letters - this morning one short letter); listen to 7 a.m. news summary.'

Unknown

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group:

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I was reading the other day the story of an air flight. They had a long and dangerous journey to undertake, and before they set out, they made a list of the things they needed. But when they were ready to go, the plane was too heavy. They jettisioned much, but still they could not take off. They had to whittle down to a bare minimum. But they did not throw out a single pint of patrol.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [Newspaper]

'I have been reading the papers lately and I am astonished read what Mr. Heathcot-Amery has done. His people are highly respected in the neighbourhood. His people have served this county ...educated at Eton and Christ Church, he didn't waste any time from what I can see. He must have been quite a speaker, too. He was the private secretary to Lord Leigh, while he was on the Palestine Commission. He has been out in East Africa, he is now living at Tiverton.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Newspaper]

'Well, see Miss. Christmas Day my father was reading his paper. His glass of beer was at his side. He feel asleep and when he woke up his glass was empty. That's how I had a drink.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Newspaper]

'"Oh here they are again! I'll be glad when the bloody election's over. Why don't they make their minds up, what they are going to call it - sometimes it's Labour and sometimes it's socialism" (Goes back to reading murder story in paper)'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily Telegraph

'The newspaper today took my breath away. Such a landslide I had not expected. Yesterday morning, reading the "Telegraph" I felt a stalemate possible, or a small Tory Labour majority, with the Liberals holding the balance. Thank God that at any rate is destroyed. Liberals will now have to line up with one or other of the two main parties, and we'll have a clear-cut position.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [periodical]

'At one of the three occupied tables by the windows sat two women, one about thirty, the other probably no more than 18. They were talking and laughing excitedly. The elder one took a newspaper cutting from her hand and handed it to the younger, and they were quiet while she read it. At the next table sat a middle aged man reading a periodical, and next to him sat two girls who neither moved nor spoke to each other. The man who was reading took out a cigarette and lit it without taking his eyes off the paper.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspaper cutting]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After breakfast I postponed the things I ought to do by a little reading and knitting. Then I wrote letters till lunch. Continued this after lunch - this comes of refusing to write letters except on Sundays.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown - on Higher criticism]

'Many thanks for the cuttings on higher criticism. I can't help thinking that this movement is larely the result of trying to reduce (as I tried to do a few days ago!) Christianity to a comprehensible, logical system of ethics, rather than trying to realize that wonderful communion with God which must always be its source of faith, hope, love, and strength. 'Religion would cease to be divine if it were capable of being compressed into the narrow limits of human comprehension; isn't that right? 'I am afraid I greatly prefer Dr Dale's book to Bishop Westcott's. It is so much easier to understand. Westcott is very well for Sundays, but rather exacting for a tired week-day brain! 'The Bishop has returned from the Seychelles and is acting as our chaplin. He is a peculiar man, but I believe he is a very good one. 'I am, your affectionate son. P.S. I find I have got a copy of Gore's Prayer and the Lord's Prayer, with your name in it. May I stick to it? I like it.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Donald William Alers Hankey Print: Unknown, cuttings

[unknown] : [essay on rifling]

'Don't worry about me; at last I am a serious soldier. I have a pile of books on ordnance, and gunnery, and ammunition, and explosives etc., etc., littering my table, to say nothing of Napier's "Peninsular War", and a "Life of Napolean"![sic] So when my major made a surprise descent yesterday afternoon from Curepipe, he found me immersed in an essay on Rifling, and was rather pleased!'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Donald William Alers Hankey Print: Book

[unknown] : The adventures of a louse

'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the light of the moon. I looked at the boy's book, (the terrier, I suppose, read over the other's shoulder,) and found that it was "The Sorrows of Werter". I asked who had lent him such a book, and whether it amused him? He said that it had been made a present to him, and so he had read it almost through, for he had got to Werter's dying; though, to be sure, he did not understand it all, nor like very much what he understood; for he thought the man a great fool for killing himself for love. I told him I thought that every man a great fool who killed himself for love or for any thing else: but he had no books but "The Sorrows of Werter"? - oh dear yes, he said, he had a great many more; but he had got "The Adventures of a Louse", which was a very curious book, indeed; and he had got besides "The Recess", and "Valentine and Orson", and "Roslin Castle", and a book of Prayers, just like the Bible; but he could not but say that he liked "The Adventures of a Louse" the best of any of them.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Jem Parsons Print: Book

[unknown] : Roslin Castle

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Jem Parsons Print: Book

[unknown] : [book of prayers]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Jem Parsons Print: Book

[n/a] : [Newspapers]

'I should say in justice to myself that I am absolutely unmoved, except by impatience, at the daily twitterings of the leader writers in the press, I read them, Garvin and all, for they make light reading and are often entertaining, sometimes even instructive.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Left-wing newspapers]

'Reading the ordinary papers occasionally, listening to the B.B.C. news sometimes, reading the Left wing papers sometimes, and trying to sort out the wheat from the chaff.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Manchester Guardian

'"Manchester Guardian". English news once a day. Lord Haw-Haw, conversations with as may people as possible, reading on international questions. From these sources I sort out things as well as I can.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Newspaper]

'I'm very amused reading in the paper about the trains yesterday. (reads): "Many trains had to run in duplicate and triplicate to accomodate the crowds." After all they said about running no extra trains at Christmas! My god! England is the place to live in.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'There was little time left before supper, and we decided to go for short walk to have a look at the moon. This done, we sat down for a modest and simple meal of a little bit of cold meat, some lettuce and cheese, and spent the rest of the evening peacefully around the fire, reading, and talking about nothing in particular."

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : Arise to conquer

'Exhilarated with a terrible sadness, after reading "Arise to Conquer", I wondered if, when young men have done with the fighting and can come forward to do some of the thinking, shaping and building again, will they then be able (or willing) to contemplate more than the conquest of Jean.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : [Newspaper: Article on Mussolini's death]

'I was absolutely horrified about the Italians, the way they took revenge on Mussolini. I can't imagine what we're fighting for, if that's the way the Anti-Fascists behave. I was just reading in the paper that they hung them up in the most lewd, indecent positions, and spat at them, and threw stones. And laughed. The Italian people don't seem to feel any horror at this either. I think it's just too ghastly for words.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Daily Worker: Article on Mussolini's death]

'There was a wonderful account in the "Daily Worker" of Mussolini's death, how he was shot in the head and his brain spattered out, and he looked awful, but his mistress was hanged beside him in a new white blouse and looked lovely.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I heard that peace was declared on May the 7th, about 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening, at home with my parents. We had not long finished dinner, the table was still set, my father was reading in the armchair, my stepmother was busy about the house, I was in the garden, mending a puncture on my bicycle. The end of the programmes came to an end on the wireless, the announcer gave the news that tomorrow, Tuesday, May the 8th, would be V-Day, and the day following a holiday. Quietly, my father said, "It's over."'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [works/news on Hitler and Nazi-Germany]

'I have dreamt of Hitler twice recently, I put this down [to] reading books in the international situation rather than to anxiety or worry. I do not consciously worry about the eventuality of war, but I do feel very deeply concerned about the suffering which has already been caused.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [a thriller]

'Before the deed was done, however, the person in question awakened (I found the said person had been reading a thriller along such lines and had partaken of a somewhat heavy supper).'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [books]

'I am forming my opinions mainly from what I read in books on economies, politics, history, etc. I read the daily papers, but I do not take a lot of notice of what I read in them from the point of view of their opinions on the war, and what shall be done after it. I get far more satisfaction from reading articles or books by authors such as C.E.M. Joad, H.G.Wells and Huxley.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : [daily newspapers]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

David Lyndsay [pseud] : Dramas of the Ancient World

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : Book of Common Prayer [unknown edition]

[Marginalia]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

Robert Anderson [Editor] : The Works of the British Poets

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : The Conduct of the British Government towards the Church of England in the West India Colonies

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Quarterly Review

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Quarterly Review

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Eikon Basilike

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : Encyclopaedia Londinensis

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Sermons or Homilies of the United Church of England

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Homeri Hymni et epigrammata

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Homeri Hymni et epigrammata

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Annual Anthology

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Analysis of the Report of a Committee

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : The Age. A Poem. In eight books.

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Acta Seminarii Regii et Societatis Philologicae Li

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : Athenaeum

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : Carmina Illustrium Poetarum Italorum

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Book of Common Prayer

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[unknown] : A Harmonie upon the Three Evangelists

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Holy Bible

[Marginalia]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Holy Bible

[Marginalia]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Holy Bible

[Marginalia]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Holy Bible

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

anon [A Labour MP] : article

'I was reading an article by a Labour M.P. who wants to harbour refugees. He's all wrong. Good job we haven't got dictators here.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : The Law Magazine OR Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Serial / periodical

S. Maxwell [potential pseudonym] : The Battle of the Bridge; or Pisa Defended

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book

[n/a] : The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Eclectic Review

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Morning Chronicle

'The "Morning Chronicle" says the troops are to be withdrawn from France.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Sheffield Iris

'We got the Iris this morning I copied out of it the petition of the G [?] dispersed thro Germany and Hartman's Soliloquy in imitation of Hamlet.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Cambridge Inteligencer

'Mr Fisher who came up to alter Mr E a gown &c against our journay bought in a "Cambridge Inteligencer" to look at; it is a very free paper & conducted by Mr Flower.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Newspaper

[William] [Tooke] : Varieties of Literature From Foreign Literary Jour

'[Brought from the library] "Varieties of English Literature" vol 1st which being unintelligible stuff for the most part I don't intend to have the second vol.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

Francis Burgerdiscius [Burgersdijk] : Institutionum Logicarum

'I was deeply engag'd in Homer & Burgesdicius, otherwise should have answer'd it [letter from John Potter] sooner. I hope you don't think I preferr'd the old musty Greek, or the trifling Logician to a correspondence with a valuable friend: no; twas neccesity not choice that restrained my pen.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Richard Hurd Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'One of your brothers was brought to a liking of reading by my putting some Books which I had told amusing stories out of, in a place where they were difficultly come at and desiring that none of you might be allowed to spoil my books with your dirty Thumbs while I was abroad. He read them in a few daies [sic] and has continued to be fond of reading ever since.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Alexander Monro Print: Book

[n/a] : The Sheffield Iris

'We got "The Iris" this morning; it contained an Advertisement from Mr [Sorby?], saying that he intended to resign the school at Midsummer & begged leave to reccomend [sic] Messrs Bolton & Hayward as his successors.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[unknown] : [Catalogue of the Sheffield Subscription Library]

'We got the new catalogue from Library, The number of subscribers 118, there are near 2400 Books. [In Margin] Printed by Pierson'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter

[n/a] : The Sheffield Iris

'We learn from the "Iris" of this morning that the "Wisperer" is just published by J.M.Gomery [James Montgomery].'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : European Magazine

'Brought [...] the European Magazine for April 1798; it contains an essay on provincial Half-pennies by Joseph M[orer], author of Turkish Tales ... to be continued in the succeeding numbers.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Gentleman's Magazine

'I begun to write in my Common-place book, the account of the King of Patterdale [from the 'Gentleman's Magazine', borrowed on July 2 from 'the Library']'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Iris

'We got the "Iris"; it contains an exceedingly humourous account of the first campaign of our Loyal Independant Sheffield Volunteers to Workshop, which I wrote out amongst the anecdotes.' [NB Entry for July 10: Mr Evans joins with Miss Haynes and Mr Manly to subscribe to 'The Iris'. Previously they had each bought it.]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Monthly Magazine

'Got the "Monthly Mag" & "Rev." from Miss Haynes. They appear to be two very entertaining no's. I am much pleased with the account of Mr Lambton in the "Monthly Mag". the "Walpoliana" is also very entertaining.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Encyclopaedia

'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 to 9. Read a little in my Encyclopedia ... 2 to 5 at Warehouse. From 6 to 7 read a little in the Encyclopedia ...8 to 9 got my supper, read a little in the ency. 9 to 10 read in the ency.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[n/a] : The Iris

'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, read part of the "Iris". Mr H. Hall dined with us.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Monthly Magazine

'Wrote out of the "Monthly Mag." an example of English hexameter. [Borrowed 'the first 12 no.s' from Miss Haynes on 17 August 1798] Sir Philip Sidney had an idea of the same kind for he composed a poem in such verse.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Iris

'"The Iris" this week contains an advertisement from the Cutler's Company [annual ball] White Bear Inn. Price 10s 6d.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[unknown] : The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797

'Took [the] "Answer to Wilberforce" to the Chapel Library & brought "The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797, Being an Impartial Selection ... Essays & Jeaux d'Espirits ... [from] the Newspapers & Other Publications ...".They are for the most part political. Some of the articles are copied from larger works than magazines & newspapers [eg.3 selections from] Lewis's "Monk". ...The Ode by Sr Will Jones ... has appeared many years ago & in many publications. ... There appears to be nevertheless a deal of choice matter in this publication.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[unknown] : The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [series

'Wrote out of the "Spirit of the Public Journals" "Washing Day", a poem in blank verse; originally printed in the "Monthly Magazine".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[unknown] : The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [series

'When I brought the "Spirit of the Journals", I did not think that it would have contributed anything towards the account of Sheffield but I have extracted from it an account of a letter supposed to have been sent from "Yorke, General of the armed citizens of Sheffield", to the British National Convention, & the debate upon it from "The Times".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[unknown] : The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [series

'Wrote also out of the "Spirit of the Journals" "a hymn for the fast day" by Captain Norrice on Foxe's Birthday.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[unknown] : The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [series

'Took the "Spirit of the Journals" to the Chapel Library [...] there are no less than 101 Epigrams on Messrs Pitt & Dundas going drunk to the House of Commons on the night of his majesty's message [of] war with France ...Many of which are very poor. These epigrams, Marat, an Epilogue ... & the Orgies of Bachus may be reckoned amongst the least happy articles in this volume.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[n/a] : The Monthly Magazine

'The "Monthly Magazine" contains an account of the publication of that long expected work by Mr Conder of Ipswich, "an arrangement of provincial coins ... Price 7/6 boards". I intend to get this proposed at the Surry Street Library.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Iris

'"The Iris" in mentioning the Sessions at Sheffield says ...'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Gentleman's Magazine

'brought also the "Gent Mag" for Sepr 1798. [It] speaks very severly of Mr Smith's Sermon to the Odd-fellows; they say that if he had intended to promote the intrests of Republicanism he could not have done it in a more effective manner ...'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Spy

'Saw ... in the possession of one of our men the "Spy", a periodical printed by Crome in the year 1795, in which were some veery keen things against the Ministry.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Iris

'It has been stated in some of the London papers that when the news [of Nelson's victory] arrived there was no appearance of rejoicing at Sheffield. [He cites lack of coverage in the "Iris"]. He remarks however in the "Iris" of the 25th of this month that [Sheffield did celebrate].'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Anti-Jacobin Review

'Brought the 2d number of the "Anti-Jacobin Review & Magazine", which is got into the Surry Street library instead of the "Analytical" which they have turned out. It is a most virulent attack upon all the friends of liberty or - Jacobins-, as they are pleased to stile them; it is -ornamented- with caricature prints.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Spy

'Borrowed the "Spy" of one of our men; it is peculiarly calculated for the lower class of people. Mr Harrison a schoolmaster in Pond Lane, was one of the Principle writers in it.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[Thomas] [Moore?] : 'When Love was a Child' OR ['Loves Wreath']

'Love's Wreath!' 'When Love was a Child and went rolling along/...'

Unknown

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Carey/Maingay group Print: Unknown

[P.D.] [Stanhope] : Advice to a Lady in Autumn

'The dews of the evening most carefully shun Being tears of the sky for the loss of the sun! Chesterfield'

Unknown

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Carey/Maingay group Print: Unknown

[n/a] : The Gentleman's Magazine

'Brought the "Gents Mag" for May. It contains an advertisement for a new edition of the "Encyclopedia Britannica" with supplemental plates at 15/15'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : 'Printed Description' accompanying a comemorative medal

'Mr Scholfield gave me a medal struck to commemorate the presentation of the colours to the Birmingham association of cavalry & infantry. On one side is "Public virtue seated on ..." [in margin] "From the printed description which accompanies it".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Handbill

[n/a] : [The Annual] Register

'Wrote out of the Register's "Mary Queen of Scotts a Monody; Written near the Ruins of Sheffield Manor". It is one of the pretttiest pieces of poetry in the Registers. It was published by Peacock in his poems, but it was not of his composition.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[n/a] : The Monthly Magazine

'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 1st vol [of the Supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica].'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Monthly Review

'Brought the "Monthly Review" from Miss Haynes; this month they review Conder's "Arrangement of Provincial Coins", but they do it in a very slight manner.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Analytical Review

'Brought "A Fortnights Ramble to the Lakes" from the Chapel Library; also the "Analytical Review" for July 1798, to read a masterly critique on the "Castle Spectre", which I saw performed last winter; they allow Mr Lewis no praise at all, indeed plagiarisms (chiefly from Mrs Radcliffe's Publications) are visible on every page.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Monthly Magazine

'Brought the "Mon Mag" from Miss Haynes. It contains an account of the death of Dr Towers.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[n/a] : The Gentleman's Magazine

'When I came to extract the remarks on Dodsley, I found [they?] were remarks upon an old edition & that the editors we have published in 1782, have adopted the remarks & c.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Iris

'Took Colquhoun's "treatise of the police of the metropolis" to the library. I have not read it but, Mr Evans has; he says that he gives a most dreadful idea of the state of London; he says there are no less than 200, 000 persons, who when they get up in the morning do not know where they shall lay their head at night. That very miserable story, which I have cut out of an old "Iris" & is amongst the rest of the newspaper scraps, & entitled "On the Police of Paris" Mr Col[...] says was related to him by a Foreign Ambassador, who was at Paris at the time.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Iris

'Dr Marwick advertises again.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : Monthly Review

'It was when I was very ill that the article in the "Monthly Rev." was read to me.'

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Iris

'The "Iris" contains an advertisement of a book being published intitled "A Poetical Review of Miss Hannah More's Strictures of Female Education"...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : Monthly Review

'From paper in "Monthly Review" I got on Mathematical Subjects and resumed Consideration of Negative Signs, retracing former reasonings [...] found much enjoyment in it.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Windham Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Adventurer

'In the [?] read principally the papers in the "Adventurer" and Rogers' "Pleasures of Memory"; thought less of the papers in the "Adventurer" than I had done formally, i.e. forty years ago or more, and less than I had been led to expect of Rogers. Went to bed about one, after beginning "Spanish Grammar".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Windham Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Gazette

'"Gazette" with details of victory over Dupont, +c'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Windham Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'Breakfasted below. Read "Edinburgh Review" afterwards, for first time, after I know what interval, a little Greek, viz Plut. "Phocian"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Windham Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Spanish Grammar

'In the evening read principally papers in the "Adventurer" and Rogers' "Pleasure of Memory"; thought less of the papers in the "Adventurer" than I had done formally, i.e. forty years ago or more, and less than I had been led to expect of Rogers. Went to bed about one, after beginning "Spanish Grammar".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Windham Print: Unknown

[unknown] : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

'Looked into "Philosophical Transactions" for paper of Dr Reid about momentums +c, could not find it but stumbled upon paper, page 663, i think vol.V or VI. among papers miscellaneous or omitted, where there were some calculations respecting probability'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Windham Print: Book

[n/a] : Gazette

'Day of "Gazette" arriving, with news of Wellesley's victory [Battle of Talavera] of 28th July.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Windham Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Athenaum

Mrs Robinson's journal of Oct 7 1854, reprinted in the Times June 15 1856: '..we sat and read Athenaums aloud, chatting meanwhile. There was something unusual in his manner,something softer than usual in his tone and eye, but I not what it proceeded from, and chattted gaily, leading the conversation - on Goethe, on women's dresses'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Mrs Robinson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : New Monthly Magazine

[Transcript of essay, under the heading 'Today'] 'Today. New Monthly Magazine for January 1823'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Holte Bracebridge Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Antiquarian Repertory [Vol II of 4 vols]

[3 July 1797] 'brought the 2nd vol of the "Antiquarian Repertory"; I had read it before but there was a picture in it I wished to draw. [4 July 1797] I drew out of the "Antiquarian Repertory" a view of Little Saxham Church.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Book

[n/a] : Fraser's Magazine For Town and Country

'1831' 'Farewell to 1831 year of Whig Ministry of Shen reform... Extracted from Fraser's Magazine by Benj. Beanlands'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Beanlands Print: Serial / periodical

Robert Hartley Cromek [editor of vol] : 'My Ain Fireside' OR Remains of Nithsdale and Gall

'My Ain Fire Side' 'O, I hae seen great ones...' >From the Nithsdale and Galloway Songs

Unknown

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Bowly group

[n/a] : Foreign Quarterly Review

'Once more amongst the old gigantic hills/...' 'Foreign Literary Review Janury 1832.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Bowly group Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Advertiser

'From the Cheltenham Chronicle of 11 Oct. 1832 on the Death of Sir Walter Scott' 'Harp of the North! The Mighty Hand, ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Devereux Bowly Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Annual Biography and Obituary

'Sir Walter Scott was buried at Dryburgh... Annual Obituary for 1833.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Devereux Bowly Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Cheltenham Chronicle

'To the Great Pyramid' Mountain of Art! Sublime Mysterious Pile!, ... From the Cheltenham Chronicle Feb 7 1833'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Bowly group Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'about this time I began to practis accounts, I bought a Book, & Slate, and got somebody to set me a gate at the beginning of a Rule, & then wrought by my book &c, and in a while got forward in arethmatic &c'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Shaw Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible ['the scriptures']

'god was Merciful & spoke Peace to my Soul, & now I found that with god which Passeth all understanding, & rejoiced all the day long, & saw everything in a new light ... I now read the Scriptures with great delight, & recomended them to my wife , & my father, who was my constant companion &c ...'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Shaw Print: Book

[n/a] : [Newspaper]

'the last weeks paper stated, that 200, 000 were out of work within 20 miles of manchester, &c, & the long drought is expected to have materially inguered [injured] the Harvest ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Shaw Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Bible ['the Scriptures']

'She delighted in Singing, & Prayer, & reading the Scriptures, Particularly the 14 Chapter of John &c- this was a favourite Virse of hers, Arise my Soul arise, Shake off thy guilty fears, The bleeding Sacrifice in my behalf appears, Before thy throne my surety stands, my name is written on his hands'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Hannah Shaw Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible ['her Testament']

'She sade she was happy in her mind & had many a Comfortable hour when she could not Sleep in reading her testament & hymn book & praying &c'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Betty Shaw Print: Book

[Wesley?] : [hymn book]

'She sade she was happy in her mind & had many a Comfortable hour when she could not Sleep in reading her testament & hymn book & praying &c'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Betty Shaw Print: Book

[unknown] : 'a penny history'

'From my early years I was always a lover of books, and I well remeber when we lived in a solitary place that my mother on going to a neighbouring town, always bought me a penny history or a halfpenny collection of songs ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert White

[unknown] : 'poetry and border ballads'

'Even while exerting myself to the utmost on the farm, I was not without my own pleasure, for during my leisure hours I read all the books and especially those consisting of poetry and Border-ballads that came within my reach. Some few I bought when I had money, some I borrowed, but the latter were limited as to number ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert White Print: Book

[n/a] : The London Magazine

'Recievd the "London Magazine" by my friend Henderson who bought if from town with him a very dull no [.] [...] the article on Byron carrys ignorance in the face of it [.]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Solomon's Song

'Read "Solomons Song" and beautiful as some of the images of that poem are some of them are not recognisable in my judgement above the ridiculous [...] the more I read the scriptures the more I feel astonishment at the sublime images'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Book

[n/a] : The London Magazine

'Read over the magazine [received from London on Sunday 7 Nov] the review of Lord Byrons conversations is rather entertaining the pretendery letter of James Thompson is a bold lye [letter is actually by Thompson].'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'A ryhming school master is the greatest bore in literature the following ridiculous advertisement proves the assertion taken from the "Stamford Mercury" [quotes advert]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'Newspaper Miracles Wonders Curiositys etc under these heads I shall insert anything I can find worth reading and laughing at' [quotes 2 stories from the 'Stamford Mercury']

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Literary Gazette

'Recieved a letter from Mrs Emmerson and a "Literary Gazette" from somebody in which is a review of an unsuccesful attempt to reach Repulse Bay [...] by Captain Lyon from which the following curious incident is extracted'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Book

[n/a] : The Iris

'Recieved a news paper from Montgomery in which my poem of the "Vanitys of Life" was inserted with an ingenius and flattering compliment past upon it'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

[quotes from 4 separate stories] 'Stamford Mercury' '"A black birds nest with four young ones was found a few days ago in Yorkshire" - "Stamford Mercury"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'Saw a reciept to mend broken china in the "Stamford Mercury" [...] news papers have been famous for hyperbole and the "Stamford Mercury" has long been one at the head of the list of extravagance - in an article relating an accident at Drury Lane Theatre is the following'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'News paper wonders - "There is now living at Barton an old lady of the name of Faunt who has nearly attaind the great age of 105 years - she has lately cut new teeth to the great surprise of the family" "Stamford Mercury"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : London Magazine

'Recieved the April and May ma[ga]zine from London with a letter from Hessey and one from Vandyke [...] the magazine is very dull.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'Extracts from the "Stamford Mercury"' [copies two stories]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'At a meeting of florists held at the Old Kings Head at Newark last week prizes were adjudged as follows' [quotes results published in 'Stamford Mercury']

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'News paper odditys [quotes article on salt mine in Poland] "Stamford Mercury"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'Parish officers are modern savages as the following fact will testifye - Crowland Abbey "Certain surveyors have lately dug up several foundation stones of the Abby [...] for the purpose of repairing the parish roads!!" "Stamford Mercury"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Scientific Receptacle

'Recieved a parcel from Holbeach with a letter and the Scientific Receptacle from J. Savage - they have inserted my poems and have been lavish with branding every corner with "J. Clares" how absurd are the serious meant images or attempts at fine writing in these young writers'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Book

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'"The Lingfield and Crowhurst Choir sung several select pieces from Handel in the cavity of a yew tree [continues for whole of report]" "Stamford Mercury"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'Saw in the Stamford paper that the lost leaf of "Dooms day book" was found and had no time to copy out the account'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'A salmon near ['near' in italics] 20 lbs weight ...' 'Stamford Mercury'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'The catholics have lost their bill once more [they] shoud when one beholds the following sacred humbugs [...] From "Nugents Travels" [1768][Clare quotes list of relics quoted from Nugents by Stamford Mercury]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Observer

'The following advertisement is from the "Observer" of Sunday May 22 1825. "Just published the speech of his Royal Highness the Duke of York in the house of Lords the 25 April 1825 Printed by J Whittaker [...] in letters of gold [...] 10s/6 sold by Septimus Prowett 23 Old Bond Street Well done Septimus Prowet"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'"A hive of bees natives of New South Wales [...] The bees are very small and have no sting but their honey is peculiarly fine" "Stamford Mercury"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'a newspaper lye of the first order - "Mr Gale of Holt in the parish of Bradford Witts has at present a Pear of the jagonel kind in his possession which was taken [...] 49 years ago and is now as sound as the first moment it was gathered[...]" - it must have been a wooden one'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Stamford Mercury

'More wonders from the "Mercury" "A clergyman of the established church name Benson now attracts larger congregations [...] then the celebrated Mr Irving [.] 211 stage coaches pass weekly through Daventry Northamptonshire" "Stamford Mercury"'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Clare Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Bible

'This summer, as my eighth year advanced, we read the "Epistle to the Hebrews", with very great deliberation, stopping every moment, that my Father might expound it, verse by verse.' [ an dmore for a para]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Philip Gosse Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'In our lighter moods, we turned to the "Book of Revelation", and chased the phantom of Popery through its fuliginous pages.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Philip Gosse Print: Book

[unknown] : [Latin Grammar]

'...and we now started Latin, in a little eighteenth-century reading book, out of which my Grandfather had been taught. It consisted of strings of works, and of grim arrangements of conjunction and declension, presented in a manner appallingly unattractive. I used to be set down in the study, under my Father's eye, to learn a solid page of this compilation, while he wrote or painted...It was almost more than human nature could bear to have to sit holding up to my face the dreary little Latin book, with its sheep-skin cover that smelt of mildewed paste.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edmund Gosse Print: Book

[unknown] : [volume of engravings]

'My mother then received from her earlier home certain volumes, among which was a gaudy gift-book of some kind, containing a few steel engravings of statues. These attracted me violently, and here for the first time I gazed upon Apollo with his proud gesture, Venus in her undulations, the kirtled shape of Diana, and Jupiter voluminously bearded...In private I returned to examine my steel engravings of the statues, and I reflected that they were too beautiful to be so wicked as my Father thought they were."

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edmund Gosse Print: Book

[n/a] : The Weekly Dispatch

James Harvey 'Blind Jim" 'had, from hearing, mastered most of the content of these two important papers [Times and Weekly Dispatch], and then made some capital out of having done so, by repeating the news from his favourite corner in one or more of the old inns, always to a number of interested listeners and village politicians.' he delivered the papers. same time.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Harvey Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Times

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Harvey Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Cassell's National Library (first 23 vols)

Lancashire workman wrote to Cassell's that the first 23 volumes of the National Library "have done a great deal of good even in my own neighbourhood, for several of my own friends have given up drinking for the sake of taking and reading your beautiful little books".

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: several Lancashire workman Print: Book

[unknown] : The Peep of Day; or a series of the earliest relig

BL edition inscribed 'Victoria of Prussia' and initialled page after page with some dates presumeably showing when read to. Earliest date 5th August 1871 lesson 1, Lesson 19 21 Aug 1871 lesson 29 by 26 Sept 1871, Lesson 1 'The Body' prayer to prevent body from getting hurt also dated 6 May 1872, 14 Sept 1878 lesson VI 'Of the Wicked Angels' dated 3 Jan 1879

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Victoria of Prussia Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'She rose about eight o'clock; and, before she came down stairs, read herself a chapter in the Bible or New Testament, and that with active attention, as she frequently made any thing which had struck her in reading it, the subject of remark when she came down'

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Birch Print: Book

[n/a] : The Rambler

'We might mention the Rambler, theGuardian, and Shakespeare, as her favourites among older writers; and, among modern works, Hannah More's writings, memorials of a Departed friend, Private Life and others. From such books she was in the habit, with a sound judgement and a ready pen, of making extracts. Some of which have been collected and preserved....

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Birch Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Guardian

'We might mention the Rambler, the Guardian, and Shakespeare, as her favourites among older writers; and, among modern works, Hannah More's writings, memorials of a Departed friend, Private Life and others. From such books she was in the habit, with a sound judgement and a ready pen, of making extracts. Some of which have been collected and preserved....'

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Birch Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Poems and Essays by a Lady Lately Deceased

The reader listed the contents of this publication. Vol 1. The Second Edition. 'Poems. Ode to Hope. Elegy on the death of Mr Garrick. A Ballad. Subject Love [underlined] for the Bath Easton Villa. Louisa a tale. Envy: a fragment. On the New Year. 'Essays. On Sensibility. On the Character of Latitia. On Politeness. On the Character of Casio. On Candour. '2nd Vol. Third Edition. On Fortitude. On the Advantages of Application [?]. On the Pleasures of Religion. On Gratitude. On Happiness. On Christian Perfection. On Resignation.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : The Christian Church from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

an Observation 'By those who profess a knowledge of human Nature, the real causes of deep and continued dissension will rarely be sought...'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : A Letter to Earl Stanhope

content of this letter described 'as objected' in a pamphlet recommended by his Lordship 1789 (presumably the reader had read the letter)

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton

[unknown] : Memoirs of Maximillion de Baltiure, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great

Long description of the character of Duke Sully by Henry 4th of France: 'his temper harsh, unpatient, obstinate, too enterprizing, presuming too much upon his own opinions... I know also that he has no malignity in his heart, that he is indefatigable in business... I find no-one so capable as he is of consoling me... That he may daily unify his heart and his manners.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton Print: Book

[n/a] : The Christian World

'There were numbers of a paper called, I think, "The Christian World", dating from several years back. They contained nothing but accounts of meetings and conferences, announcements of appointments to ministries, and obituary notices; yet I read them from beginning to end.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [volume about theological debate]

'There was also a thick volume bound in calf and containing a verbatim report of a controversy between a Protestant divine and a Roman Catholic priest some time about the middle of last century, with a long argument on transubstantiation and many references to the Douai Bible which greatly puzzled me, for I did not know what the Douai Bible was.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Book

[unknown] : [school books]

''I read all my new school books as soon as I got them; I read "The People's Journal", "The People's Friend", and "The Christian Herald". I read a complete series of sentimental love tales very popular at that time called "Sunday Stories". I read novels illustrating the dangers of intemperance and the values of thrift. I read a new periodical called "The Penny Magazine" which my brother Willie got: it was modelled on "Tit-bits", and contained all sorts of useless information. But I had no children's books and no fairy-tales: my father's witch stories made up for that.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Book

[n/a] : The People's Journal

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The People's Friend

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Christian Herald

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Sunday Stories

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [novels]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Book

[n/a] : The Penny Magazine

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [story]

'Out of all that reading only one memory survives now. The story itself I have forgotten but the scene was laid in Italy, and there was a chapter in which a beggar arrived at a cottage carrying a heavy sack, which he left in a corner while he went, as he said, to the barn to get some sleep. The woman of the house, who lived by herself, happened to touch the sack, felt it moving, and knew at once that there was a man in it who had come to murder her... When I read "Treasure Island" a few years later the horrible figure of the blind seaman Pew brought back again the terrors of that dream.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Unknown

[n/a] : The Police News

'There was another impression, almost as horrible, but this time it was caused by an illustration, not a story. Sutherland sometimes had sent to him by a cousin in Leith a weekly paper called, I think, "The Police News", a record of brutal crimes. He left it lying in the kitchen one day, and with my usual hypnotised interest I went across to take it up. On the cover was a picture of a powerful man standing in his shirt sleeves with an axe raised above his head... My father snatched up the paper as soon as I put my hand out for it, crammed it into his pocket, and said sternly, "That's no for thee!"'.

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Boy's Own Paper

'I do not know whether it was a benefit of a calamity when my brother Willie, out of pure kindness, began taking "Chums" for me. "Chums" was at that time a chief rival of "The Boy's Own Paper", which I did not see until years later, when it bored me with its stories of public-school life, filled with incomprehensible snobbery. The line of "Chums" was adventure stories in savage lands.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Chums

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [School history book]

'when I was eleven a school history-book containing biographies of Sir Thomas More, Sir Philip Sidney, and Sire John Eliot showed me that reading could be something quite different. My reading books up to then must have been poor, for I can remember nothing of them except a description of Damascus, with a sentence to the effect that at night the streets were "as silent as the dead". I had had, of course, to learn "Casabianca" and "Lord Ullin's Daughter" and "Excelsior" and the other vapid poems which are supposed to please children, but like everyone else I was bored by them.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Book

[unknown] : [book on Wallace and Bruce]

'One day I saw a life of Carlyle in a bookshop window in Kirkwall and begged a shilling from my mother to buy it; but I found it was a shilling and threepence and I had to return dejectedly with a book on Wallace and Bruce instead. It was not a good book, and all I remember of it is a few lines quoted from Burns...'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Book

[unknown] : [story about the origin of Orkney and Shetland Islands]

'Curiously enough the story I remember best is a grotesque and rather silly one which appeared in an annual almanac issues by "The Orkney Herald". It was an account of the origin of the Orkney and Shetland Islands...'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Serial / periodical, almanac

[n/a] : The Bible

'there was nothing in the house which was worth reading, apart from the Bible, "The Pilgrim's Progress", "Gulliver's Travels", and a book by R.M. Ballantyne about Hudson Bay.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Edwin Muir Print: Book

[unknown] : Bronco Bill

'In the lower part of the newsagent's windows were the journals that catered for me. By would be reformers they were lumped together as "penny dreadfuls". One was "Deadwood Dick" -a cowboy who was always bumping off people in Deadman's Gulch or Gallow's Ravine, The reformers told me that my mind would become brutalised by reading Penny Dreadfuls... Besides "Deadwood Dick" in the shop window there was "Bronco Bill", with stories of a similar type. And there was "Jack Wright".'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Jack Wright

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : History of the World War

'On incident stays clear in my mind. It was on one of the rare days, other than Christmas and New Year, when my grandmother and I went into the sitting room above the shop. The time was late afternoon, just before tea, and I was standing near the window, looking through one of the volumes of a garish and expensive "History of the World War" which my father had bought from a door-to-door salesman who had persuaded him that "it would be very useful for the little boy's education". Some illustration in the book -a photograph or drawing of a battleship or aeroplane or shell-burst or trench warfare - must have caught my fancy, and, as I noticed that John Slater was looking out from his window on the opposite side of the street, I held up my picture against the glass so that he might see it. The street was narrow enough for anyone with good eyesight even to read the caption if it were printed in large enough letters. John nodded and promptly held up a picture in a book he was reading. I turned over a page or two and then held up another picture. John responded. And soon we found ourselves caught up in a competition...'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Slater Print: Book

[n/a] : The Sketch

'The beautiful and disturbing feminine shapes which I sometimes saw in the photographic section of "The Sketch" and "The Tatler", turning over the pages furtively in the Public Library, did not immediately strike me as being what might lie beneath a gymslip.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Tatler

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Woman's Weekly

'So that, whatever may have been its deeper cause, the love which filled my imagination was of a kind that seemed, to me, to have little to do with what I meant by sex. "Love" was something I had learned about from "David Copperfield" and "Under the Greenwood Tree" and from the stories in "The Woman's Weekly", which my mother occasionally bought. And of course, from the poetry I was beginning to enjoy. I was naively oblivious to the sexual innuendoes of Keats and Tennyson but their romantic raptures set me trembling like a tuning fork. "Come into the garden, Maud" roused nothing of the derision, or even downright ribaldry, that it would surely rouse in a boy of today.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [detective stories]

'Tom... introduced me to Poe's "Tales", to my first detective stories and to the early novels of H.G. Wells.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Book

[n/a] : Daily Mail

'[Bernard] Shaw the buffoon, the joker, the iconoclast, appeared day by day in every newspaper like a living comic strip. "That jackass", my father would umph, half-teasingly, as he read the latest outrageous saying in the "Daily Mail".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Encyclopedia Britannica

'The [reference room of the public library] was almost airless, catarrhal from the fumes of the coke-stove, musty and dusty from the half-mouldering, out-of-date sets of "The Encyclopedia Britannica" and the "Dictionary of National Biography". We took down pages and pages of what, in the end, proved to be quite useless notes on the lives of Gustavus Adolphus and Richelieu...'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Book

[n/a] : Dictionary of National Biography

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Book

[n/a] : The Golden Treasury

'Our syllabus was large, covering at least twelve set books: two plays of Shakespeare's, two volumes of Milton and two of Keats; Chaucer, Sheridan, Lamb, Scott's "Old Mortality" and the first book of "The Golden Treasury", with its marvellous pickings of Coleridge, Shelly, Byron and, especially, Wordsworth, which excited me, at that age, more than any other poetry written.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Book

[unknown] : [books on birds, animals, snakes, trees]

'I began now to borrow from the Sanatorium Library books on nature and the countryside -Hardy, Hudson, Jefferies, Gilbert White; books on birds, animals, snakes and trees. And all these presented a picture of an England which, except in a few secluded spots, no longer survived.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson Print: Book

[n/a] : The Bible

'We had, at home, a huge Family Bible -one of the brass-bound sort -with fine fat type and hundreds of illustrations. It was always safe to leave me with this Bible lying on my belly on the hearthrug before the fire -while my mother went out somewhere with my sisters. They would find me even three hours later just where and as I had been left. That Bible with its illustrations by Gustave Dore and Felix Philipotteaux, was a joy and a solace for years. Especially the battle-pictures and those of storm and wreck. There was one of Joshua's army storming a hill fortress -with the great iron-studded door crashing down before the onrush of mighty men with huge-headed axes -that never failed to thrill...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas A. Jackson Print: Book

[n/a] : Cassells Illustrated History of England

'Next to the Bible in time, and soon superseding it in practice were four volumes of Cassell's Illustrated History of England, which my father got bound up from a set of weekly parts. They carried the story down to the accession of George III; but even so they were a mine of treasure it took years to ramsack. I read first all the battles... After the battles I read the murders; then the executions; and then, at last, as much as I could stomach of the connecting bits in between.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas A. Jackson Print: Book, Serial / periodical, weekly parts collected by father and bound into four volumes

[n/a] : Girls' Own Paper

'...in one matter father and son were united. We developed a mutual love of comic papers, and together taught ourselves to read them. He could read after a fashion before I arrived, it's true, for once he'd struggled all the way through a serial in the "Girls' Own Paper" called "The Shepard's Fairy"... He always sat in the hard chair, right-hand side of the kitchen range, with his back to the window, his sleeves rolled up and the paper held firmly... Then being set, off he'd go into the latest crime of Jasper Todd, the sinister landlord of the Red Inn, or Spring-heeled Jack, or the ingenious inventions of George Gale, the Flying Detective... we went on until every item in "Chips", "Comic Cuts", "Lot o' Fun" and the "Butterfly" had been dealt with -for that week.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Chips

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Comic Cuts

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Lot o' Fun

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Butterfly

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [comic paper]

'One day, however, I made a discovery. I could read myself! I was four years old now... and while sprawling on the floor with a comic open at the pictures of Weary Willie and Tired Tim, or Dreamy Daniel, or Casey Court, or the Mulberry Flatites, I found that the captions under suddenly began to read themselves out to me.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Jack Common Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Bible

[Given 'a handsome and well-illustrated volume called the Prize Bible' by his grandmother] '...the surprise they got when I actually read the thing, right through, cover to cover, as if it was "Chips" or "Herewald the Wake"... Here on a wet Sunday morning was this handsome volume, leather-bound, of clear bold type and frequent illustrations -I'd look at the pictures. They were gawdy and full of action, quite a lot of them. Look at the priests of Dagon with their blood-splashed knives; Jael creeping into the tent of Sisera; Egyptian chariots overwhelmed by the Red Sea; Judas gloating over his pieces of silver like a carroty-headed Quilp...You simply had to read of these matters; and if the narrative didn't always come up to the quality of the illustrations, when it did you had a story which stayed in your imangination and gave it something to glow with. I read on, session after session, past all the boring bits and finished it at last.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Jack Common Print: Book

[n/a] : Holy Scriptures

'When I grew into a youth and read everything I got my hands on, from Penny Dreadfuls to the Holy Scriptures, I came across phrases that puzzled me, such as "sans-culotte", "shiftless rabble", "dregs of humanity", "ignorant masses". I wondered where all these worthless people lived. I could only think it must be London or some such place outside my ken. Then one day it dawned on me, these scornful and superior writers were writing about me, and the people who lived in our street. It knocked me sideways for a little time, till the temperament I had inherited from my mother pulled me straight again... The latest I have come across is Richard Church, for whom, as a poet and novelist, I have full respect...'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[unknown] : Penny Dreadfuls

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : How to make friends and influence people

'When I was a youth I envied others having this capacity to make close friends. I even bought a book, "How To Make Friends and Influence People". I read the book, but it did me no good; so I must be a hopeless case.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[unknown] : [lives of Henry VIII's wives - see note below]

'Have finished the lives of Harry the VIIIths Queens, very interesting work. Reading a small treatise on "Pneumatics" to pick up a little of what I have forgotten'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Book

[unknown] : Pneumatics

'Have finished the lives of Harry the VIIIths Queens, very interesting work. Reading a small treatise on "Pneumatics" to pick up a little of what I have forgotten'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Book

[n/a] : The Family Storyteller

'My mother used to read the novels of Miss Braddon and Mrs Henry Wood, and those in a series called "The Family Story Teller", that she got from the public library. My father got her "East Lynne" through a pub Literary Society, she read it over and over again. I read it when I was about nine. Heavens, the tears I gulped back over the death of Little Willie!'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Polly Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [notice]

'My father took me to see them sold up. He must have been off work again, foundry work was little better than casual labour then. The auctioneer's man had taken the two halves of the sash window out. On the wall by the window was written in chalk: "Owing to Arrears of Rent and by Order of the Landlord. Sale this day at 2.30".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Manuscript: Graffito

[n/a] : Bible

'There is a book you may have come across, and that was read a lot when I was young, called the Bible. I used to read it, too, when I learned to read; it is a bit old fashioned but very interesting when you get used to its archaic English. In the forty-first chapter of Genesis another Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dream...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[unknown] : [notice]

'Whilst waiting my turn and having observed all these things, I started to spell out a notice above the mirror, I could read enough. It said "Haircut: Men 3d., Boys 2d., Shaving, 1d." That was in 1893, near enough. Prices have gone up a little since then.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Advertisement, Poster

[n/a] : Police News

'There was the "Police News" and the "Police Budget". I don't think these had any connection, officially, with the police, that was just their name. They specialised in depicting crime in pictures, and also the manly arts of boxing and wrestling. The most sensational crime of the previous week was always given on the front page; and if it was murder by knife or gunshot, there was always oceans of blood sloshed about the picture, and the dying man's face was horrific with his agony. These journals were printed on pink newsprint.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Police Budget

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Sketchy Bits

'Also on pink newsprint were "Sketchy Bits" and "Photo Bits". Most of the "bits" in these journals had huge nude thighs and huge, almost nude, bosoms, with the absolute minimum of clothing... These two "Bits" journals - that I sometimes bought for a halfpenny each at the second-hand periodical stall in the market -catered to some extent to masochists. There were pages of letters supposed to be written by readers to the editor -though it would not surprise me if they had all been written by the same journalist -that I did not quite understand as a boy. I read everything I came across, from the Bible to "Deadwood Dick", so I read these letters also.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Photo Bits

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Heartsease Library

'Now that we had gas I found it much easier and pleasanter to read. When I had read all my own periodicals I used to read Mother's literature. Sometimes she bought a novelette; the "Heartsease Library" was one, a penny per week. She was in the public library, too. I read "The Channings" by Mrs Henry Wood, and "Lady Audley's Secret" by Miss Braddon, and others by these two who were my mother's favourite authors.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Polly Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Heartsease Library

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Sylvestre Sound

'[Father] had joined the PSA at the YMCA. That is: the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon at the Young Men's Christian Association; a religious service with plenty of tuneful hymns, usually a couple of singers who gave "sacred" songs; and to which was attached a Book Club. By paying a few pence a week Father got all the books he could read; he was a slow reader, too. He got "Valentine Vox, Ventriloquist", "Sylvestre Sound", "Somnambulist"; "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and many others. Dolly has some of them at this date, sixty years later.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : Somnambulist

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'...went along to the reference room of the public library to look up data on African trees. I searched the shelves and found just the book I wanted: a scientific work that gave full details of African trees. I sat studying it and making notes...'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[unknown] : Young People's First Book of Trees

'[given an alternative text by the librarian, entitled 'Young People's First Book of Trees'] Every time the man came through the room I slipped the African book on to my knees under the table and was intently studying the Young People's book...'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[n/a] : The Racing Specialist

'...I spoke to three of my workmates...All they read was "The Racing Specialist" and the "Football Edition"...'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: iron moulders Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Football Edition

'...I spoke to three of my workmates...All they read was "The Racing Specialist" and the "Football Edition"...'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: iron moulders Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Strand Magazine

'I was reading a lot of magazine stories now. There was a boys' reading-room at the public library; the magazines were brought second-hand out of the men's reading-room when displaced by a new monthly issue: the "Strand Magazine", "Windsor", "Pearson's", and others...'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Windsor

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Pearson's

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Worked an hour or two at French; I suppose I must now finish the history of Rome, having once begun it must be finished'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Book

[unknown] : [book on pneumatics]

'Reading a book on Pneumatics and been thinking of making an Anemometer of my own invention do not know if it would succeed, and I have great doubts of my ever attempting it'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Book

[unknown] : History of Rome

'Reading "History of Rome", & amusing myself variously.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Book

[n/a] : Monthly Review

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Serial / periodical

[anon] : Guy's Expositor

'The following Saturday afternoon [father] was a bit late getting home from work; he must have gone to the second-hand bookstall in the market. ...he handed me a book that was dropping to pieces. It was thin, with a dark green back. There were about fifty pages; there had been a lot more but the others must have dropped out. All the pages were loose. It was called "Guy's Expositor". It was just lists of words, but it told you where they had come from, and how their meaning had varied through the ages so that some words, eventually, came to mean just the opposite from what they had meant long ago. I was thrilled to the marrow with it...'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[n/a] : [Penny Poets]

'I had started to write "poetry". I was reading masses of it in the Penny Poets, and I thought I would like to be a poet myself...'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And the female crocodile does make a nest! I had read all about it in a book from the library...'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[unknown] : Quain's Anatomy

'I was getting a lot of stiff reading out of the public library, now, "for my father". One work was "Quain's Anatomy" in two volumes. The first volume was anatomy and physiology. I read all about bones, muscles, lungs, liver, kidneys, ductless glands, all the whole issue. The second volume was on reproduction and embryology. I was completely fascinated...'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[unknown] : [Astronomy and spectrum analysis]

'I read a lot of astronomy and that, too, was wonderful. The world is full of wonders if one only looks for them. One book I got was on spectrum analysis, as applied to astronomy. I was fascinated by this too. I could not put the book down. One evening Mother had not a penny for the gas, and there was no paraffin in the lamp she still had. I crouched on the fender, reading by the red glow of the fire, so close that my hair was singed.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[unknown] : [Astronomy and spectrum analysis]

'I was so interested in spectrum analysis that I took the big book to school with me, to read in playtime. The desks we had were box-type, there was a lid to lift and you could keep books inside. I had my book in there. We were doing composition. I had my head under the lid and inside the desk, reading more of the library book.'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Stamper Print: Book

[n/a] : Cornhill Magazine

'reading "Cornhill Magazine" &c'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Commenced work again to day in earnest - read some of the [following page missing]'

Unknown

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Paymaster went ashore to inquire about coals &, he returned at 8 PM telling us to steam alongside a brig to morrow morning: he brought out some newspapers - I read in one of them that my old shipmate Lieut W. Kerr has been wounded, he is up off Lucknow with Capn Peel of the "Shannon"'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I am going to try & commence work again, having done nothing since entering the sick list, except read a few novels and that class of books'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read a good deal during the day, and worked a Couple of hours at French.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe Print: Book

[unknown] : Pontificale romanum Clementis VIII, part 2

'At noon my brother John came to me, and I corrected as well as I could his Greek speech against the Apposition, though I believe he himself was as well able to do it as myself. After that, we went to read in the great Officiale about the blessing of bells in the Church of Rome.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Back I went by Mr Downing's order, and stayed there till 12 a-clock in expectation of one to come to read some writings; but he came not, so I stayed all alone reading the answer of the Dutch Embassador to our state, in answer to the reasons of my Lord's coming home which he gave for his coming, and did labour herein to contradict my Lord's arguments for his coming home.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : The humble address and hearty desires of the gentlemen, ministers and free-holders of the county of Northampton, presented to his Excellency the Lord General Monck, at his arrival at Northampton January, 24, 1659

'I called at St Paul's churchyard, where I bought Buxtorfes Hebrew Grammar and read a declaration of the gentlemen of Northamptonshire - which came out this afternoon.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet

[unknown] : [unknown]

'In the morning up early and wrote another [character], my wife lying in bed and reading to me'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys

[n/a] : Book of Tobit

'To their church in the afternoon, and in Mrs Turner's pew my wife took up a good black hood and kept it. A stranger preached a poor sermon, and so I read over the whole book of the story of Tobit.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Las cosas maravillosas della sancta ciudad de Roma

'This morning I lay long abed; then to my office, where I read all the morning my Spanish book of Rome.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Roger L'Estrange [? probably] : A plea for limited monarchy, as it was established in this nation, before the late war. In a humble address to his Excellency, General Monck

'...and with them to Marshes at Whitehall to drink, and stayed there a pretty while reading a pamphlet, well-writ and directed to Generall Monke in praise of the form of Monarchy which was settled here before the Warrs.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[Playford] : Select ayres and dialogues

'My Lord and the ship's company down to Sermon. I stayed above to write and look over my new song-book, which came last night to me from London in lieu of that that my Lord had of me.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[King] [Charles II] : A proclamation against debauched and profane persons, who, on pretence of regard to the King, revile and threaten others, or spend their time in taverns and tipping houses, drinking his health

'This morning the King's proclamacion against drinking, swearing and debauchery was read to our ships' companies in the fleet; and indeed it gave great satisfaction to all.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet

[n/a] : Bible

'Home, and at night had a chapter read; and I read prayers out of the Common Prayer book, the first time that ever I read prayers in this house. So to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Common Prayer Book

'Home, and at night had a chapter read; and I read prayers out of the Common Prayer book, the first time that ever I read prayers in this house. So to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Up to my chamber to read a little, and write my Diary for three or four days past.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I had the boy up tonight for his sister to teach him to put me to bed, and I heard him read, which he doth pretty well.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Wayneman Birch Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Bible

'So after supper and reading of some chapters, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Masse Book

'In Pauls churchyard I called at Kirton's; and there they had got a Masse book for me, which I bought and cost me 12s. And when I came home, sat up late and read in it - with great pleasure to my wife to hear that that she long ago was so well acquainted with.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [law book?]

'At night Mr Moore came and sat with me, and there I took a book and he did instruct me in many law=notions, in which I took great pleasure.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : An exact and most impartial accompt of the ... trial ... of nine and twenty regicides

'Home and fell a-reading of the tryalls of the late men that were hanged for the King's death; and found good satisfaccion in reading thereof.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : An exact and most impartial accompt of the ... trial ... of nine and twenty regicides

'Home by Coach and read late in the last night's book of the Tryalls...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[John] [Phillips?] : Montelion, the prophetical almanac for the year 1661

'So to Pauls churchyard and there bought "Montelion", which this year doth not prove so good as the last was; and so after reading it, I burned it. After reading of that and the Comedy of "The Rump", which is also very silly, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: almanac

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So we parted, and I and Mr Creed to Westminster-hall and looked over a book or two, and so to My Lord's...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After that home and to bed - reading myself asleep while the wench sat mending my breeches by my bedside.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : A proclamation for observation of the thirtieth day of January as a day of fast and humiliation according to the late act of parliament for that purpose

''This day the parson read a proclamacion at church for the keeping of Wednesday next, the 30th of January, a fast for the murther of the late King.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Handbill

[unknown] : [French Romances]

'And God forgive me, did spent it in reading some little French Romances.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Good books]

'and I home and stayed there all day within - having found Mr Moore, who stayed with me till at night, talking and reading some good books.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [book]

'Then by linke home - and there to my book awhile and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [book]

'Then home - I to read.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [book]

'Then to reading and at night to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : The Kingdomes Intelligencer

'This day I find in the news-Booke that Rogr. Pepys is chosen at Cambridge for the towne, the first place that we hear of to have made their choice yet.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And then I up to my chamber to read.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and after a little reading, to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Having writ letters into the country and read something, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And then came home with us Sir W. Pen and drank with us and then went away; and my wife after him to see his daughter that is lately come out of Ireland. I stayed at home at my book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [chancery Bill drawn against Trice]

'Dined at home; and so about my business in the afternoon to the temple, where I find my chancery bill drawn against T. Trice; which I read, and like it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown- little but shrewd piece]

'So to bed, with my mind cheery upon it; and lay long reading Hobbs his "liberty and necessity", and a little but a very shrewd piece.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

Walter Scott [anon] : review of Emma

'I return you the Quarterly Reveiw [sic] with many Thanks. The Authoress of "Emma" has no reason I think to complain of her treatment in it - except in the total omission of Mansfield Park. - I cannot but be sorry that so clever a Man as the Reveiwer [sic] of "Emma" should consider it as unworthy of being noticed.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Jane Austen Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Additional evidences... relating to the reigns of K. James and K. Charles

'and so up to my study and read the two treatys before Mr Selden's "Mare Clausum"; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so home by Coach and I late reading in my Chamber; and then to bed, my wife being angry that I keep the house up so late.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Hence home and to read; and so to bed, but very late again.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'so home - to read - supper and to prayers; and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : The Kingdomes Intelligencer

'This day in the news-booke, I find that my Lord Buckhurst and his fellows have printed their case as they did give in, upon examinacion, to a Justice of the peace.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I up to my chamber to read and write, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'At night to my chamber to read and sing; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'He being gone, I to my study and read; and so to eat a bit of bread and cheese and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [letter]

'This night Tom came to show me a civil letter sent him from his mistress.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

[anon] : A treatise of taxes and contributions

'And so went home, taking Mr Leigh with me; and after drunk a cup of wine, he went away and I to my office, there reading in Sir W Pettys book, and so home - and to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to my office, practising arthmetique alone and making an end of last night's book, with great content, till 11 at night; and so home to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : The tryal of Sir Henry Vane, Kt., at the Kings Bench, Westminster, June the 2nd and 6th, 1662, together with what he intended to have spoken the day of his sentence (June 11) for arrest of judgment...

'at night my wife read "Sir H. Vanes trial" to me, which she begun last night, and I find it a very excellent thing, worth reading, and him to have been a very wise man.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : The tryal of Sir Henry Vane, Kt., at the Kings Bench, Westminster, June the 2nd and 6th, 1662, together with what he intended to have spoken the day of his sentence (June 11) for arrest of judgment...

'at night my wife read "Sir H. Vanes trial" to me, which she begun last night, and I find it a very excellent thing, worth reading, and him to have been a very wise man.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [Writ]

'Towards noon there comes a man in, as if upon ordinary business, and shows me a Writt from the Exchequer, called a Comission of Rebellion, and tells me that I am his prisoner - in Fields business.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [playbill]

'While my wife dressed herself, Creed and I walked out to see what play was acted today, and we find it "The Sleighted mayde".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster, playbill

[unknown] : [vowes]

'and I to my office till the evening, doing one thing or other and reading my vowes as I am bound every Lord's day'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Spanish books]

'staying a little in Paul's churchyard at the forreigne booksellers, looking over some Spanish books and with much ado keeping myself from laying out money there'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'While that [dinner] was prepared, to my office to read over my vowes, with great affection and to very good purpose.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Navy precedents

'So home to my office, alone till dark, reading some part of my old "Navy precedents", and so home to supper.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Report of the proceedings of the commission of 1618]

'to my office and there made an end of reading my book that I have had of Mr Barlows, of the Journall of the Comissioners of the Navy who begun to act in the year 1618 and continued six years; wherein is fine observations and precedents, out of which I do purpose to make a good collection.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home; and after reading my vowes, being sleepy, without prayers to bed'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[n/a] : Kingdom Intelligence

'Scotland: it seems, for all the news-book tells us every week that they are all so quiet and everything in the Church settled, the old women had like to have killed the other day the Bishop of Galloway, and not half the churches of the whole kingdom conforms.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : A vindication of the degree of gentry in opposition to titular honours, and the humour of riches being the measure of honours. Done by a person of quality

'And so walk and by water to White-hall, all our way by water, both coming and going, reading a little book said to be writ by a person of Quality concerning English Gentry to be preferred before Titular honours; but the most silly nonsense, no sense nor grammar, yet in as good words that I ever saw in all my life, that from beginning to end you meet not with one entire and regular sentence.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Statute book]

'I to my office and there read all the morning in my Statute-book, consulting among others the statute against seeling of offices, wherein Mr Coventry is so much concerned.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Up and to read a little;'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[Samuel] [Newman] : A concordance to the Holy Scriptures

'I went up vexed to my chamber and there fell examining my new "Concordance" that I have bought with Newmans, the best that ever was out before, and I find mine altogether as copious as that and something larger, though the order in some respects not so good, that a man may think a place is missing, when it is only put in another place.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Paris Vulgate [or] Latin Testament

'Thence by water home and to bed - having played out of my chamber-window on my pipe before I went to bed - and making Will read a part of a Latin chapter, in which I perceive in a little while he will be pretty ready, if he spends but a little pains in it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Will Hewer Print: Book

[unknown] : Paris Vulgate [or] Latin Testament

'Home in the evening and to my office, where despatched business and so home. And after Wills reading a little in the Latin Testament, to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Will Hewer Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'and then I to my office and read my vowes seriously and with content; and so home to supper, to prayers, and to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Paris Vulgate [or] Latin Testament

'then a Latin chapter of Will and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Will Hewer Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So to the reading of my vowes seriously, and then to supper.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : Paris Vulgate [or] Latin Testament

'So home and up to my lute long; and then after a little Latin chapter with Will, to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Will Hewer Print: Book

[unknown] : [books on timber measuring and tides]

'Myself very studious to learn what I can of all things necessary for my place as an officer of the Navy - reading lately what concerns measuring of timber and knowledge of the tides.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'and so home and to my office a while to read my vowes. The home to prayers and to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home to dinner alone. And then to read a little and so to church again, where the Scott made an ordinary sermon; and so home to my office and there read over my vowes, and encreased them by a vow against all strong drink till November next, of any sort of Quantity... Then I fell to read over a silly play, writ by a person of Honour (which is, I find, as much to say a coxcombe) called "Love a la mode".'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[Thomas] [Southland] : Love a la mode

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Paris Vulgate [or] Latin Testament

'And being in bed, made Will read and conster three or four Latin verses in the bible and chid him for forgetting the grammer.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Will Hewer Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'I sat up an hour after Mr Coventry was gone to read my vowes - it raining a wonderful hard showre about 11 at night for an hour together. So to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home and at my office reading my vowes;'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : Paris Vulgate [or] Latin Testament

'Home and stayed up a good while, examining Will in his Latin bible and my brother along with him in his Greeke. And so to prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Will Hewer Print: Book

[n/a] : [Greek Bible]

'Home and stayed up a good while, examining Will in his Latin bible and my brother along with him in his Greeke. And so to prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: John Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Thence by coach with my Lord Peterborough and Sandwich to my Lord Peterborough's house; and there, after an hour's looking over some fine books of the Italian buildings with fine cuts, and also my Lord Peterborough's bowes and arrows, of which he is a great lover, we sat down to dinner...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown - recipes]

'and so we went to boat again and then down to the bridge and there tried to find a sister of Mrs Morrices, but she was not within neither, and so we went through bridge and I carried them on board the King's pleasure-boat - all the way reading in a book of Receipts of making fine meats and sweetmeats; among others, one "To make my own sweet water" - which made us good sport.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[Robert] [Wild] : Iter boreale

'To church again; and so home to my wife and with her read "Iter boreale", a poem made just at the King's coming home but I never read it before, and now like it pretty well but not so as it was cried up.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[Robert] [L'Estrange] : The Intelligencer

'and then abroad by water to White-hall and to Westminster-hall and there bought the first news-books of Lestrange's writing, he beginning this week; and makes methink but a simple beginning.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [proclamation]

'This day I read a proclamacion for calling in and commanding everybody to apprehend my Lord Bristoll.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

[unknown] : [vowes]

'Then into the garden to read my weekly vowes.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [bills advertising a cure for smoking chimneys]

'This day my wife showed me bills printed, wherein her father, with Sir John Collidon and Sir Edwd. Ford, hath got a patent for curing of smoking chimnys. I wish they may do good thereof - but fear it will prove but a poor project.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Handbill

[unknown] : [anatomy of the body]

'Up and to my office, where all the morning - and part of it Sir J Mennes spent as he doth everything else, like a fool, reading the Anatomy of the body to me, but so sillily as to the making of me understand anything that I was weary of him.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Sir John Mennes [or Minnes] Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'And read very seriously my vowes, which I am fearful of forgetting by my late great expenses - but I hope in God I do not. And so to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home and my wife and I together all the evening, discoursing; and then after reading my vowes to myself... we hastened to supper and to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home to prayers, and then to read my vowes and to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[n/a] : Bible

'After a good supper with my wife, and hearing on the maids read in the Bible, we to prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: maids of Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Arithmetic books]

'my wife, it being a cold day and it begin to snow, kept her bed till after dinner. And I below by myself looking over my arithmetique books and Timber Rule.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'To church; where after sermon, home and to my office before dinner, reading my vowes;'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[n/a] : [bill advertising cockfight]

'There parted in the street with them, and I to my Lord's; but he not being within, took Coach, and being directed by sight of bills upon the walls, did go to Shoe lane to see a Cocke-fighting at a new pit there - a sport I was never at in my life...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster

[unknown] : [unknown]

'He gone, I to my office and there late, writing and reading; and so home to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [on the globes]

'and then I begin to read to my wife upon the globes, with great pleasure and to good purpose, for it will be pleasant to her and to me to have her understand those things.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'so home to dinner with my poor wife; and after dinner read a lecture to her in Geography, which she takes very prettily, and with great pleasure to her and me to teach her.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Spanish books]

'and then through Bedlam (calling by the way at an old bookseller's, and there fell into looking over Spanish books and pitched upon some, till I thought of my oath when I was going to agree for them and so with much ado got myself out of the shop, glad at my heart and so away)'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home, reading all the way a good book;'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [lecture on the globes]

'and after supper, to read a lecture to my wife upon the globes, and so to prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Lloyd's Weekly London News

'Abraham Austin, carpenter and joiner, examined. I saw James... on Sunday morning again at my house, when he read the newspaper aloud about the murder and other things...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Hocker Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily Telegraph

'I was repelled at home, rather than encouraged to read, and I never remember to have seen a book in my elders' hands. Literature was limited to the "Daily Telegraph". To read in secret I escaped to the washhouse, and I well remember during my early apprentice days at Spitalfields, my grandfather, catching a sight of me reading there a copy of Dicks's shilling edition of Shakespeare - the whole, a marvellous feat of cheap publishing -sternly reproachful, exclaimed: "Ah, Tom, that'll never bring you bread and cheese!"'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Okey family, parents and grandparents of Thomas Okey Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Bible

'The only books I remember seeing as a small child were an old copy of Foxe's "Book of Martyrs" and one of the Bible, including the Apocrypha, brought out of their hiding-places on Sunday evenings at Spitalfields to amuse the child with pictures, for both were illustrated - the "Book of Martyrs" with realistic engravings of the horrible tortures inflicted on the faithful Protestant. "Bel and the Dragon" in the Bible, too, was a favourite picture.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Okey Print: Book

[Thomas Peckett] [Prest] : Sweeney Todd the Barber

'The favourite literary pabulum of us boys at school, however, was less classical: "penny bloods" and other Weeklies issued in penny sheets, such as "Sweeny Todd the Barber". Romantic stories of highwaymen circulated freely from boy to boy until reduced to rags: Dick Turpin, Spring-heeled Jack, the gallant Claude Duval, gracefully dancing on the greensward with the ladies he had robbed, Edith the Captive, Edith Heron, with what impatience we awaited the issue of the next number, with what absorbing interest we followed the thrilling adventure!... What it did was to evoke the reading habit, and to one boy at least that was a valuable endowment. Nor did the "Boys of England" proffer a much healthier pabulum to the hunger of the young barbarian for extra-lawful adventure. I can even today visualise the number I read with the lovely alliterate title of its opening story, "Alone in the Pirates' Lair" - and the front page illustration - Jack Harkaway, sitting before the pirate on the island, open-eyed, drinking in the recital of his hazardous deeds;...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Okey Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Dick Turpin

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Okey Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Spring-heeled Jack

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Okey Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Claude Duval

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Okey Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Edith the Captive

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Okey Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Edith Heron

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Okey Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Boys of England

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Okey Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Pink 'Un

'I remember being called to Cambridge to act as a judge at an exhibition of basket-work at the local institute. My office concluded, I strolled about, admiring the beauty of the architecture of the colleges and the charm of the riverside. Passing by the back of King's College, I caught site of a punt lying along the river bank wherein lounged two reading undergraduates. Now, thought I, will be evident the ennobling standard of reading which public school and university teaching develop in the upper classes. I drew near and looked. They were reading the "Pink 'Un"!'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: university undergraduates Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [books about the Navy]

'Thence walked with Mr Coventry to St James's and there spent by his desire the whole morning reading of some old Navy books given him of old Sir John Cookes by the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury that now is; wherein the order that was observed in the Navy then, above what it is now, is very observable, and fine things we did observe in our reading.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [plays]

'So stayed within all day, reading of two or three good plays.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After supper I up to read a little, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[Captain] [Fisher?] : [papers]

'Up and by water with Mr Tooker (to Woolwich first, to do several businesses of the King's); and then on board Captain Fisher's ship, which we hire to carry goods to Tanger - all the way coming and going, I reading and discoursing over some papers of his'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown]

'At night home to supper, weary and my eyes sore with writing and reading - and to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : Ichthyothera; or the royal trade of fishing [probably]

'and there fitted myself and took a hackney-coah I hired (it being a very cold and fowle day) to Woolwich, all the way reading in a good book touching the Fishery; and that being done, in the book upon the statutes of Charitable uses, mightily to my satisfaction.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home and with her [wife] all the evening, reading and at musique with my boy, with great pleasure; and so to supper, prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspaper]

St John's Antigua, July 19 1827 Your letter my Dear Fanny which appears to have been written in May I received yesterday..... I have sometimes thought perhaps I might do something in the Auction line , but then on looking over the newspapers it appears almost impossible from the immense number there are in that line. (etc) Believe moreover, affectionately yours, Jn Page

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Page Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

St John's Antigua, Augst 2 1829 My Dear Fanny .... I suppose by this you are all reconsiled to the Catholicks. I see by the newspapers that there has been some serious disturbance in Ireland, and think it possible that more will take place. (etc) Yrs affectionately Jn Page

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Page Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : White Hall Evening Post

Extract from The Whitehall Evening Post, April 1808 recording the marriage of Mary of Buttermere

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lydia Haskoll Print: Newspaper

Leith Derwent [pseud.] : Circe's Lovers

'In June, a three-volume novel titled "Circe's Lovers" appeared, written by Leith Derwent (the pseudonym of John Veitch), a friend of Osborne. Interested in this novelist principally because Osborne knew him, Arthur wrote a lengthy letter to his friend praising the novel as "a very clever book... powerfully and thrillingly written" but "too sensational" for his taste.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Arthur Symons Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

The boy is 'discontented ... because I cannot understand that which I reade'. The Devil Magirus 'expounded the places that were difficult', and for this reading expertise the student promises the Devil his soul. He later regrets this, but disappears, presumably carried off by the Devil.

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [a boy] Print: Book

[n/a] : Good Words

J.H. Ewing diary entry, July 13th 1869: 'Good Words'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Juliana Horatia Ewing Print: Serial / periodical

Rowland Elliott [?] : Tracts for the Times

J. H. Ewing Diary entry, Aug 15 1869: 'Tracts for the Times'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Juliana Horatia Ewing Print: Book

[n/a] : Kelso Mail

From his diary, 29th September [1797]: 'Newspaper "Kelso Mail" begun to be taken this first week of October between Knox, James and David Herriots and me twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Hastie Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Kelso Mail

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: William Knox Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Kelso Mail

From Rev. John Hastie's diary, 29th September [1797]: 'Newspaper "Kelso Mail" begun to be taken this first week of October between Knox [William Knox, schoolmaster, Edrom], James [James Herriot, farmer, Allanbank Mains, Stuartslaw and Kelloe Mains] and David Herriots [David Herriot, son of above James] and me twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Herriot Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Kelso Mail

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: David Herriot Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Newes

'This day the News-book (upon Mr Moores showing Lestrange Captain Ferrers letter) did do my Lord Sandwich great right as to the late victory.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'at night home to look over my new books, and so late to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : The Intelligencer

'I met this noon with Dr Burnett, who told me, and I find in the news-book this week that he posted upon the Change, that whoever did spread that report that instead of the plague, his servant was killed by him, it was forgery;...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [copy of verses]

'and so we set out for Chatham - in my way overtaking some company, wherein was a lady, very pretty, riding single, her husband in company with her. We fell into talk, and I read a copy of verses which her husband showed me, and he discommended but the lady commended; and I read them so as to make the husband turn to commend them.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'At night to read, being weary with this day's great work.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and after supper to read melancholy alone, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[King] [Charles I] : The workes of Charles I

'And so home to supper; and after reading a good while in the Kings "works", which is a noble book - to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [a play]

'Up, and walked to Greenwich reading a play, and to the office'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Bill of Mortality

'Here I saw this week's Bill of Mortality, wherein, blessed be God, there is above 1800 decrease, being the first considerable decrease we have had.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

[n/a] : Bill of Mortality

'and there sent for the Weekely Bill and find 8252 dead in all, and of them 6978 of the plague - which is a most dreadfull Number - and shows reason to fear that the plague hath got that hold that it will yet continue among us.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

[unknown] : [parliamentary bill]

'but he showed me a bill which hath been read in the House making all breakng of bulk for the time to come felony; but it is a foolish Act and will do no great matter'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [book about painting]

'and then up, and fell to reading of Mr Eveling's book about Paynting, which is a very pretty book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Bill of Mortality

'The Bill of Mortality, to all our griefs, is encreased 399 this week, and the encrease general through the whole city and suburbs, which makes us all sad.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

[unknown] : L'Ami des Enfants

'I worked till supper with [Madame de Bombelles] whilst Mama read something from "L'Ami des Enfants".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Agathe Wynne Print: Serial / periodical

Moliere [pseud.] : Les Femmes Savantes

'[Betsey Wynne:] We read this evening "Les Femmes Savantes" and "Les Precieuses Ridicules" of the Theatre of Moliere. I thought I should die from laughing in hearing the latter piece which is as amusing as it is possible to be. [Eugenia Wynne] Mr de Regis read to us and made all the possible faces for Mascarille. I find that France has made a great loss when Moliere died. It is said that he died during an acting of "Le Malade Imaginaire", one of his own pieces for in straining to make himself appear the more natural he burst a vein in his chest and died a few hours after. It is wearying that such a superior talent as that which was possessed by Moliere should not be immortal. Excellent author! better poet! Who has more glorified the amiable Thalia? What more can one desire?'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown

Moliere [pseud.] : Les Precieuses Ridicules

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown

Moliere [pseud.] : Le Tartuffe

[Betsey Wynne]'Our reading today was of Moliere, Mr de Regis read "Le Tartufe" which is his finest piece'. [Eugenia comments the next day, 'Le vilain homme que ced Tartufe! cependant je crois qu'il y a bien des caracteres aussi ambominables et aussie hypocrites que cela'.]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown

Moliere [pseud.] : L'Ecole des Maris

'we came back in the dark and read "L'Ecole des Maris" and after we played at 21'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [Gazettes / newspapers from paris]

[Betsey]:'The gazettes from France were read this evening there was nothing remarquable in them. We began again "Les Precieuses Ridicules" but had no time to for supper was called'. [Eugenia]:'In the evening the Paris papers were read I did not give them any attention then we began to reread for Madame de Bombelles "Les Precieuses Ridicules" which was interrupted by supper'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Newspaper

Moliere [pseud.] : Les Precieuses Ridicules

[Betsey]:'The gazettes from France were read this evening there was nothing remarquable in them. We began again "Les Precieuses Ridicules" but had no time to for supper was called'. [Eugenia]: 'In the evening the Paris papers were read I did not give them any attention then we began to reread for Madame de Bombelles "Les Precieuses Ridicules" which was interrupted by supper'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Eugenia Wynne Print: Unknown

Moliere [pseud.] : Le Medecin Malgre Lui

'As Mr de Regis was gone to St Gall today, M. l'Abbe read to us "Le Medecin Malgre lui" of Moliere a charming comedy that diverted me greatly'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: M. l'Abbe Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I got up very late and ate a large breakfast after which I prayed and read with Mama almost till dinner time'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Unknown

Voltaire [pseud.] : Semiramis

'Mr de Regis read us "Semiramis" a fine trajedy of Voltaire what gave me great pleasure'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: [Mr] de Regis Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Gazettes

'The weather was fine but so dirty I could not go out. I read the "Gazettes" this evening'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [sermon]

'I stayed in bed till 4 oclock this afternoon the sermon was read after dinner. It was fine but a little too strong'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [sermon]

'Mamma suffers much and was obliged to go to bed after dinner so Mr de Regis read the sermon which was on the small number of elect and one of the finest that we have read. It seems there is much difficulty in saving oneself the way to heaven is narrow they say and that to damnation is wide. What I learnt from this sermon was that one must not be content with what one says, "I do, as others do", for it is just then that we say "I damn myself". Happily in Wartegg we have not many occasions to sin...'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: [Mr] de Regis Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [sermon]

'I did not hear much of the sermon today, it was on Apathy for whilst it was being read the children made such a noise and Made. de B. whilst embroidering her waistcoat never stopped talking to the Abbe and giving him good advice all the time that I was distracted and could not pay the least attention to the sermon'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [sermon]

'The Sermon was read this evening: very fine but the praises of the king are too strong'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [sermon]

'The sermon that we read was on the Passion and even finer than the last'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Eugenia Wynne and others Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [French newspapers]

'We read the French papers where there was a letter of a soldier written to the King of France which is of the grossest insolence and horrifies one. We hear that Jourdain (the famous brigand) and his companions have been set free for their infinte merits and their patriotism. This monster is unworthy even to sully his life with new crimes. He has been led in triomph [sic] to Arles.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Wynne and others Print: Newspaper, Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'From this time [7pm] till nine o'clock, the prisoners are allowed to read such books as they may have obtained from the library. To show us that the men were generally so occupied, the officer who had attended us throughout the day now led us from cell to cell, and drew aside the small metal screen that hung down before the little peep hole in each door, when, on looking through it, we found almost every prisoner whom we peeped in upon seated close to the gas-light, and busily engaged in persuing either some book or periodical that was spread out before him.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners at Pentonville prison Print: Book, Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [letter]

'we had reached a cell in the west wing, to which the first letter was addressed. The women were locked up in their cells during tea-time, and the clerk, placing her mouth close against the door, called the name of the prisoner located within. "Yes, mum", was the answer that came from the cell. "Here's a letter for you", added the clerk, as she stooped down and threw the document under the door. In a moment there was a postive scream of delight from within, followed by a cry of "Oh! how glad I am". Then we could hear the poor creature tear open the sheet, and begin mumbling the contents to herself in half hysteric tones.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [letter]

'In the laundry, the prisoner to whom the letter was given smiled gratefully in the clerk's face, as she thrust it into her bosom. "Can you read it?" inquired the letter-carrier, who seemed almost as delighted as the prisoner herself. "Oh yes, mum, thank you" replied the woman; and she hurried to the other end of the wash-house, to enjoy its contents quietly be herself.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [unknown]

Inspection of the cells of the women in separate confinement: 'we found some working, and others reading, but none, strange to say, idling'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners in separate confinement at Brixton Prison Print: Book, Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

Inspection of the East Wing between 8:30pm and time of retirement: 'with their little wooden seats [they] placed themselves just within their doors, where they began reading.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners in East Wing at Brixton Prison Print: Book, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Bible

'The first business of the morning being over [rolling up hammocks], the men break into groups or read. Many a one, to our astonishment, took his Bible and began reading it with no little earnestness.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners on board the 'Defence' hulk Print: Book

[n/a] : Home Friend - a weekly miscellany

'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its Aspects, Causes and Agencies"; another the "Home Friend - a weekly miscellany"; a third, the "Saturday Magazine"; a fourth, the "History of Redemption"; and a fifth, the "Family Quarrel - an humble story".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Saturday Magazine

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Serial / periodical

Jonathan Edwards [?] : History of Redemption

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : Family Quarrel - an humble story

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

The infirmary: 'Some of the men were in bed and sitting up reading, and others were lying down, looking very ill.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners in the infirmary at Millbank Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [French and German language books]

Recognised among the prisoners a once eminent City merchant, sentenced to transportation for fraud: 'This person, we were told, found special consolation in the study of languages, and on the table of his cell was a high pyramid of books, consisting of French and German exercises, with others of a religious character.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'A few of the men were reading, and never raised their eyes'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners at Coldbath Fields Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'In one of the yards we noticed...an old man of eighty, with hair as white as the prison walls themselves, and which was especially striking from the generality of prisoners being mere youths. He no sooner saw us enter, than hastily put on his spectacles, he commenced reading, bending his face down as if to hide it from shame... he had once held a high command in the army. He was there for a nameless offence.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'A big sailor-looking man with red whiskers growing under his chin, advanced to the hearer's desk. Not a word was spoken as the copy-book was handed in. The prison-tutor pointed in silence to a mistake, the pupil nodded, and, on another signal, began to read aloud what he had written, "Give to every man that asketh, and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask him not again".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Another - a lad with a bandage round his face, and heavy, dingy-coloured eyes - was sent back for having too many blots and errors. This man, when repeating his lessons, stumbled over the sentence "There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth", calling it "genashing" instead.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Once the head master had occasion to speak. A lad with ruddy skin, and light hair, had a defect in his speech, and could not pronounce his "r's", so that he read out: "Whatsoever is wight that shall ye weceive". "Do try and pronounce your 'r's' better", said the master, kindly; and there upon there was a shuffling of feet from the other pupils, as if the only method of laughing under the silent system was with the shoes.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Manuscript: Sheet

[n/a] : The Penny Sunday Reader

Sundays at Coldbath Fields Prison, only half the prisoners can attend chapel at one time: 'Those who are left behind are not, however, allowed to remain without religious instruction. Three men in each yard have been appointed by the chaplain to read aloud to their fellow prisoners, and each relieves the other every half hour. The book for Sunday's reading is issued by the chaplain. It is of a purely religious character, and is usually "The Penny Sunday Reader", containing short sermons. Tracts are also distributed in the different yards, so that those who prefer reading to themselves, instead of listening to what is being read aloud, may do so.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners at Coldbath Fields Print: Book

[unknown] : [Religious Tracts]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners at Coldbath Fields Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Schoolroom for boy prisoners at Tothill Fields: 'At the time of our entry, the warder schoolmaster was hearing the boys read aloud from the Bible, the class standing in a line near the wall, each with a book in his hand. Some of the lads read quickly, and others boggled sadly over the words, as, for instance - "And into whatsoever 'ouse ye enter" - ("Look at it, boy! don't you see there's an h to the word?" cries the warder) - "And into whatsoever house ye enter fust" - ("How often am I to tell you that there's no such word as fust? Spell it") - "f-i-r-s-t", proceeds the lad, "say ye peace be unto this 'ouse" - (What! 'ouse again?") - "house", quickly adds the youngster. The next verse was read off rapidly and glibly enough, by one who seemed but half the age of the other...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: boys in prison Print: Book

[n/a] : [school textbook]

Schoolroom for boy prisoners at Tothill Fields: 'At the other end of the room the lads were making even greater havoc with the words; and though the lesson consisted of simple monosyllables, such as "The old man must be led by the hand, or he may fall into the deep pit", one half of the big boys, even those of sixteen, were unable to accomplish the task.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: boys in prison Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Schoolroom in the female prison at Tothill Fields: 'The warder, to let us see the acquirements of her scholars, bade one of them read a passage from the Bible, that each held in her hand. The woman, however, made such a bungle of the verse, that the teacher had again to assure us that the reader had learned her letters in the jail.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'A young man sat in the corner of another cell with his cheek leaning on his hand and his elbow resting on the table. He appeared to be absorbed reading. The labour machine stood beside him, with the handle pointing upwards, as if he were exhausted, and was recruiting his strength, by taking a glance at some book which interested him.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [lesson: either Bible or school textbook]

Schoolroom for juvenile males at Wandsworth Prison: 'One little pale-faced boy was reading his lesson to his kind-hearted teacher... One boy had copied from a Bible, which lay before him, a verse of the 26th chapter of Proverbs: "As snow in summer, as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool!" He was a sharp-eyed lad of fourteen, with a finely formed countenance.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Adult (male) school at Wandsworth held in the prison chapel, 43 in the class, engaged in a Bible lesson: 'Others he commended in a kind spirit for the manner in which they read their lesson. They generally read in a quiet tone; some with great stumbling and hestitation, and others very fluently.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: male prisoners at Wandsworth Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Pictures from the cells at Wandsworth: 'Before leaving, on the third day of our visit, we visited the cell where the little girl was confined, whom we had seen in the punishment cell. She was clad in another prison dress, and was reading a book, and appeared to be quiet and subdued in her manner. She had been subjected to a punishment of bread and water for two days. From her card we found she was under confinement for picking pockets; there was nothing remarkable in her appearance.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Juvenile schoolroom at Holloway Prison: 'Mr Barre, the teacher, [was] busy with a class of boys, who were reading their primers. The lessons consisted of monosyllables, such as "They walk by faith and not by sight"... The teacher was seated in his uniform by a table, with a class of half a dozen boys ranged on a form before him. Some were writing on their slates, while others were reading. Sometimes they read together, and at other times one boy read by himself... After hearing them read for some time, the teacher exercised them in simple questions of mental arithmetic...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: juvenile male prisoners at Holloway Print: Book

[n/a] : [Bible]

School for female prisoners at Holloway: 'On a subsequent day we visited the class with the matron, which was then engaged with the Bible lesson. Most of the prisoners read very fluently and correctly, and conducted themselves with great propriety of demeanour.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: female prisoners at Holloway Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Newgate Prison: Visiting the cells: 'We first went to Gallery B, occupied by penal servitude men. In one cell we saw a pleasant looking, dark-complexioned man of about 30 years of age, sitting with one knee over the other reading a book.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [manuscripts]

Newgate Prison: Visiting the cells: 'In another cell we saw a respectable looking man in middle life, seated at his table with his head leaning on his hand, and copious manuscripts spread before him. On seeing us approach, he appeared to be a little sensitive. He was dressed in a fine black coat and vest, and light trousers. He was charged with obtaining goods to the enormous amount of ?12,000, and represented himself to be a merchant.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown]

Horsemonger Lane Gaol - Visiting the cells: 'On looking into another cell, we saw a prisoner sentenced to penal servitude, engaged reading by his table, having just finished his dinner. He was born in Canada, and came to this country with his father in early life, to secure certain property left by an uncle. He was a good looking man, a costermonger, and complained he had been hunted by the police from pillar to post, and driven into misfortune.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : Daily Chronicle

'six months later I read the following announcement in the "Daily Chronicle": "Yesterday a smart and well-dressed young man named L. F. H. S. was charged before the Lord Mayor with having stolen postal orders, the property of the Postmaster-General, and was committed for trial at the Old Bailey"'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Rudolph of Wertenberg

'Ever since I have read "Rudolph of Wertenberg" I have more pleasure when I walk round this country, as it makes me remember on all that has happen in former times in this part of Switzerland, of which I have been well informed by that book; which I read with the greatst Satisfaction - and that I shall not forget So Soon'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Book

[n/a] : [English newspapers]

'I read in the English newspapers an attempt has been made against the life of Louis XVIII as this unfortunate Prince was retiring from the armee of Conde... [the full story is then summarised, with no reaction]'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Eugenia Wynne Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Bible

Author describes being put into cell in Reading Gaol for the first time: 'That completed the furniture in the cell. But wait! I forgot the Bible! A humane Prison Commission had provided the cell with a Bible. I remember how, to stave off the hysteria I felt rising within me, I took it down and scanned it casually, noting passages in fine English which set forth the fate of those who rebel against the Lord of Hosts. Turning the leaves reapidly, I came to the New Testament, the Gospel of Love. Finally I laid it down and looked around my cell, stray passages of what I had read running through my mind - "All ye are God's children...bear ye one another's burdens...Verily I say unto you, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself...Father forgive them, for they know not what they do..." The Bible! And mind and heart cried out, "What utter rot!"'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : Koran

'I have read somewhere in the Koran, "The fate of every man have we bound about his neck".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'in the Army I spent most of my leisure reading in a desultory fashion anything that aroused my interest. Later on I bought or borrowed books on subjects not usually studied by privates, and began to co-ordinate my reading. Soldiers who did much reading were then objects of suspicion and I began to find myself a marked man.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After a wait of two months as a trial prisoner, during which I was able to do a considerable amount of reading, I was taken to the Guildhall for trial'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Description of first month spent in Winchester Prison after sentence: 'Nearly twenty-three hours out of every twenty-four were spent in strict cellular confinement, with no outlet for any form of activity other than the monotony of stitching coalsacks, or reading the Bible for a few minutes at meal times'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'I endeavoured to counteract this depression by reading the Bible, the only book I had besides a Prayer Book and a Protestant manual called the "Narrow Way", and by forcing myself to concentrate on the structure of sentences as well as to try to comprehend the meaning of what I was reading. Since that time I have twice read the Bible from cover to cover in similar circumstances and for similar reasons. I was then too young and too fundamentally ignorant to understand and appreciate the Bible for what it is - that came later - but even then I was concious of its tremendous interest as a record of the strivings and sufferings of men in their efforts to pierce the veil and solve the ultimate mysteries of life and death... My early Bible reading under duress has not perhaps influenced my life for good in the objective sense of the word,... I know that the main reason I had for devoting so much time to such reading was with the idea of overcoming my moods of brooding and depression, and later to supress the vile thoughts and obscene imaginings which assailed me with evergrowing intensity in the silence and maddening loneliness of my cell.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [book on China]

'I had read about this country [China] with its forty centuries of history - more or less static, but which, at the present time, is passing through the most momentous transformation in history'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown- various titles]

'There was also a pretty good library on board [HMS Spartiate], and I suppose the chaplain, who had charge of it, had noticed that I chose books not usually read by stokers and had commented on it. During our trips from place to place I used to sit or lie on the fo'c'sle when not on watch reading biography, criticism, history and philosophy, or indeed any book of more than ephemeral interest.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : Who's Who

Describes studies in order to become an imposter - way of making a living: 'Works of reference in public libraries furnished me with whatever data I required about particular families and professions - Burke, "Who's Who", Crockford, the Army List, the Navy List, the University Registers and Year Books - until in due course I was able to engage in the game of thrust and parry with all kinds of people and keep my end up.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Crockford's Clerical Dictionary

Describes studies in order to become an imposter - way of making a living 'Works of reference in public libraries furnished me with whatever data I required about particular families and professions - Burke, "Who's Who", Crockford, the Army List, the Navy List, the University Registers and Year Books - until in due course I was able to engage in the game of thrust and parry with all kinds of people and keep my end up.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : Army List

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : Navy List

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : University Registers

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : University Year Books

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [sermons]

'I read the Bible because in my humble opinion it is one of the most difficult books in the language to read correctly, as many parsons would do well to realise; sermons, Bampton and Gifford lectures, lectures on art, drama, history, science and philosophy, and also speeches by the acknowledged masters of oratory... For what? Nothing!'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : Bampton lectures

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : Gifford lectures

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [lectures on art, drama, history, science and philosophy]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [speeches]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

Jane Austen [?] : [unknown]

'As I began to mend, the Governor, to keep me from brooding too much, gave orders that I was to have all the reading matter I wanted within the limits of the prison library, and my book changed just as often as I liked and at any hour of the day. To a man eager to improve his acquaintance with standard literature such a privilege was immeasurably great, and for the next six weeks or so I browsed among the Victorian novelists - Austin [sic?], the Brontes, Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Meredith, Lytton, Kingsley, Reade, Hughes, Trollope and others.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [Henry VIII]

'At Wormwood Scrubs I lent a work on Henry VIII to a jewel thief. When he returned it, he remarked that he had enjoyed it very much and, if I had another similar book, he would like to read it. As he did not strike me as being the type of man to take so keen an interest in history as his praise of the book seemed to imply, I asked him what aspects of Henry the Eight had aroused his interest. He replied that it was Henry's penchant for women that had intrigued him. Only he didn't put it quite like that. What he really said was something like this: "Gor blimey! Wasn't 'e a b- (son of a bachelor) for wimmin! Tork abaht us blokes bein' 'at stuff, why the b- had a bleedin' 'Arem! Them kings, and blokes like 'im, were the dirtiest lot of b-'s I've ever read abaht. Tork abaht Marie Monk! Why there ain't a bloke in this nick, or Dartmoor, or Pankhurst, as is a quarter as bad as these blokes yer reads abaht in 'istory!"'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'after I had a bath or a wash we would fall to and spend the rest of the evening round the fire, I reading and Kate sewing or knitting. I joined the public library and so got plenty of good literature.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown - various titles]

'I read hard in divinity, history and general literature, and threw myself into the religious life of the prison to assuage my pain. The chaplain was a decent fellow, as chaplains go, and as an educated man always receives some consideration as to literature I was able to get hold of some pretty good stuff... I renewed my acquaintance with the lives of the Fathers, read several biographies of Christ and St Paul and also studies on the Apostles.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [lives of the Fathers]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [biographies of Christ]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [biographies of St Paul]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [studies on the Apostles]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown - various titles]

Second confinement in the Prison at Hull: 'To enumerate some of the books I read would be to write a small catalogue; but I covered a fairly wide range in drama, fiction, poetry, biography, history, science, philosophy, theology, besides miscellaneous reading.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'I often found peace in the pages of Ecclesiastes or Isaiah, or in the writings of men whom Barry has described as the heralds of revolt - John Inglesant, George Eliot, Carlyle, Heine, Loti, Nietzsche, etc. But in time even literature palls.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[unknown] : [Greek Philosophy]

'At Maidstone, both on this occasion and subsequently when I served several months in separate confinement as a convict preparatory to going to Parkhurst, I was able, through the chaplain's kindness, to study not only Greek philosophy, but also Locke, Hume, Berkeley, Kant, Hegel, Fichte, Schelling, Schopenhauer, Fechner, Lotze, etc. Being a very rapid reader and having some ability in getting at the gist of a book I got through a fair amount of really interesting reading. ... In the summer I grabbed a book as soon as it was light enough to read, say, four o'clock, read till and during breakfast, dinner, supper and continued till 9:30 or 10 o'clock at night, an average of 8 to 10 hours a day. There were times, of course, when the burden of prison life bred a spirit of discontent and restlessness which books could not assuage.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stuart Wood [pseud?] Print: Book

[n/a] : United Irishman

'28th - Sunday morning. A bright morning but no land in sight. Found the "United Irishman" of yesterday in my cabin. The sixteenth and the last [italics] number. Read all the articles. Good Martin! Brave Reilly! but you will be swallowed, my fine fellows. "Government" has adopted the vigorous policy.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Morning Post

Steamer from Southampton docked at Bermuda, bringing English newspapers up to date of 2nd June: 'Our second lieutenant instantly boarded her as officer on guard, and brought back two or three papers; and as I had seen none later than the 26th of May, I was glad to get a glance even at the "Morning Post". The leading article is about "the convict Mitchel", who is pronounced by that authority to be not only a convict but a scoundrel...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [Abyssinia]

'Here I have been reading an account of Abyssinia, being a volume of the "Family Library", wherein you travel one stage (or chapter) with Bruce; then half a stage with some Portuguese missionary, and the remainder of it with Salt, or somebody else: you are never sure of your travelling companion.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Book

[n/a] : [London newspaper]

'This evening, after dusk, as I sat at my window, looking drearily out on the darkening waters, something was thrown from the door of my cell, and lighted at my feet. Picking up the object, I found it to be a London paper. The Halifax mail has arrived - I long for the hour when my cell is to be locked, and carefully hide my treasure till then. At last the chief mate has locked and bolted me up for the night. I light a candle, and with shaking hands spread forth my paper. Smith O'Brien has been found guilty, and sentenced to be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution and hanged. The other trials pending.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Freeman's Journal

'Of the state of public opinion in Ireland, and the spirit shown by the surviving organs thereof, I have but this indicium. The "Freeman's Journal", one number of which I have seen, ventures as a piece of incredible daring, to print some words used by Whiteside in his speech for the prisoners - words deprecatory of the packing of juries, or something of that sort. The editor ventures no remarks of his own, and carefully quotes Whiteside's words as "used by counsel".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical

[George] [Allan?] : [biography of Walter Scott]

'I have omitted, of late, to set down the titles of - for want of a better name I must call them - books, that I have been reading these past months; chiefly because they are of such utter offal that there is no use in remembering so much as their names. Madame Pichler's "Siege of Vienna" ...; a life of Walter Scott, by one Allen, advocate, wherein the said advocate takes superior ground, looking down, as it were, ex cathedra, upon his subject, searching out the genesis, and tracing the development of this or the other power or faculty in that popular writer; and thus by philosophic histoire raisonnee, informing us how it fell out, to the best of his, the advocate's, knowledge that Walter Scott came to write the books he did, and at the times of his life, after the fashion he did... In truth the book is very presumptuous and very stupid;...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Book

Dr Memes [pseud?] : [Life of William Cowper]

'I have omitted, of late, to set down the titles of - for want of a better name I must call them - books, that I have been reading these past months; chiefly because they are of such utter offal that there is no use in remembering so much as their names. Madame Pichler's "Siege of Vienna" ...; a life of Walter Scott, by one Allen, advocate, ... In truth the book is very presumptuous and very stupid; yet it is far excelled in both these respects by another I am reading now, a life of Cowper, by Dr Memes (bookseller's hack literator of that name). Not that the writer is without genius; for he has succeeded in making a book as repulsive as it is possible for a book giving anything like a narrative of Cowper's life to be.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'Several newspapers have come to hand; also "Blackwood's Magazine" for October. "Blackwood" has a long article on Irish affairs, which pleases me much; for they say it is now clear the British Constitution, with its trial-by-jury and other respectable institutions, is no way suited to Ireland; that even the Whigs have foundout this truth at last; that they, the "Blackwood's" men, always said so; and who will contradict them now? - that Ireland is to be kept in order simply by bayonets; and when the vile Celts are sufficiently educated and improved, they may then perhaps aspire to be admitted to the pure blessings of, etc, etc.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Saturday Magazine

'Then I have been turning lazily over the pages of a certain "magazine" called the "Saturday Magazine", which the worthy chaplain has lent me. There are six double volumes of this astounding rubbish; or more properly six strata - a huge deposit of pudding-stone, rubble, detritus and scoriae in six thick stratifications; containing great veins of fossil balderdash, and whole regions of what the Germans call "loss" and "trass"; amongst which, however, sometimes glances up a fragment of pure ore that has no business there, or a gleaming splinter of diamond illuminating the foul opacity. After an hour's digging and shovelling, I meet perhaps with an authentic piece of "noster" Thomas himself - there are two of those in the whole six beds - and once I turned up what made my heart leap - "The Forging of the Anchor" - which I straight away rolled forth till the tweak timbers rang. There are a great many not intolerable wood engravings in the volumes, and some readable topographical description: but on the whole the thing is of very base material - "Amusements in Science" - "Recreations in Religion" - no, but "Easy Lessons on Christian Evidences" - much apocryphol anecdotage of history, but, above all, abundant illustrations of British generosity, valour, humanity...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Serial / periodical

[uknown] : Tait's Edinburgh Magazine [review of Macaulay's History of England]

'Have been reading in "Tait's Magazine" an elaborate review of a new book by the indefatigable Government literator, Macaulay - no less than a "History of England". "Tait" gives copious extracts from which I easily perceive that the book is a piece of authentic Edinburgh Reviewing, declamatory in style, meagre in narrative, thoroughly corrupt in principle, as from all this man's essays on subjects of British history must have been expected.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'I have just been gratified (no matter how or by whom) with a sight of some newspapers, which announce, among other things, a signal defeat of the enemy in the Punjab, at the hands of the gallant Sikhs.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Daily News

'The Doctor has sent into my cabin a "Daily News", which came by the mail on Sunday' [general discussion of its contents - political]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Freeman's Journal

'27th - I have just had a visit from two American ship-captains, whose vessels lie here. They approached me most reverentially, gave me some fine language, and very probably took notes of me. NB: So they did. I have just read in the Dublin "Freeman's Journal", the account which these worthy skippers gave of their interview. Bothwell, V.D.L., 12 August 1850.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'The enemy thinks I am dead. In a parliamentary report in one of the papers, I read that the Home Secretary, replying to some inquiries about me on the 3rd of April, spoke as follows...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'I have got Cape newspapers for the last two months, and have been reading of the proceedings of the various anti-convict associations within that time.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'A ship has arrived from England, but does not carry our destiny. Two weekly newspapers. News from Europe up to the 11th August. [describes political news in great detail]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Quarterly Review

'Have been reading the "Quarterly Review" on Lyell's tour in North America. The "Quarterly" rejoices, quite generously, in American Art, and "Progress", and so forth - but is mainly solicitous that the Americans should - for their own sake, fo course - stay at peace. "For", says the generous reviewer, "As the future of America, to be a glorious future, must be a future of peace, so we would hope that it may be fruitful in all which embellishes and occupies and glorifies peace." - Most balmy language!'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Serial / periodical

[Duffy] : Nation

'I have seen extracts from the new "Nation". Mr Duffy can hardly find words for his disgust, his contempt, "his utter loathing" of those who will say now that Ireland can win her rights by force. I thought so. The "Times" praises the new "Nation", and calls its first article "a symptom of returning sense in Ireland".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : The Times

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[Barry] : Southern Reporter

'The Cork "Southern Reporter" echoes the new "Nation", and even tries to go beyond it in treason. Mr Barry quarrels with Mr Duffy for keeping the independence of Ireland before men's eyes even as an ultimate and far-distant object; he is for "putting it in abeyance", that is, dropping it altogether... These poor creatures will soon have few readers among the country people.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Commercial Advertiser

'But from yesterday's "Commercial Advertiser" I will copy two letters, the reading of which and the consultation thereupon, formed part of the business of the [Anti-Convict] Association at its last meeting.' [copy of letters]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Newspapers]

'The Cape papers give extracts from the Van Diemen's Land papers, by which I find that O'Brien, Meagher, O'Donoghue, and MacManus, in the "Swift", and Martin and O'Doherty in the "Elphinstone", all arrived at Hobart Town about the same time - that they have been allowed to live at large, but each within a limited district, [italics] and no two of them nearer than thirty or forty miles [close italics].'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Times [and other English newspapers]

'I have seen some English papers: this Cape affair has caused wonderful excitement and indignation: a horrid insult has been offered to the supreme Majesty of England - not to speak of the savage inhumanity of refusing victuals to the public services and to the poor sea-beaten convicts... I can find in these papers hardly anything relating to Ireland...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'I have got the Cape newspapers, with their advertising columns full of "the Dinner", "the Illuminations", in large capitals. Here are my last extracts from the South African press...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'Some Hobart Town newspapers have come on board. O'Brien is still in very close confinement on an island off the east coast, called Maria Island, a rugged and desolate territory, about twelve miles in length... By the advertisements I see there at present no fewer than five ships at present laid on for California from the two ports, Hobart Town, south, and Launceston, north. There is now a brisk trade between Van Diemen's Land and San Francisco...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Irish newspapers]

'Some Irish newspapers. I can hardly bear to look into them. But John Knox [John Martin] diligently scans them, with many wry faces, and sometimes tells me part of the news.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Martin Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Colonial Times

'When the circumstances of my arrest came to be known, some of the newspapers commented severely on the harshness of the treatment used towards me; and particularly the "Colonial Times", a well-conducted Hobart Town paper, which warmly urged that meetings should be held, and petitions adopted by all the colonists, both of Van Diemen's Land and Australia, praying for the "pardon" of all those gentlemen known as the "Irish State Prisoners". When I saw the article this morning, I immediately wrote a short letter to the "Times", commencing thus - I suppose - it will be accounted another act of "contempt"...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Yesterday I saw in one of the Van Diemen's Land papers, an extract from some London periodical, in which, as usual, great credit is given to the "Government" for their indulgence and clemency to the Irish prisoners. Now, the truth is, the exceptions which are made in our case to the ordinary treatment of real convicts, are all exceptions against [italics] us.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Mitchel Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [trial of Governor Wale]

'Eugenia and myself were much interested in reading the trial of Governor Wale who I recollect seeing at Florence - he is condemned to be hanged for flogging a man to death when Governor of the Island of Goree about 20 years ago. He seems to deserve his fate but it is a horrible thing for his wife and family'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Betsey and Eugenia Wynne Print: Unknown

[possibly] Eusebius : [possibly] The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine

'Spent a very agreeable day at home; had a delightful lesson of Cramer; wrote a long letter to Angelo, and amused myself in reading the "History of the Church". Was particularly struck with the character of Pulcheria Theodosius's sister'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Wynne Print: Book

[unknown] : Sermons

'I was so ennuyed at my blindness, that one evening I made the Chaplain read me four Sermons, which alleviated my suffering for a time'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Fremantle Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Bible

'The evening was very stupid as both Betsey and Justine did not talk one being asleep and the other busily employed reading the bible' [according to Harriet Wynne]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Justina Wynne Print: Book

[n/a] : [Bible or Prayer Books or Hymn Books]

Sunday 18 October: 'we had service on the poop the Shoole master held it then was a box on board with books ther was bibles and prayer books and hyme books so it was opened and we had the books it begins at 11 Oclock i think of you when 2 Oclock comes, and them we go to Dinner and spend the rest of the day how we can reading and singing'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Maria Steley Print: Book

[n/a] : [funeral service]

Monday 26 October 'we are sailing this Morning 9 miles a hour if we go on at that rate we shall soone be ther i Don't care how soon, we get ther A child died today it is a verry serrous thing they sowe the body up in a rug then they get a plank and let the body go down the shool master Reed the furnell sevice'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : Death Notch the Avenging Rancher

Dec 9 'Sunday, Had a swim then breakfast and kikied anchor bound for [indecipherable]. Read "Death Notch the Avenging Rancher" Made very little headway.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Newton Barton Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [Bulletin]

13 Mar 'This is written in bad light and the vessel heaving and rolling. Hicks is discovering sweet music on the accordeon. Luce is reading a bulletin 2 years old. Nosey is at the wheel and the others are on deck.'

Unknown

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Luce

[n/a] : Gibraltar Chronicle

'I read in the "Gibraltar Chronicle" that Adml. Villeneuve was assassinated at Rennes on the 23rd of April, what a horrid tyrant must Bonaparte be if he had anything to do with such a shocking murder'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Fremantle Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Bible

'Then I became seized with a desire to know something about religion, and I read the commandments over and over again, as well as those portions of the Bible which I could understand. I was particularly struck with the words: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work", etc. "It is not right for me to work on Sundays," I said to myself, and communicated my impression to the supervisor.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mark Jeffrey Print: Book

[unknown] : [pestilent literature of rascaldom]

'The individual...was a fellow-worker of mine for nigh two years in Dartmoor. He had, in his younger days, passed through the workhouse; read the pestilent literature of rascaldom which has educated so many criminal characters in this country; then graduated in the "School", and ultimately became a noted burglar. His reading in prison had been pretty extensive, while his intelligence would have insured him a position in society above that of a labouring man... I could not help looking upon it as a very novel experience, for even this grotesque world, to have to listen to a man who could delight in a literary discussion, quote all the choice parts of Pope's "Illiad", and boast of having read Pascal and Lafontaine in the original, maintain, in sober argument, that "thieving was an honourable pursuit", and that religion, law, patriotism and bodily disease were the real and only enemies of humanity.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book, Serial / periodical

Moliere [pseud.] : [Comedies]

'? I had a sight of ?Waverley? soon after I received your letter, and I cannot help saying that, in my opinion, it is by far the best novel that has been written these thirty years - at least, that I know of. Eben. Cruickshanks, mine host of The Seven Golden Candlesticks, and Mr. Gifted Gilfillan, are described in the spirit of Smollett or Cervantes. Who does not shed a tear for the ardent Vich Ian Vohr, and the unshaken Evan Dhu, when perishing amid the shouts of an English mob, they refuse to swerve from their principles? And who will refuse to pity the marble Callum Beg, when, hushed in the strife of death, he finishes his earthly career on Clifton Moor, far from the blue mountains of the North, without one friend to close his eyes? 'Tis an admirable performance. Is Scott still the reputed author?' Editor's addition: [In this letter Carlyle mentions reading Euler's ?Algebra,?1 Addison's ?Freeholder,?2 Cuvier's ?Theory of the Earth,?3 Moli?re's ?Comedies,? the monthly reviews, critical journals, etc.]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Book

Sir John Leslie [or Playfair?] : review of Laplace's Essai philosophique sur les probabilites

'It is a considerable time since I saw Leslie's review of La Place'[s] essay on chances - and remarked with considerable surprise - the bold avowall of his sentiments on Hume's doctrine - "The Christian Instructor" attacks him with considerable asperity - and, I think, success. Hume's essays, I have not read - and therefore cannot condemn - The evidence of testimony, too, no doubt has its limits - But as far as I can judge, all that is urged either by La Place or His reviewer - does not at all affect Christianity.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown novel]

[Carlyle tells how he was trying to write a learned exegesis and came to a dead halt] 'One cannot long be idle - you will not wonder that I took up the first book that came in my way - and tho' it was the dullest of all dull books, yet by a fatality attendant on those things, I could not give it up. It purported to be a "history of a lover" - showing how Cecilia (somebody) being poor but honest went to Paris, with some Brandy Irish Dowager (of Tipperary) and was much astounded at their goings on - yet very much liked by the beaux. Shewing how after divers trials and temptations she married with a lord (something) who had been a very great rascal in his early days but was now become a most delectable personage; how the[y] lived in great harmony of souls till the honest man one day riding on som[e] wold and happening to fall from his beast in the presence of this notable lady, she fell into hystericks or convulsions and was taken home in a wo[e]ful plight - where she loitered on till she was "brought to bed", when she took her leave of the good man and all the world - Would you believe me, I read & read this horrid story & might have been reading yet had not a most dolorous ode to Matrimonial - no "Monody on the Death of a beloved" &c compelled me to throw past the book; and set to writing you a letter.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : La Pucelle d'Orleans

'But the most extraordinary production of any, I have seen these many days, is "La Pucelle d'Orleans" an Epic by Voltaire. This Mock-Heroic illustrates several things -First that the French held Voltaire a sort of demigod - secondly (and consequently) that they were wrong in so doing - and thirdly that the said Voltaire is the most impudent, blaspheming, libidinous blackgaurd [sic] that ever lived.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Book

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'Have you seen the last Edinr review? There are several promising articles in it - Scotts "Lord of the Isles," Standard Novels, Lewis' & Clarke's travels up the Missouri, (of which a most delectable account is given in the Quarterly), Joanna Southcott, &c &c. I have been revising Akenside, since I saw you. - He pos[s]esses a warm imagination & great strength & beauty of diction. His poem, you know, does not like Campbell's "Hope" consist of a number of little incidents told in an interesting manner - & selected to illustrate his positions - it is little else than a moral declamation. Nevertheless I like it. Akenside was an enthusiastic admirer of the ancient republics and of the ancient philosophers - He thought highly of Lord Shaftesbury's principles & had a bad opinion of Scotsmen. For this last peculiarity, he has been severely caricatured by Smollet[t] in his Peregrine Pickle - under the character of the fantastic English Doctor in Franc[e] - When we mention Shaftesbury - is his book in your pos[s]ession, and can you let me have a reading of it?'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [an Italian Grammar]

'I had almost forgotten to thank [you] for my books - they are just such as I wanted. "Blair" is an excellent piece - and very cheap. I am only sorry you sent it at all: I was in no particular want of it & you ought certainly to have done with the money whatever your situation required. - One is apt to be put about, when obliged to equip for such an expedition as yours. - The Italian grammar is hardly calculated for me - but answers in the mean time. The Novelle morale is an excellent book for the purpose'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Book

[n/a] : Daily Telegraph

Davitt meets with a fellow prisoner released on ticket-of-leave: '"I promised you", he exclaimed upon meeting me, "that I would live 'on the square' in future, and here is evidence of a commencement," showing me at the same time a copy of the "Daily Telegraph" with an advertisement as follows: - "Wanted, two hundred barmaids." "That", remarked "Jerry", "is simply to arrest the attention of the fair sex, and case them to read what follows. 'Extraordinary triumph of science! Marvellous results to health and complexion from the use of Fitzjerry's skin purifier. Freckles and disfiguring marks removed by one phial. To be had only of respectable druggists."'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Michael Davitt Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : The Scotsman

'A variety of works have been begun about the new year (as is the fashion) in the "periodical line". A weekly newspaper the "Scotsman" has reached the third number. I have seen them all - a little violent in their Whiggism; but well enough written in some places. Pillans & Jeffrey & Moncrieff and many others have been respectively named as the Editor. There is also a weekly essay "The Sale Room" begun about six weeks ago - by whom, I know not. The writers are not without abilities; but the last numbers seemed to indicate that the work was about to give up the ghost.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : The Sale Room

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'I have read little of any consequence since I wrote to you. You will have seen the last Numbers of the "Edinr" & "Quarterly" reviews. In the latter, among a great deal of foul & nauseating stuff, I was happy to see that due credit is at length given to Mr Duncan for his valuable institution.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Dumfries Courier

'We get a "Dumfries Courier" here amongst us. Our third Number reached us a few days ago. It seems M'Darmaid [M'Diarmid] is become sole Editor; - it is not the opinion of the readers here, that the paper has been a gainer by the change. The Ranger seems (under favour) to be but a silly kind of person - and his friend Mr Bright is a very vapid gentleman. It is a pity that Spoudastes his labours have been curtailed, before he has completed his investigations. But we must make a shift to live without knowing who wrote Mary's dream.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Scotsman

'This same Doctor [Chalmers], as you will know wr[i]tes the first article in the late "Edinr review" - on the causes & cure of mendicity. After expatiating at considerable length on the evils of pauperism, he proposes as a remedy to increase the number of clergymen. They who know the general habits of Scottish ministers will easily see how sovereign a specific this is. The remainder of the review is good reading; but as you will have seen it before this time, I will not trouble you farther on the matter - I have seen the last Number of the "Quarterly review". It seems to be getting into a very rotten frothy vein. Mr Southey is a most unblushing character; & his political lucubrations are very notable. He has been sorely galled by "the Caledonian Oracle" poor man - I know nothing about Mr Duncan's controversy except thro the "Scotsman"; and they assign him the victory'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Literary and Statistical Magazine for Scotland

'What I deplore is that laziness and dissipation of mind to which I am still subject. At present I am quieting my conscience with the thought that I shall study very diligently this winter. Heaven grant it be so! for without increasing in knowledge what profits it to live? Yet the commencement has been inauspicious. Three weeks ago I began to read Wallace's "Fluxions" in the Encyclopaedia, and had proceeded a little way, when the "Quarterly Review", some problems in a very silly Literary and Statistical Magazine of which the the schoolmasters are supporters, Madm de Sta?l's "Germany", etc. etc., have suspended my operations these ten days. After all I am afraid that this winter will pass as others have done before it - unmarked by improvement; and what is to hinder the next, & its followers till the end of the short season allotted me to do so likewise?'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

I told you I had seen the "Quarterly Review". You would notice its contents in the newspaper. It is a long time since I ceased to be one of its admirers. The writers pos[s]ess no inconsiderable share of dogmatism; and their learning, which they are, to an unpleasant degree, fond of displaying[,] is of that minute & scholastic nature which is eminently distinguished from knowledge. Moreover their zeal for the "Social order" seems to eat them up[,] and their horror of revolution is violent as a hydrophobia. These qualities are prominent in the last number - and accordingly it contains much disgusting matter; but I like it better as a whole, than some of its predecessors. There is in it a distant and respectful but severe criticism on Dugald Stewart's writings, which comes much nearer my views of his character, than any of the panegyrics which the Edinr Reviewers have so lavishly bestowed upon him.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Edinburgh Magazine

'I have seen the first number of Constable's new magazine - it seems scarcely equal to Blackwood's - the last number of which has appeared. B. advertises a new one with a slight variation in the title. There is also another periodical publication published once a fortnight (I forget its name), begun under the auspices of Peter Hill. I perused only one article and can give no account of it. I cannot pretend to say what this influx of magazines indicates or portends.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Edinburgh Monthly Magazine

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Edinburgh observer or Town and Country Magazine

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

'Some time since, all the world was astonished at the 2nd number of "Blackwoods (formerly the Edinr) magazine" - The greater part of it is full of gall: but the most venomous article is the "translation of a Chaldee manuscript" said to be found in the library of Paris - It is written in the phrase of the Scriptures - [and gives] an allegorical account of the origin & end of the late "Edinr magazine" - greatly to the [dis]paragement of Constable & the Editors - Most of the Authors of "Edinr" are characterised with great acrimony - under the likeness of birds & beasts & creeping things - "Blackwood" is like to be beleaguered with prosecutions for it - two are already raised against him. Replies in the shape of "explanations", "letters to Drs M'Crie and Thomson" have been put forth - more are promised - and doubtless, rejoinders are in a state of preparation. Whatever may become of "Blackwood" or his antagonists - the "reading" or rather the talking "public" is greatly beholden to the Author. He has kept its jaws moving these four weeks - and the sport is not finished yet'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Serial / periodical

[anon] : The Scholar Armed

I console myself with Doddridge's Expositor and "The Scholar Armed", to say nothing of a very popular book called "The Dissenter tripped up".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith

[unknown] : The Dissenter Tripped Up

I console myself with Doddridge's Expositor and "The Scholar Armed", to say nothing of a very popular book called "The Dissenter tripped up".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'Has Lord Grey read the Edinburgh Review? the article on Barrere is by Macaulay, that upon Lord St Vincent by Barrow; I thnk this latter very entertaining, but it was hardly worth while to crucify Barrere - Macauley might as well have selected Turpin'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Serial / periodical

Daniel Owen-Madden [published anon.] : Ireland and its Rulers Since 1829

'I think "Ireland and its Leaders" worth reading and beg of you to tell me who wrote it if you happen to know, for you though you call yourself solitary live much more in the world than I do while I am in the Country'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Book

[n/a] : The Times

'Have you noticed the Abuse of St Pauls in the Times - I ws moved to write but kept Silence though it was pain and grief to me'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Bible

Extract from the journal of Adam Dodd: 'When I first came on board the A-, I was as thoughtless as anyone on board; but being soon afterwards made a teacher of a class, I felt myself compelled to attend the evening services. [comes to see himself as a sinner and need of repentence] ...I then sate down in the greatest mental distress. Taking my Bible, I calculated on the opposition I should meet with... I kept continually and anxiously searching my Bible... In this state I remained some time, praying and reading, and fearlessly yet meekly meeting with every opposition.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Adam Dodd Print: Book

[unknown] : [the barren fig tree]

Short way into the voyage, surgeon receives a letter from one of the convicts: 'He then mentions the influence which the perusal since he came on board of some treatise on the "barren fig tree" had produced upon his mind - the insight it had given him into his character, and then alludes to some of the great and precious promises of the gospel; especially to those contained in Matt xi the chapter we had read in our usual course the proceeding evening. He makes also grateful reference to the first chapter of the prophecies of Isaiah.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Colin Arrott Browning Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Confession of invalid convict George Day: 'I hope I prayed but found little peace, until I heard the doctor pressing on our attention the words of God, contained in the third chapter of John, verse thirty-six, and the fifth chapter, verse twenty fourth. I could scarcely believe it to be true at the time, for it seemed as though a voice spoke to me "He that believeth in the son have everlasting life". I was astonished!'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Colin Arrott Browning Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Conversion of convict J- V-; when came on board the ship he was a convinced socialist, and when appointed school teacher he wanted to use the position to convince others, but he changed: 'As a teacher, he was most useful to me, and most exemplary. He became a diligent student of the Bible, and of other devotional books. He appeared to grow in grace as well as in knowledge.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : [devotional texts]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Conversion of F.M., while greatly affected by death of fellow convict, John Williams: 'My feelings I cannot describe. I never felt the like before. But I remembered what Dr Browning had often told us, and which I was reading in my Testament everyday, "that Jesus died to save sinners".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Conversion of hardened convict, as a result of a storm which brought terror to his mind: 'It was then I thought of Jesus Christ, of whom I had heard, but almost entirely forgotten; and to the Lord Jesus Christ I was directed to uplift my soul by my messmate, who lay by my side, and exhorted me to search the Bible, that I might there read of His great love to the worst of sinners. I read the first, third and fifteenth chapters of St John's gospel; and I thank and praise the Lord, I have found, to my soul's comfort and peace...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'One berth was occupied by George Day... He appeared to be always humble, always contented and resigned, always grateful to God for the abundance of His mercies, frequently praying, or reading, or listening to his Bible.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Day Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Finished a review of Cicero's tract "De Officiis"...'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Green Print: Unknown

Archibald Constable [ed.] : Encyclopaedia Britannica

'I see your name mentioned among the writers in Constable's Encyclopaedia; pray tell me what articles you have written: I shall always read anything which you write. The travels of the Gallo-American gentleman alluded to by Mr Constable are I suppose those of Mr Simon. He is a very sensible man, and I should be curious to see the light in which this country appeared to him. I should think he would be too severe'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Book

[unknown] : [evidence of Elgin Marble Committee]

'I speak of books as I read them, and I read them as I can get them. You are read up to twelve o' clock of the preceding day, and therefore must pardon the staleness of my subjects. I read yesterday the evidence of the Elgin Marble Committee. Lord Elgin has done a very useful thing in taking them away from the Turks. Do not throw pearls to swine; and take them away from swine when they are so thrown. They would have been destroyed there, or the French would have had them'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Unknown

[unknown] : The Beacon

'You must have had a lively time at Edinburgh from this "Beacon". But Edinburgh is rather too small for such explosions, where the conspirators and conspired against must be guests at the same board, and sleep under the same roof. The articles upon Madame de Stael and upon Wilks's Protestants appear to me to be very good. The article upon Scotch juries is surely too long'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Serial / periodical

William Pitt Scargill [anon.] : Elizabeth Evanshaw

'I have received from you within these few months some very polite and liberal presents of new publications ; and though I was sorry you put yourself to any expense on my account, yet I was flattered by this mark of respect and good-will from gentlemen to whom I am personally unknown. I am quite sure, however, that you overlooked the purpose and tendency of a work called Elizabeth Evanshaw, or that you would not have sent it to a clergyman of the Established Church, or indeed to a clergyman of any church. [Smith then rebukes the publishers at length for producing irreligious books, including a translation of Voltaire, before going on to say that, nevertheless] I shall read all the works and tell you my opinion of them from time to time. I was very much pleased with the "Two Months in Ireland", but did not read the poetical part; the prosaic division of the work is very good'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Book

[anon.] : Three Months in Ireland. By an English Protestant

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Book

Thomas Rennel [ed.] : [Sermons]

'Dr Rennel has published two or three Sermons lately which I would advise you to buy: they are written in a style of fine animated declamation. The Bishop of London's have a very high character'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'I have as yet read very few articles in the Edinburgh Review, having lent it to a sick countess, who only wished to read it because a few copies only had arrived in London. I like very much the review of Davy, think the review of Espriela much too severe and am extremely vexed by the review of Hoyle's Exodus. The levities it contains will I am sure give very great offence'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [The Budget]

'I have read the Budget today and am in low spirits at the provoking prosperity of the country. It is impossible to ruin it in spite of all Brougham can say - and Perceval can do'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'Talk and read the papers'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Newspaper

Voltaire [pseud.] : Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire des croisades & un nouveau plan de l'histoire de l'esprit humain

'after dinner read l'esprit des nations 132 Shelley read[s] Italian - read 15 lines of Ovids metamo[r]phosis with Hogg - [italics to indicate Shelley's hand] The Assassins - Gibbon Chap. LXIV - all that can be known of the assassins is to be found in Memoires of the Acad[e]my of Inscriptions tom. xvii p127-170'.[end italics]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [work in Italian]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Unknown

Voltaire [pseud.] : Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire des croisades & un nouveau plan de l'histoire de l'esprit humain

'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbon (vol 12 - 364) and the story of Myrrha in Ovid'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire des croisades & un nouveau plan de l'histoire de l'esprit humain

'Read Voltaire before breakfast (87)'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire des croisades & un nouveau plan de l'histoire de l'esprit humain

'After tea read Ovid 83 lines - Shelley two or three cantos of Ariosto with Clary and plays a game of chess with her Read Voltaire's Essay on the Spirit of Nations'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire des croisades & un nouveau plan de l'histoire de l'esprit humain

'[italics to denote Shelley's hand] S. reads Ovid - Medea and the description of the Plague - After tea M. reads Ovid 90 lines - S & C. read Ariosto - 7th Canto. M. reads Voltaire p. 126.'[end italics]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire des croisades & un nouveau plan de l'histoire de l'esprit humain

'Shelley reads Voltaire Essai sur des Nations'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire des croisades & un nouveau plan de l'histoire de l'esprit humain

'Jefferson reads Don Quixote - C. reads Gibbon - S. finishes the 17th canto of Orlando Furioso - Read Voltaire's Essay on Nations (203)'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Book

[anon.] : Memoirs of Lady Hamilton; With Illustrative Anecdotes of Many of her Friends and Distinguished Contemporaries

[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley] 'Posthumous Works. 3. Sorrows of Werter Don Roderick - by Southey Gibbons Decline & fall. x Paradise Regained x Gibbons Life and Letters - 1st edition 2 x Lara New Arabian Nights 3 Corinna Fall of the Jesuits Rinaldo Rinaldini Fo[n]tenelle's Plurality of the Worlds Hermsprong Le diable boiteux Man as he is. Rokeby. Ovid's Meamo[r]phoses in Latin x Wordsworth's Poems x Spenser's Fairy Queen x Life of the Philipps x Fox's History of James II The Reflector Wieland. Fleetwood Don Carlos x Peter Wilkins Rousseau's Confessions. x Espriella's Letters from England Lenora - a poem Emile x Milton's Paradise Lost X Life of Lady Hamilton De l'Alemagne - by Made de Stael 3 vols. of Barruel x Caliph Vathek Nouvelle Heloise x Kotzebue's account of his banishment to Siberia. Waverly Clarissa Harlowe Robertson's Hist. of america x Virgil xTale of Tub. x Milton's speech on Unlicensed printing x Curse of Kehama x Madoc La Bible Expliquee Lives of Abelard and Heloise The New Testament Coleridge's Poems. 1st vol. Syteme de la Nature x Castle of Indolence Chattertons Poems. x Paradise Regained Don Carlos. x Lycidas. x St Leon Shakespeare's Play. Part of which Shelley reads aloud Burkes account of civil society x Excursion Pope's Homer's Illiad x Sallust Micromegas x Life of Chauser Canterbury Tales Peruvian letters. Voyages round the World Pluarch's lives. x 2 vols of Gibbon Ormond Hugh Trevor x Labaume's Hist. of the Russian War Lewis's tales Castle of Udolpho Guy Mannering Charles XII by Voltaire Tales of the East'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin

[n/a] : [Gazettes / newspapers from paris]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Eugenia Wynne Print: Newspaper

Moliere [pseud.] : Les Precieuses Ridicules

[Betsey]:'The gazettes from France were read this evening there was nothing remarquable in them. We began again "Les Precieuses Ridicules" but had no time to for supper was called'. [Eugenia]: 'In the evening the Paris papers were read I did not give them any attention then we began to reread for Madame de Bombelles "Les Precieuses Ridicules" which was interrupted by supper'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Print: Book

Robert Southey [anon.] : Letters from England; by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella . . . Translated from the Spanish

[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley - again, only those not mentioned in journal entries are indicated separately in the database] 'Posthumous Works. 3. Sorrows of Werter Don Roderick - by Southey Gibbons Decline & fall. x Paradise Regained x Gibbons Life and Letters - 1st edition 2 x Lara New Arabian Nights 3 Corinna Fall of the Jesuits Rinaldo Rinaldini Fo[n]tenelle's Plurality of the Worlds Hermsprong Le diable boiteux Man as he is. Rokeby. Ovid's Metamo[r]phoses in Latin x Wordsworth's Poems x Spenser's Fairy Queen x Life of the Philipps x Fox's History of James II The Reflector Wieland. Fleetwood Don Carlos x Peter Wilkins Rousseau's Confessions. x Espriella's Letters from England Lenora - a poem Emile x Milton's Paradise Lost X Life of Lady Hamilton De l'Alemagne - by Made de Stael 3 vols. of Barruel x Caliph Vathek Nouvelle Heloise x Kotzebue's account of his banishment to Siberia. Waverly Clarissa Harlowe Robertson's Hist. of america x Virgil xTale of Tub. x Milton's speech on Unlicensed printing x Curse of Kehama x Madoc La Bible Expliquee Lives of Abelard and Heloise The New Testament Coleridge's Poems. 1st vol. Syteme de la Nature x Castle of Indolence Chattertons Poems. x Paradise Regained Don Carlos. x Lycidas. x St Leon Shakespeare's Play. Part of which Shelley reads aloud Burkes account of civil society x Excursion Pope's Homer's Illiad x Sallust Micromegas x Life of Chauser Canterbury Tales Peruvian letters. Voyages round the World Pluarch's lives. x 2 vols of Gibbon Ormond Hugh Trevor x Labaume's Hist. of the Russian War Lewis's tales Castle of Udolpho Guy Mannering Charles XII by Voltaire Tales of the East'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[anon.] : Memoirs of Lady Hamilton; With Illustrative Anecdotes of Many of her Friends and Distinguished Contemporaries

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament, The

[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley - only those not mentioned in journal entries are indicated separately in the database] 'Posthumous Works. 3. Sorrows of Werter Don Roderick - by Southey Gibbons Decline & fall. x Paradise Regained x Gibbons Life and Letters - 1st edition 2 x Lara New Arabian Nights 3 Corinna Fall of the Jesuits Rinaldo Rinaldini Fo[n]tenelle's Plurality of the Worlds Hermsprong Le diable boiteux Man as he is. Rokeby. Ovid's Metamo[r]phoses in Latin x Wordsworth's Poems x Spenser's Fairy Queen x Life of the Philipps x Fox's History of James II The Reflector Wieland. Fleetwood Don Carlos x Peter Wilkins Rousseau's Confessions. x Espriella's Letters from England Lenora - a poem Emile x Milton's Paradise Lost X Life of Lady Hamilton De l'Alemagne - by Made de Stael 3 vols. of Barruel x Caliph Vathek Nouvelle Heloise x Kotzebue's account of his banishment to Siberia. Waverly Clarissa Harlowe Robertson's Hist. of america x Virgil xTale of Tub. x Milton's speech on Unlicensed printing x Curse of Kehama x Madoc La Bible Expliquee Lives of Abelard and Heloise x The New Testament Coleridge's Poems. 1st vol. Syteme de la Nature x Castle of Indolence Chattertons Poems. x Paradise Regained Don Carlos. x Lycidas. x St Leon Shakespeare's Play. Part of which Shelley reads aloud Burkes account of civil society x Excursion Pope's Homer's Illiad x Sallust Micromegas x Life of Chauser Canterbury Tales Peruvian letters. Voyages round the World Pluarch's lives. x 2 vols of Gibbon Ormond Hugh Trevor x Labaume's Hist. of the Russian War Lewis's tales Castle of Udolpho Guy Mannering Charles XII by Voltaire Tales of the East'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

Edmund Burke [anon.] : A Vindication of Natural Society . . . In a letter to Lord ****

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Histoire de Charles XII, Roi de Suede

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[Edward?] [Young?] : [Satire VI?]

Letter to Miss Ewing October 3 1778 'He is an uncommon, indeed I may say, an exalted character; one of those of whom Pope says ?Great souls there are, who touch?d with warmth divine/ Give gold a price, and teach its beams to shine"

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Print: Book

[Edward?] [Young?] : [?Night Thoughts]

Letter to Miss Ourry July 13, 1779 'The sublime and solid consolations which true religion and right reason afford, are all your own and, tho? well assured that there is indeed ?No pang like that of bosom torn/ From bosom, bleeding o?er the sacred dead? yet I trust those truths ?.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Print: Book

["Parisian philosophers"] : unknown

Letter to Mrs Ourry September 1791 'Clanship, doubtless, narrows the affections, and produces many absurd and unpleasing associations; yet it is better to love forty or fifty people warmly and exclusively on absurd grounds, than to love nobody at all; and then pretend to love all the world (which does not care a straw for you, as the Parisian philosophers do, on whom the demons of scepticism and discord will soon visit all the mischiefs they are doing, and far greater mischiefs they occasion). My poor dear Odyssey tells a fine story of Aeolus having the winds in a bag, and what havoc followed when they were unskilfully let out. Now, I think popular writers possess bags, in which those winds are contained that blow the embers of discontent into flames of destruction ?.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Print: Book

[unknown] : [a novel]

'Shelley reads Plutarch in Greek - Lord B - comes down & stays here an hour - I read a novel in the evening'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Book

[n/a] : Quarterly Review, The

'Finish "Caroline of Litchfield" and "Marmotel's tales". Read Bertram and Christabel and several articles of the quarterly review'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Le Criminel Secret

'[italics to indicate Percy Shelley's hand] Still at Havre - engage a passage - wind contrary [end italics] - read "le crimenel secret" which is a very curious and striking book'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'read the Edinburgh Review and the second vol. of the antiquary'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Serial / periodical

Peter Pindar [pseud.] : Works

'Shelley reads P.[eter] Pindars works aloud'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : Memoirs of Oliver Cromwell and his children, supposed to be written by himself

'Read Patronage & the Milesian chief - finish 5th vol of Clarendon - Shelley reads life of Cromwell'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : Memoirs of Oliver Cromwell and his children, supposed to be written by himself

'Finish Milesian & Patronage - read Holcrofts travels - S. reads life of Cromwell.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Bill of mortality

'and at the Dukes, with great joy, I received the good news of the decrease of the plague this week to 70, and but 253 in all; which is the least Bill hath been known these twenty years in the City - though the want of people in London is it that make it so low, below the ordinary number for Bills.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

[unknown] : [Discourse on the River Thames]

'I went therefore to Mr Boreman's for pastime, and stayed an hour or two, talking with him and reading a discourse about the River of Thames the reason of its being choked up in several places'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'He set me down at Mr Gawden's, where nobody yet come home... So I took a book and into the gardens and there walked and read till dark - with great pleasure'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [epitaph on memorial stone]

'And so to the Chapel and there saw, among other things, Sir H. Wottons stone, with this Epitaph - "Hic Jacet primus hujus Sententiae Author. Disputandi pruritus fit ecclesiae scabies." But unfortunately, the word "Author" was wrong writ, and now so basely altered, that it disgraces the stone.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Graffito

[unknown] : Bill of mortality

'But blessed be God, a good Bill this week we have - being but 237 in all and 42 of the plague, and of them, but 6 in the City - though my Lord Brouncker says that these 6 are most of them in new parishes, where they were not the last week.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

Petrus de Palude [?] : Sermones thesauri novi de tempore

Marginal notes appear throughout this book, on almost every page. These notes range from comments written in Latin shorthand, underlinings, numbers marking particular passages and sketches of pointing hands. There is an obvious engagement with the text, and certainly evidence of a very intensive reading experience. There appear to be several different hands marking the book, indicating it was read and used by more than one person, as well as different types of ink.

Century: 1500-1599 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [old voyages]

'write - read old voyages.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Thence to the Exchange, that is, the New Exchange, and looked over some play-books, and entended to get all the late new plays.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'read Locke and the Edinburgh review and two odes of Horace - S. reads Political Justice & Shakespeare and the 23rd Chap. of Gibbon'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Anon to Sir W. Penn to bed, and made my boy Tom to read me asleep.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Tom Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I to dinner, and thence to my chamber to read, and so to the office'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : London Gazette

'And the news-book makes that business nothing, but that they are all dispersed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : London Gazette

'This day in the gazette was the whole story of defeating the Scotch Rebells, and of the creation of the Duke of Cambridge Knight of the Guarter.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : London Gazette

'Thence home to dinner; and there W. Hewer dined with me, and showed me a Gazett in Aprill last (which I wonder should never be remembered by anybody) which tells how several persons were then tried for their lives, and were found guilty of a design of killing the King and destroying the government; and as a means to it, to burn the City; and that the day entended for the plot was the 3rd of last September. And that fire did endeed break out on the 2nd of September - which is very strange me-thinks - and I shall remember it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to supper and to read, and so to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'read Lucian aloud to Clare - I ode of Horace - In the evening the Quarterly Review and Lock [sic]'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Spectator

'read several papers in the Spectator - Locke - And Memoirs of Count Gramont'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

[William] [Gifford] : The Baviad and the Maeviad

'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East...: not much of books not connected with India [but included] ... In poetry, ... the Baviad and the Maeviad ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mountstuart Elphinstone Print: Book

[William] [Mason] : Caractacus

'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East...: not much of books not connected with India [but included] ... In poetry, ... "Caractacus" ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mountstuart Elphinstone Print: Book

[Nicolas] Boileau[-Despreaux] : Satires [and other works]

'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East...: not much of books not connected with India [but included] ...; all Boileau's "Satires", and a good number of his "Epistles", and "Mithridate". ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mountstuart Elphinstone Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then I home to supper, and to read a little and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so after supper and reading a little, and my wife's cutting off my hair short, which is grown too long upon the crown of my head, I to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [petty-warrants]

'and I read the petty-warrants all the day till late at night, that I was very weary, and troubled to have my private business of my office stopped to attend this - but mightily pleased at this falling out.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to my chamber, having little left to do at my office, my eyes being a little sore by reason of my reading a small printed book the other day after it was dark'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : London Gazette

'and then to the Change, where for certain I hear, and the newsbook declares, a peace between France and Portugal.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[Samuel] [Parr] : Bellendenus [preface to]

'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East ... not much of books not connected with India. ... [but included] ; the preface to "Bellendenus" ...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mountstuart Elphinstone Print: Book

Junius [pseud.] : Letters of Junius

'Read Junius - Rain all day - work'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Junius [pseud.] : Letters of Junius

'work and read Junius read Amadis'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so after supper to read and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so a little at the office and home, to read a little and to supper and bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [table-book]

'and at noon all of us to Kent's at the Three Tun tavern and there dined well at Mr Gawden's charge. There the constable of the parish did show us the picklocks and dice that were found in the dead man's pockets, and but 18d in money - and a table-book, wherein were entered the names of several places where he was to go'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: table-book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to supper, and after a little reading, to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'S. reads the bible'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [History of the French Revolution]

'Read Pliny - work - Shelley read[s] Hist. French Revolution.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'Read the Quarterly Review'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [trial of Watson, surgeon accused f high treason]

'finish 2nd book of Tacitus and read Buffon's Hist. Nat. - S. reads Arrian - Watson acquitted - read his trial'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Arabian Nights, The

'Read sleeper awakened in the arabian nights'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[anon.] : Rhoda

'I am confined Tuesday 2nd. Read Rhoda - Pastors Fire Side - Missionary - Wild Irish Girls - The Anaconda. Glenarvon - 1st Vol Percy's Northern antiquities'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Benjamin Thompson [trans.] : German Theatre

'I read Tacitus - 3 of Hume's essays VIII IX X - some of the German theatre - write - walk - Shelleys [sic] reads Political Justice & 8 Cantos of his poem.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : [unknown]

'S. reads "France" - read Romans de Voltaire - Hume'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[anon (ed)] : Ancient English Drama

'read 2 plays in the ancient drama'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [Italian operas]

'Read Italian operas - Montaigne'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Moliere [pseud.] : [Plays]

'Read Moliere's Plays'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After supper, I to read and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : [gravestones]

'and so walked to Stepny and spent my time in the churchyard looking over the gravestones, expecting when the company would come'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Graffito

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and thence home, where to supper and then to read a little; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so home and there to the office a little; and thence to my chamber to read and supper, and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : A dialogue concerning the rights of His Most Christian Majesty

'This day I read (shown me by Mr Gibson) a discourse newly come forth, of the King of France his pretence to Flanders; which is a very fine discourse, and the turth is, hath so much of the Civil Law in it that I am not a fit judge of it; but as it appears to me, he hath a good pretence to it by right of his Queene. So to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Roger L'Estrange [translator] : The visions of Don Francisco de Quevedo

'and then to my boat again and home, reading and making an end of the book I lately bought, a merry Satyre called "The Visions", translated from Spanish by Le Strange; wherein there are many pretty things, but the translation is, as to the rendering it in English expression, the best that I ever saw, it being impossible almost to conceive that it should be a translation.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home to my chamber to read and write; and then to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [order of council]

'Fen read me an order of council passed the 17th instant, directing all the Treasurers of any part of the King's revenue to make no payments but such as shall be approved by the present Lord Commissioners; which will, I think, spoil the credit of his Majesty's service, when people cannot depend upon payment anywhere.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra

'and Creed did also repeat to me some of the substance of letters of old Burleigh in Queen Elizabeth's time which he hath of late read in the printed "Cabbala", which is very fine style at this day and fit to be imitated.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: John Creed Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so we home to supper, and I read myself asleep and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home to supper and to read myself asleep, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'and so the women and W. Hewer and I walked upon the Downes, where a flock of sheep was, and the most pleasant and innocent sight that ever I saw in my life; we find a shepheard and his little boy reading, far from any houses or sight of people, the Bible to him. So I made the boy read to me, which he did with the forced Tone that children do usually read, that was mighty pretty; and then I did give him something and went to the father and talked with him; and I find he had been a servant in my Cosen Pepy's house, and told me what was become of their old servants.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then to my chamber to read, and so to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home and to my chamber to read; and then to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and I home to supper and to read a little and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and after some little reading in my chamber, to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home and to my chamber to read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Relazione della morte famiglia Cenci sequita in Roma il di 11 Maggio 1599

'Finish copying the Cenci'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Manuscript: Unknown

Voltaire [pseud.] : Zaire

'S. reads Electra and Ajax. Read the 8th Canto of Ariosto and the 4th Act of Phormio - Finish the Mille et une nuits. Read the Zaire and the Alzire of Voltaire'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Alzire

'S. reads Electra and Ajax. Read the 8th Canto of Ariosto and the 4th Act of Phormio - Finish the Mille et une nuits. Read the Zaire and the Alzire of Voltaire'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Mahomet

'Read 10th Canto of Ariosto - the Mahomet of Voltaire'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : La Merope

'Read 11th Canto of Ariosto & Merope & Simiramis [sic] of Voltaire'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : La Tragedie de Semiramis

'Read 11th Canto of Ariosto & Merope & Simiramis [sic] of Voltaire'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Tancrede

'Read 12 Canto of Ariosto - & L'orphelin de Chine & Tancrede of Voltaire'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : L'Orphelin de Chine

'Read 12 Canto of Ariosto - & L'orphelin de Chine & Tancrede of Voltaire'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to my chamber, and got her to read to me for saving of my eyes'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : London's Flames, or The discovery of such evidence as were deposed before the Committee of Parliament etc, with the insolences of the Popish party

'Here I also saw a printed account of the examinations taking touching the burning of the City of London, showing the plots of the papists therein; which it seems hath been ordered and hath been burnt by the hands of the hangman in Westminster Palace - I will try to get one of them.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so parted and to bed - after my wife had read something to me (to save my eyes) in a good book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'In the evening read [a] good book, my wife to me'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home without strangers to dinner, and then my wife to read, and then I to the office'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home to supper and my wife to read; and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Books containing the abstracts of orders

'all morning at my office shut up with Mr Gibson, I walking and he reading to me the order books of the office from the beginning of the Warr, for preventing the Parliament's having them in their hands before I have looked them over and seen the utmost that can be said against us from any of our orders'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Richard Gibson Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Then home to read, sup and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : [office letters]

'he and I all the afternoon to read over our office letters, to see what matter can be got for our advantage or disadvantage therein'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

[n/a] : [office letters]

'he and I all the afternoon to read over our office letters, to see what matter can be got for our advantage or disadvantage therein'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Will Hewer Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and when came home there, I got my wife to read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

John Davies [transl] : The history of Algiers and its slavery

'and there however I got her to read to me the "History of Algier", which I find a very pretty book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

John Davies [transl] : The history of Algiers and its slavery

'I read to her out of the "History of Algiers", which is mighty pretty reading'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After dinner, up to my wife again, who is in great pain still with her tooth and cheek; and there, they gone, I spent most of the afternoon and night reading and talking to bear her company, and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so it growing night, I away home by coach, and there set my wife to read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so I walked away homeward, and there reading all the evening; and so to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So he gone, I to read a little in my chamber, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then to my chamber and read most of the evening till pretty late, when, my wife not being well, I did lie below stairs in our great chamber'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'He gone, we home and there I to read, and my belly being full of my dinner today, I anon to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home to supper and to read, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and there took a hackney and home and there to read and talk with my wife'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and she being gone, I to my chamber to read a little again, and then after supper to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and there spent the evening making Balty read to me; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Balthasar St Michael Print: Book

[unknown] : [street ballads]

'But Lord, to see among the young commanders and Tho Killigrew and others that came, how unlike a burial this was, Obrian taking out some ballets from his pocket, which I read and the rest came about me to hear; and there very merry we were all, they being new ballets.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill

[unknown] : Mustapha

'And in the evening betimes came to Reding and there heard my wife read more of "Mustapha".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home - and there to get my wife to read to me till supper, and then to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then at night, my wife to read again and to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Thence walked to Barne elmes; and there, and going and coming, did make the boy read to me several things, being nowadays unable to read myself anything for above two lines together but my eyes grow weary.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to bed, after hearing my wife read a little.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Principal Officer's instructions

'Thence home and there with Mr Hater and W Hewer late, reading over all the Principal Officers' instructions in order to my great work upon my hand.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [paper on the faults of the Navy]

'and the Duke of York and Wren and I, it being now candle-light, into the Duke of York's closet in White-hall and there read over this paper of my Lord Keeper's; wherein is laid down the faults of the Navy, so silly and the remedies so ridiculous, or else the same that are now already provided, that we thought it not to need any answer, the Duke of York being able himself to do it'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [paper on the faults of the Navy]

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Matthew Wren Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [paper on the faults of the Navy]

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: James, Duke of York Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [draft of the victualler's contract]

'and so W. Penn and Lord Brouncker and I at the lodging of the latter to read over our new draft of the victualler's contract'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [draft of the victualler's contract]

'and so W. Penn and Lord Brouncker and I at the lodging of the latter to read over our new draft of the victualler's contract'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Sir William Penn Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [draft of the victualler's contract]

'and so W. Penn and Lord Brouncker and I at the lodging of the latter to read over our new draft of the victualler's contract'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Lord Brouncker Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [book of warrants in Cromwell's war, 1652-4]

'And coming back I spent reading of the book of warrants of our office in the first Dutch war, and do find that my letters and warrants and method will be found another-gate's business than this that the world so much adores - and I am glad for my own sake to find it so.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'My boy was with me, and read to me all day'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group:

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so home and to my business, and to read again and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and away home myself, and there to read again and sup with Gibson; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Richard Flecknoe [?] : A letter from a gentleman to the Hon. Ed. Howard, Esq.

'And so to dinner alone, having since church-time heard my boy read over Dryden's reply to Sir R Howard's answer about his "Essay of Poesy" - and a letter in answer to that, the last whereof is mighty silly in behalf of Howard.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So to supper, and the boy to read to me, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So back home to supper, and made my boy read to me a while, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so back to my chamber, the boy to read to me; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home to supper, and the boy to read to me; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so to hear my boy read a little, and supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home to read and sup; and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then they gone, and my wife to read to me, and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home and did get my wife to read to me'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Thence with W. Penn home, and there to get my people to read and to supper and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home and to supper, and got my wife to read to me and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and we home to supper, and my wife to read to me and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and in the evening home, and there made my wife read till supper time, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and my wife to read to me; and then with much content to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and after dinner, all the afternoon got my wife and boy to read to me.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and after dinner, all the afternoon got my wife and boy to read to me.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and my wife to read to me all the afternoon'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So to read and talk with my wife, till by and by called to the office'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so made the boy read to me'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so in to solace myself with my wife, whom I got to read to me, and so W. Hewer and the boy'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then with comfort to sit with my wife, and get her to read to me'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home, where my wife to read to me; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and thence home, and my wife to read to me and W. Hewer to set some matters of accounts right at my chamber; to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home to ease my eyes and make my wife read to me.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and with W. Hewer with me, to read and talk'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: William Hewer Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home, and there to talk and my wife to read to me, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'In the evening, he gone, my wife to read to me and talk, and spent the evening with much pleasure; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, with much pleasure talking and then to reading; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home and to supper and read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and there with pleasure to read and talk'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so my wife and I spent the rest of the evening in talk and reading, and so with great pleasure to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and to dinner and then to read and talk, my wife and I alone'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home and to supper and read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home with my wife, who read to me late; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and there to read and talk with my wife, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to read and to supper, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so took my wife home, and there to make her to read, and then to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and home, my wife to read to me'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home to supper with my wife, and to get her to read to me.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Le commerce honourable ou Considerations Politiques OR Relation de l'establissement de la Compagnie Fran?oise pour le commerce des Indes Orientales

'and I spent all afternoon with my wife and W. Battelier talking and then making them read, and perticularly made an end of Mr Boyl's book of Formes, which I am glad to have over; and then fell to read a French discourse which he hath brought over with him for me, to invite the people of France to apply themselfs to Navigacion; which it doth do very well, and is certainly their interest, and what will undo us in a few years if the King of France goes on to fit up his Navy and encrease it and his trade, as he hath begun.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: William Battelier Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and after dinner, to get my wife and boy, one after another, to read to me - and so spent the afternoon and evening'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and after dinner, to get my wife and boy, one after another, to read to me - and so spent the afternoon and evening'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so home to supper, and get my wife to read to me, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I away home; and there spent the evening talking and reading with my wife and Mr Pelling'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home to my wife to read to me, and to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home, and there my wife to read to me, my eyes being sensibly hurt by the too great lights of the playhouse.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home, and my wife read to me till supper, and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So down to supper, and she to read to me, and then with all possible kindness to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and my wife to read to me, and then to bed in mighty good humour, but for my eyes.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Report of the reforming commission of 1618]

'Up, and to my office with Tom, whom I made read to me the books of Propositions in the time of the Grand Commission, which I did read a good part of before church'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Tom Edwards

[unknown] : [Report of the reforming commission of 1618]

'and I to my office and there made an end of the books of Proposicions; which did please me mightily to hear read, they being excellently writ and much to the purpose, and yet so as I think I shall make good use of in defence of our present constitution.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Tom Edwards [?]

[unknown] : [documents on the history of the Navy]

'and so spent the whole morning with W. Hewer, he taking little notes in short-hand, while I hired a clerk to read to me about twelve or more several rolls which I did call for'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Manuscript: Roll

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home, and did get my wife to read, and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'At night, my wife to read to me and then to supper'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, where got my wife to read to me, and so after supper to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home, and there to my chamber and got my wife to read to me a little'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so away, back by water home, and after dinner got my wife to read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book

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Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '4370. Has been here 4 times, and is sentenced to seven years' transportation. Knew how to write a little before he came in. Is now learning by heart in the New Testament. "I do not know the meaning of what I repeat." This man repeated five verses perfectly, but when asked the meaning of a simple word, was unable to answer.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '4429. Has been here 7 times. "I have learnt all the Galatians through by heart, and am now upon the Ephesians. I cannot say I understand it. I know the Commandments." This man repeated his last lesson perfectly, but was ignorant of the meaning of what he had acquired.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '142. Government prisoner. 7 years' transportation, without work, received from Newgate, July 19th, 1850. No work allowed to prisoners for one month after reception. This prisoner said "I endeavour to understand what I learn, but find difficulty. The marginal references are useful."'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '129. Prussian Jew. Attends chapel. "I was asked to learn passages in the New Testament".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '116. Did not know his letters. Has learnt by heart: began at John, and has now got to the ninth chapter of Romans.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament

Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: 'Committed June 1st, 1849, sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment; coal-heaver by profession; says "I do not understand what I have learnt; I have been all through St John and am now in Matthew.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament

Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: 'Sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment; was in Newbury union; says, "I like this better than the union, the food is better here; there is not much odds in the labour - I pick oakum there, and knit stockings here. I like the stockings best. I have learnt by heart from Matthew to the Romans; I do not understand what I have learnt." This man reads very fluently.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.L.: 'Repeat the Collect and the 17th, 18th and 20th verses of the 19th chapter of the Acts'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.L. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.A.: 'Repeat the Collect and the 19th verse, 6th chapter, and the 7th and 12th verses of the 8th chapter of St Matthew.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.A. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). G.N.: 'Repeat the 22nd verse of the 6th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: G.N. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and the 34th verse of the 11th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). S.D.: 'Repeat the Collect and the 139th Psalm, also 1st and 2nd chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: S.D. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.H.: 'Repeat the Collect and 4th, 5th and 6th chapters of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.H. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). R.T.: 'Repeat the Collect and 6th, 7th and 8th chapters of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: R.T. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.T.: 'Repeat the Collect and 1st and 2nd chapters of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.T. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.T.: 'Repeat the Collect and 15th and 32nd verses of the 16th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.T. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). T.S.: 'Repeat the Collect and 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Psalms'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: T.S. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.M.:'Repeat the Collect and 13th, 14th, and 16th verses of the 15th chapter of St John'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.M. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). D.Y.: 'Repeat the Collect and 51st and 139th Psalm; also 38th verse of 1st chapter of St John'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: D.Y. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). H.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and 5th and 6th chapters of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: H.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and 51st and 139th Psalms'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.K.: 'Repeat the Collect and 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th chapters of St John'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.K. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.D.: 'Repeat the Collect and 27th and 28th chapters of St Matthew, as well as 1st chapter of St Mark'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.D. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.R.: 'Repeat the Collect and 27th and 28th chapters of St Matthew; and 20th verse of 1st chapter of St Mark'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.R. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). G.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and 14th verse of 6th, and 7th and 20th verses of 8th chpter of St Matthew'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: G.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). T.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and 20th verses of 12th, also 18th verse of 13th chapter of St Matthew.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: T.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). T.C.: 'Repeat 27th verse of 8th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: T.C. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). G.G.: 'Repeat the Collect and 15th and 16th, also 14th verse of 17th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: G.G. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.S.: 'Repeat the Collect and 6th verse of 3rd, also 32nd verse of 4th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.S. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.W.: 'Repeat the Collect and 23rd and 27th verse of 24th chapter of St Luke.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.W. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and 19th verse of 9th, the 10th, and 10th verse of 11th chapter of Acts.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th chapters of St Luke.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). G.D.: 'Repeat the Collect and 13th and 14th chapters of St Luke.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: G.D. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). H.J.: 'Repeat the Collect and 53rd verse of 1st chapter of St Luke.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: H.J. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). S.K.: 'Repeat the Collect and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th chapters of !st, and 1st chapter of 2nd Thessalonians.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: S.K. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). H.J.T: 'Repeat the Collect and 2nd, 3rd and 22nd verses of 4th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: H.J.T. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and 10th verse of 139th Psalm, also the 1st chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.T.: 'Repeat the Collect and 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th chapters of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.T. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.P.: 'Repeat the Collect and 139th Psalm, also 1st and 2nd chapters of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.P. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). H.S. al D.: 'Repeat the Collect and 1st, 2nd and 3rd chapters of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: H.S. al D. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). F.J.N.: 'Repeat the Collect and 47th verse of 5th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: F.J.N. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). R.L.: 'Repeat the Collect and 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th chapters of St Luke.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: R.L. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.S. al E.: 'Repeat the Collect and 6th chapter of Galatians, also the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chapters of Ephesians.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.S. al E. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). E.B.: 'Repeat the Collect and 41st verse of 24th chapter of St Matthew.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: E.B. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). E.M.: 'Repeat the Collect and 20th, 21st, and 22nd chapters of St Luke.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: E.M. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). G.M.: 'Repeat the Collect, the Epistles of Titus and Philemon, and 3rd chapter of Hebrews.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: G.M. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). G.R.: 'Repeat the Collect and 12th verse of 1st chapter of 2nd Epistle of Corinthians.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: G.R. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.R.: 'Repeat the Collect and 22nd verse of the 1st, also the 2nd and 3rd chapters of St Luke.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.R. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.S.: 'Repeat the Collect and 18th chapter, also 12th verse of 19th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.S. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.G.: 'Repeat the Collect and 2nd, 3rd and 4th chapters of St Matthew.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.G. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.P.: 'Repeat the Collect and 32nd verse of 8th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.P. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.H.: 'Repeat the Collect and 16th verse of 8th, and 50th verse of 9th chapters of St Luke.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.H. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.R.: 'Repeat the Collect and 25th and 26th chapters, also 12th verse of 27th chapter of Acts.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.R. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.M.: 'Repeat the Collect and 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 108th, and 109th Psalms.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.M. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.C.: 'Repeat the Collect and 15th chapter, also 14th verse of 16th chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.C. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). R.F.: 'Repeat the Collect and 13th verse of 1stm and 8th verse of 2nd chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: R.F. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). B.C.: 'Repeat the Collect and 139th Psalm, also 24th verse of 1st chapter of St John.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: B.C. Print: Book

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The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). W.J.: 'Repeat the Collect and 16th Discourse; also 51st and 139th Psalms.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.J. Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

R.A., alias J.F.: 'He [uncle] sent me to an excellent school where I stayed two years. After leaving school I perused a vast number of novels and romances. I hardly ever went out of doors. I lived in a land of dreams. I was put to various occupations but nothing could please my fancy; at last I was bound to a surgeon, and while in his service I got entangled with bad associates.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: R.A. Print: Book, Serial / periodical

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J.M., convict sentenced to transportation, writing to Rev. Joseph: 'I am at present amongst sin and wickedness of the worst description; but thanks be to Almighty God, I am kept from it by his grace, which I have found to be all sufficient in every time of trouble. I have made the Word of God my chief companion, and when I come from my work, I take the Bible in hand, and read a chapter or two; and I do assure you I derive much comfort from the same.'

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.M. Print: Book

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P.C., transport convict, writing to Rev Joseph from Dartmoor prison, Devon: 'When I read over the Book of Joshua, I often think of the lectures we received from your lips, and particularly when I come to the seventh chapter where we find poor Achan had an evil eye; he coveted that cursed thing that caused the destruction of all that was with him.'

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: P.C. Print: Book

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S.G., transport convict writing from Portsmouth: 'During my stay at Pentonville I was, comparatively speaking, comfortable ... Mr Kingsmill was particularly kind in lending me some excellent books, in which I took great delight.'

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: S.G. Print: Book

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W.B., transport convict writing to Rev Joseph from Portland Prison: 'by the blessing of God, after coming to this place, and receiving instruction from my dear chaplains here, and by prayer and reading the Bible, the Lord has been pleased to hear and pour his spirit upon me ... I take great delight in reading the Scripture and praying.'

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: W.B. Print: Book

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Case study, E.E.S., a Jew, young man of respectable German family, at first confined in a common prison where associated with other prisoners, before moved to Pentonville: 'For months after he came to Pentonville the poor man could speak of nothing but the injustice and cruelty of the English. At last he became quiet, and even cheerful, under different treatment; studied most assidiously the New and Old Testaments, in reference to the claims of Christianity upon his belief; withdrew himself from the teaching of his Rabbi, who could not satisfy his inquiring mind; and before he left, professed an entire acquiescence in the truths of our Divine religion.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: E.E.S. Print: Book

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Extracts from the journal of Joseph Kingsmill: Wed 29 October: 'I was interrogated by several prisoners this evening on passages of Scripture, in the reading of which most of the prisoners spend some time before going to bed.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners at Pentonville Print: Book

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Extracts from the journal of Joseph Kingsmill: 30 October: Kingsmill visits man convicted for forgery on Austrian Government Bank; 'He had never read a page of Holy Scripture until he entered this prison and was taught to read in the English tongue.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Extracts from the journal of Joseph Kingsmill: 30 October: 'A very deaf prisoner was allowed a visit today from his friends in the same room. I permitted the visit to take place in my office, and hearing the poor man tell his friends of his great progress in reading, I gave him a book to read for them. They were quite surprised. It was extremely hard, certainly, to teach him; but he was very persevering, and now is enjoying the comfort of it.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Visit from cell to cell: '2. A vagrant tumbler, and low thief - naturally very shrewd, but from his habits of life, and some bad falls on his head, very odd - approaching to derrangement. He has made great progress in books, and has imbibed religious knowledge almost too rapidly, - he is very exciteable on this subject.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Visit from cell to cell: '9. A prizefighter. Under a false name he was convicted of highway robbery, innocent, he alleged, of that crime; however, has done bad, and worse, many times. Was, at the time of his apprehension, in a bad house, with thieves and loose characters, spending 5s. he had gotten from a clergyman in Derby, he attending his lecture and making a pitiful tale. He took it all now as a judgement from God, for that and other sins. He had escaped justice in a case of manslaughter - having killed a man in a prizefight and fled. The preaching of God's word seems to have come home to this man's heart. He delights in reading the Holy Scriptures, which he has been taught here to do; and has become gentle, docile and obedient.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Visit from cell to cell: '15. A farm labourer, of good capacity, who, having mastered here the alphabet and the art of reading, had from the library an account of our Protestant martyrs, and being much interested in the subject, asked me several questions in relation to them; one was, whether I knew Master Ridley?'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

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Visit from cell to cell: '25. A letter-carrier, for a post-office felony. A man of dissolute and drunken habits; a professed infidel; never read the Bible until he was shut up in this prison. Since his incarceration two of his little children have died. He was very fond of them, with all his faults; and their death seemed to make an impression. He studied Holy Scripture, and professed, at least, belief in revelation.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[unknown] : [novels]

Causes of their own crime, stated by convicts: '37. I became acquainted with some young fellows who had less regard for Sunday than I had been accustomed to. By degrees, I went once, instead of twice, to chapel; then I got fond of theatres - going, perhaps, once or twice a week; then came public houses, a distaste for religion, novel reading, Sunday newspapers, and an ardent desire to see what is termed "London Life", - that is, scenes of profligacy and vice.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [Sunday newspapers]

Causes of their own crime, stated by convicts: '37. I became acquainted with some young fellows who had less regard for Sunday than I had been accustomed to. Be degrees, I went once, instead of twice, to chapel; then I got fond of theatres - going, perhaps, once or twice a week; then came public houses, a distaste for religion, novel reading, Sunday newspapers, and an ardent desire to see what is termed "London Life", - that is, scenes of profligacy and vice.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [novels and romances]

Causes of their own crime, stated by convicts: '41. Low company, a harsh schoolmaster, attending theatres, reading novels, romances, etc.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Bible

'A prisoner on his admission could read but very imperfectly; his Bible he almost had never read before, and indeed knew little or nothing concerning it. At first he made rapid progress in reading, and after a short time he commenced the Scriptures, the great and all-important truths of which took such a hold upon his mind, that in the seculsion of his cell he very soon had read them through twice, and opposite the prophecies of the Old Testament, he had marked with a pencil on the margin of his Bible, which had no references, and without the aid of anyone, the parallel passages of their fulfillment in the New Testament, a list of which we now have before us. They are chiefly from the Psalms, and the prophecies of Isaiah and Zechariah...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Extract from schoolmaster's journal: G.B., aged 30: 'on his admission, began by repeating several of the Psalms; he then commenced the gospel of St John, and repeated a chapter everyday till it was finished, when he was taken off to do some prison work, but subsequently resumed, and continuously repeating a chapter, sometimes two, of other portions daily. The schoolmaster thinks this man will have committed to memory the whole of the New Testament before the termination of his imprisonment, and there are, at present in the gaol, he asserts, five others who have nearly accomplished the same task.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: G.B. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Extract from the Governor's [Edward Hackett] Journal, 16 March 1845: 'I went through the male prison at 7:30pm, and looked in upon every prisoner through the inspection slides, 97 in number, and found them all reading but 12, ten of whom were walking about, and two warming their hands over the gas light ... have made numerous similar inspections of the prisoners at all hours, and have invariably found about the same number in proportion reading.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: prisoners Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Extract from chaplain's [John Field] journal, 23 Feb 1845: 'The prisoner (H.C.) who avowed his infidelity when first committed (July 18) was discharged this morning. I don't presume to question but that the punishment of this criminal was proportioned to his offence, yet I very much regret that his imprisonment was for so short a time. In the last conversation I had with him he acknowledged that many of his doubts had been removed; that although he could not understand parts of the Old Testament, yet he was convinced of the truth of the New Testament, and his conviction was attended with such a sense of his own guilt, and such apparent sorrow, that I wish his confinement had been long enough for the good feelings he expressed to ripen into stedfast resolutions of amendment.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: H.C. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: 'I.N., 21, Reg. no. 491. - Convicted of a felony. - I found this criminal entirely ignorant of the contents of the Bible when committed, his former life having been most dissolute. Shortly after his committal he shewed much penitence. and the earnest attention with which during almost every hour of the day he was studying the sacred Scriptures attracted especial notice. He was but three months in prison yet he learnt the four Gospels, and several chapters of the Old Testament.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: I.N. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: 'W.H., 35, Reg. no. 637 - Convicted of a felony about five months since, and had been three times previously convicted. His mental improvement has been surprising, and his general conduct such as to encourage the hope of reformation.' Evidence of intensive reading of the Scriptures provided in copy of his completed exam included by Field in the book.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: W.H. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: 'G.B., 30, Reg. no 388. - A convicted felon, who had been in another prison for a similar offence. When committed appeared hardened and very unpromising, but now shews decided improvement of disposition and character. Has been in prison nine months, and has committed to memory the whole of the New Testament, as far as the Epistle to the Hebrews.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: G.B. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: 'The writer of the following exercise was entirely ignorant of the contents of the Bible, and could not repeat the Lord's Prayer, when committed, on a second charage of felony. He had been in prison about six months before the date of this.' Examination provided as proof of his intensive reading of the Bible.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: H.W., 26, Reg. no. 530. - Committed six months since for obtaining money under false pretences, having been three times previously in gaol, and of a character so base as to have been discharged by his own relations. During the last three months he has been the subject of intense sorrow, and I discover many pleasing signs of reptenance.' Examination provided as proof of his intensive reading of the Bible.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: H.W. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: 'I have never met with a less promising character than the writer of the two following exercises appeared when committed. He had been a most depraved and abandoned profligate; of a temper so violent and savage, that for some time I visited his cell with reluctance ... To such a criminal the seculsion of his cell was a punishment most severely felt, but most corrective...' Examination provided as proof of his intensive reading of the Bible.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: W.W., Reg no. 279: 'This criminal has been nearly twelve months in prison. He has given much evidence of sincere reptenance. His conduct has been so satisfactory as to induce me to admit him to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. He has learnt to read and write, and can now repeat the Gospels of St Matthew and St John, besides several chapters of the Old Testament.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: W.W. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: T.N., Reg no. 311. 'A boy 17 years of age, whose father had been several times in prison ... before his trial this boy gave evidence of contrition; he then expressed his thankfulness for having been kept alone, giving as his reason - that he had read and learnt much of his Bible, which he could not have done if in bad company ... He could read but imperfectly when committed, ten months' since, but has now learnt to write and can repeat every chapter of the New Testament, as far as the Epistle of St James.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: T.N. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: T.S., aged 17, Reg no. 312. 'conduct most satisfactory. Committed to memory several chapters of the Old Testament, and the whole of the New Testament as far as the Epistle to the Ephesians.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: T.S. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: J.A., aged 31, Reg. no. 325. 'This criminal when committed could not repeat the Lord's Prayer, although he could read and was intelligent. He learnt several portions of Holy Scripture, and incorrigible as he at first appeared, yet showed some proper feeling before his trial, when his was acquitted.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: J.A. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: J.A., aged 21, Reg. no. 132. 'This prisoner was confined five months before his trial and one month after conviction. During his time his conduct was good, and he committed to memory the four Gospels, the Epistle to the Romans, and several chapters of the Old Testament.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: J.A. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: G.B., 30, Reg. no. 388: 'This prisoner was convicted and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. His conduct has been very pleasing. He continues to speak with much thankfulness of the provision made for his mental and moral improvement. He has repeated portions of the Old Testament and nearly the whole of the New Testament.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: G.B. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: R.W., 31, Reg. no. 404. 'Charged with a felony - An habitual drunkard, and most vicious character ... This man was convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. His general conduct has been good. He could read and write when committed. Has learnt considerable portions of Holy Scripture.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: R.W. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Accounts of prisoners: F.W., 20, Reg. no. 461: 'This prisoner could read and write when committed, and was generally intelligent, yet ignorant of religious truths and could not repeat the Lord's Prayer. During a short imprisonment he committed to memory two of the gospels, and other portions of Holy Scripture and shewed much proper feeling.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: F.W. Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 87: 'An uncle died insane. Could read perfectly on committal. Learnt portions of the Old Testament, and the whole of the New Testament as far as the Epistle to the Romans. 12 months' imprisonment.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [87] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 240: 'Sister a lunatic. Most ignorant on committal. Learnt to read and committed to memory three of the Gospels and several chapters of the Old Testament. Imprisoned six months.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [240] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 264: 'An uncle deranged, and a brother of weak intellect. Could not read on committal. Has learnt to read, and committed to memory the four Gospels, and part of the Acts of the Apostles.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [264] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 26: 'Brother of No. 264. Could not read on committal. Learnt to read, and could repeat the gospels of St Mark and St John. 6 months in prison.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [26] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 505: 'An aunt insane. Could not read on committal. Learnt to read, and committed to memory the gospels of St Matthew and St John. 7 months for house breaking.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [505] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 353: 'Father had been insane. Could read on committal. Learnt several chapters of the New Testament. Term of imprisonment 14 days, [for] misconduct in workhouse.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [353] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 670: 'An uncle in a lunatic asylum. Could read and write on committal. Can repeat the Gospel of St John. [In prison] since May, 1845, for maliciously wounding his wife.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [670] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 734: 'Sister a lunatic. Could read and write on committal. Learnt several chapters of the New Testament. [Imprisoned] 1 month for assault.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [734] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 792: 'Brother died lately in a lunatic asylum. Could read and write on committal. Learnt the Gospel of St John. [In prison] since August 1845, for housebreaking.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [792] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 839: 'An uncle insane. Could read. Has learnt several chapters of the New Testament. [In prison] since Sept 13 1845, for a felony.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [839] Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 814: 'A sister died in a lunatic asylum. Could read and write on committal. Learnt several chapters of the New Testament. [In prison] 14 days for destroying clothes, etc.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon [814] Print: Book

[n/a] : Punch

'Took a ramble, a Cup of Coffee at Purcell's. A look at the last number of Punch in the Mechanics'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Went to the Mechanics Reading Room for a short time but could not compose my mind to profit much by the Books or Papers.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [playbill]

'I saw by the Bills that The Stranger was to be played to-night and as in duty bound I went to fulfil my promise to Mrs Poole.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Handbill, Poster, playbill

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Before returning home I went to the Reading Room of the Mechanics Institute where after indulging in a little very light reading I returned home.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Peeped in at the Mechanics and read a book for half an hour.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Mather called about 7 o clock, went with him to get a cup of coffee at Purcells, and afterwards he accompanied me to the Mechanics where we read for a short time.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Mather called about 7 o clock, went with him to get a cup of coffee at Purcells, and afterwards he accompanied me to the Mechanics where we read for a short time.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'In the evening I called at the Mechanics and after reading for a little time went upstairs and heard a lecture by Dr Palmer on the Education of the Masses.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [magazines]

'In the evening spent a very pleasant hour in the Reading Room of the Mechanics looking over the Magazines that arrived by the "Blue Jacket".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Blackwood's Magazine

'Spent the evening at the Mechanics, read a Review in Blackwood of Barnum's work "The Life of a Showman" the critic shows no mercy & really the book is such an impudent acknowledgement of chicanery & deception that it richly deserves the castigation it receives, particularly as the Author after glorying in the possession of a large fortune made by gulling the public with a manufactured mermaid & even more unpardonable trickeries snuffles cant & professes piety.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read for an hour at the Mechanics.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Rather a dirty day, it being a holiday out of doors I felt lazily inclined myself & did nothing but read during the day.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read for an hour at the Mechanics Institute in the evening & afterwards went over the New Theatre.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I read for half an hour at the Mechanics. This was the first part of the evening.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Felt in a very miserable mood during the evening, took a stroll had a peep into the library of the Mechanics Institution & then went to the Hall of the Criterion Hotel where there is a Promenade Concert nightly.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Argus

'After Tea I took a stroll through the town and then went to Collingwood on my return I looked in at the Reading Room of the Mechanics, amused myself by waiting a considerable time for the relinquishing of the Argus by one or other of two very slow old gentlemen who each had a copy and spite my impatience coolly kept turning over page after page as if they were not only deeply interested in the news but also wrapped in every advertisement.' 'I got it at last, not however from either of them for they were as busy as ever when I left, for all the world like two of Madame Tussaud?s clever Wax Figures with a little internal machinery, that turned the paper over at certain intervals, in watching them I had overlooked a third copy which I now got hold of & then found "there was nothing in it".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Argus

'Read the Argus at the Mechanics Reading Room & came home to bed before ten.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read for a time at the Mechanics Institute had some soup at William's restaurant & went to bed about ten o clock.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read for a short time at the Mechanics, afterwards met Mr Read went home with him and chatted for an hour or so then came back and got to bed before ten o clock.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read the papers at the Mechanics Institute.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Came home took tea read a little thought a little yawned a great deal and then spite of the rain went out.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [newspapers]

'Read the papers at the Mechanics.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [newspapers]

'After I had been in bed two or three hours I woke finding the room shaking very much. I at first fancied some one was walking across the adjacent apartment & then that some heavy wagon was rumbling along the street. I turned round & soon went to sleep after I found nothing was the matter & on seeing the next morning's newspaper found the shock of an earthquake reported.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read for half an hour at the Mechanics.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Read for an hour at the Mechanics Institution, walked round the town & got home to bed before ten o clock.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [newspapers]

'Read the papers at the Mechanics Institution.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [newspapers]

'After Tea I took a stroll called in at the Mechanics Institution & read the Papers, went down to the Royal, met Day & had a chat with him.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [newspapers]

'After four o clock took a stroll, read the papers at the Mechanics & then called at Joe's Office.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Argus

'Saw Mr Mather, he told me there's (sic) was a letter in the Argus about my establishment. I went with him to his quarters to see the paper, and got home about eleven o clock.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : Argus

'The Argus printed this morning a very stinging article upon the Melbourne Police Bench and was especially severe upon the Mayor, attributing his late Ball as a bait thrown to catch the mayoralty again for the next year.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Came home, read from my new purchases for an hour & went to bed'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Punch

'Punch's Almanack was published this morning. I purchased a copy. The engravings are very creditably executed, but there is an apparent want of originality throughout. The best Jokes being but imitations of English sallies disguised in Colonial vernacular.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Bible

'Neild walked home with me & we had a pleasant chat on various subjects. I showed him "Suffolk's" Bible & told him a little about the character of the individual, he seemed very interested.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Sat Reading till twelve o clock then went to bed.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Neild took tea with me & sat talking & reading during the evening.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Neild took tea with me & sat talking & reading during the evening.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Neild Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'We went for a stroll about nine & continued walking till a little past ten. Came home then & after reading a short time went to bed.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[n/a] : The Age

'Went for early stroll, called at Mr Reed's & read The Age'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : The Age

'Read The Age at Mr Reed's the first thing in the morning. Came home had breakfast & transacted ordinary business.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : prayers

'The Rev Mr Corrie read prayers to & then addressed the protestant prisoners.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Corrie Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Had very little work to do to day & employed myself in Reading & writing.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [French Grammar]

'Employed myself during the day in reading & studying the French Grammar, as we are to have a lesson from Lefarge this evening.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Book

[n/a] : The Age

'Went for a short stroll. Called at the Main Gaol, then returned by Collins Street. Called at Reed's and looked over the "Age" then home to breakfast.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'Went to the Deputy Sheriff's about ten o clock & had a look at the newspapers [he] received by the mornings mail.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'Read the newspapers at Mr Brett's House.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Received two papers from Joe & read in one of them a good account of the proceedings of the Garrick Club could not help wishing I had been at the performance.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Spent the evening at home in reading & writing.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [newspaper cutting]

'Received a letter from Emma and some papers from Joe. In Emma's letter there was an Extraordinary published by one of the Melbourne papers which contained the news of the Arrival of the Red Jacket. It was only published a short time before the Mail closed, so I thought the Papers here would not have it. They had however but yet I gave it to Nixon the Editor of The Constitution as a pledge silent but doubtless intended that I should not spoil the Sale of the Extraordinary which he intended to publish by showing it to any more people. The Conductors of the other Paper heard of my having news and came eagerly to see what I had got & were very crestfallen when I told them what had become of my "Paper".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Spent the evening at home doing nothing except lazily read & write.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [newspapers]

'Received three newspapers & Punch all from Neild. The newspapers contained an account of a Performance by the Garrick Club. It appears to have been as successful as any of the former performances and to have been honored by a large audience.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'In the evening I read a little & so got bedtime to come round.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Stayed at home and amused myself with reading & sleeping at intervals during the evening. Went very early to bed.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Ovens & Murray Advertiser

'This morning on reading the Ovens & Murray Advertiser with the usual ... which that not over bright piecemeal Organ general(ly) induces I was surprised into emotion by the sudden sight of my own name & on reading the Paragraph in which the phenomenon occurred I found myself abused most royally. I was charged with rushing out of my Hole one night & violently siezing some respectable well dressed individual then ferociously dragging him to the Lock Up having him confined all night & then failing to produce any charge before the Magistrate the next morning.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Ovens & Murray Advertiser

'The Ovens & Murray Advertiser appeared to day & made me the [?]. It entirely exonerated me from the charges preferred against me in its last Issue & gave me credit for benevolent motives in making the Arrest.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Spent the evening at home, amused myself with reading.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Transacted ordinary business during the day & spent the evening at home lazily reading a book.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Book

[unknown] : Ovens and Murray Advertiser

'The Ovens & Murray advertiser in its impression of this day announced Mr Cameron to be the successful candidate by a majority of upwards of [?] over his opponents.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'In the evening walked as far as Martin's with Mr Murphy. Returned read while & then went to bed.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[n/a] : The Constitution

'The Constitution of this day contained a paragraph representing the desirability of a Beechworth Garrick Club being formed.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'came back to Beechworth saw all was right in the Gaol, and sat down quietly to read a Book.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Book

[unknown] : Vita di Alfieri

'Read Vita di Alfieri - & Livy - S. goes to Padua - Reads Cymbeline to me in the evening'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'read the Quarterly'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Life of Virgil

'Read the life of Virgil'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'The evening was remarkably wet and there was no alternative but to stay at home. I read a little smoked a little drank a little thought a little and then saw all was right in the Gaol and went to bed.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley Castieau Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Bible

'a rainy day - visit the Coliseum - Read the bible'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Read Montaigne - the Bible & Livy - Walk to the Coliseum - S. reads Winkhelmann'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [a tale in] Bibliotheque Universelle des Dames

'Read Huon de Bourdeaux a Roman de la Chevalerie'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [tales in] Bibliotheque universelle des dames

'Read Livy - and Romans Chevaleresques'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [tales in] Bibliotheque universelle des dames

'Read Bib. de Chevalerie'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Since I left Rome I have read several books of Livy - Antenor - Clarissa Harlowe - The Spectator - a few novels - & am now reading the Bible & Lucan's Pharsalia - & Dante'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Write - read Lucan & the Bible S. writes the Cenci & reads Plutarch's lives - the Gisbornes call in the evening - S. reads Paradise Lost to me - Read 2 Cantos of the Purgatorio'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'Write - Read the Edinburgh Review'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'Read the Quarterly review & Remorse - an unhappy day - S. reads one act of the alchemist to the G[isborne]'s in the evening - read 2 Canto of the Purgatorio'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

[Francesco] Petrarch [Petrarco] : Il trionfo della Morte

'[Shelley] reads the Trionfe della Morte aloud in the evening & Calderon with C.[harles] C.[lairmont] & Mrs G.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Gospel of St Luke

'I read little else than Madame de Sevignes letters - Shelley reads St Luke aloud to us - & to himself the New Testament'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : New Testament

'I read little else than Madame de Sevignes letters - Shelley reads St Luke aloud to us - & to himself the New Testament'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Read Livy - Work - S. reads the Bible - Sophocles - & the Gospel of St Matthew to me'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Gospel of St Matthew

'Read Livy - Work - S. reads the Bible - Sophocles - & the Gospel of St Matthew to me'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Read the Bible'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Proverbs

'Finish the book of Proverbs. S. reads the Bible & Sophocles - Finishes the Tempest aloud to me.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Ecclesiastes

'Translate S...a [Spinoza] with Shelley - He read [sic] Sophocles and the Bible - & King John & First Part Henry IV aloud. - Finish 31st book of Livy - Finish Proverbs, Ecclesiastes & Solomon's Song'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Song of Solomon

'Translate S...a [Spinoza] with Shelley - He read [sic] Sophocles and the Bible - & King John & First Part Henry IV aloud. - Finish 31st book of Livy - Finish Proverbs, Ecclesiastes & Solomon's Song'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Isaiah

'read Julie - S returns [from Leghorn] - he reads Isaiah aloud to me.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Isaiah

'[Shelley] finishes reading Isaiah to me & begins Jeremiah - He reads Las Casas on the Indies - Eschylus & Athenaeus'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Jeremiah

'[Shelley] finishes reading Isaiah to me & begins Jeremiah - He reads Las Casas on the Indies - Eschylus & Athenaeus'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : Jeremiah

'S reads Las Casas & Jeremiah aloud. read the F. of the bees'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Ezekiel

'S. reads Hobbes. Ezechiel aloud'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Tobit

'S. reads Tobit aloud.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : M?moires pour servir ? la vie de M. de Voltaire

'[Shelley] Reads & I also Voltaires memoires by himself'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : M?moires pour servir ? la vie de M. de Voltaire

'[Shelley] Reads & I also Voltaires memoires by himself'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Book of Wisdom of Solomon

'S. reads Wisdom of Solomon in the evening aloud. Reads Locke and Political Justice.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Write - Read - I am sure I forget what'

Unknown

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'Read the Quarterly'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Greek Romances

'S. reads the Greek Romances'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Greek Romances

'Begin Lucretius with Shelley - he reads Greek Romances'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Greek Romances

'S. finish Greek Romances'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [possibly] A copy of the Queen's Letter to the King. To which are added, copies of their correspondence since the period of their separation. And the Queen's Character.

'Muratori - Greek - Queen's Letter - K.[ing] Swellfoot'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley

[unknown] : [books on Ireland]

'Muratori - greek - Irish books'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[n/a] : Indicator

'Read Prometheus Unbound - papers - & Indicators'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

Barry Cornwall [pseud.] : Dramatic Scenes, and other poems

'Medwin reads Dramatic scenes to us & a part of his journal in India'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Medwin Print: Book

[n/a] : Indicator

'Greek - not well - Indicators'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

Voltaire [pseud.] : [unknown]

'Greek - Voltaire's Tales'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [Ancient Greek works]

'read greek - read Mackenzies works'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [Greek texts]

' I mark this day because I begin my Greek again - and that is a study which ever delights me - I do not feel the bore of it as in learning another language although it be so difficult - it so richly repays one. Yet I read little for I am not well.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

David Lyndsay [pseud.] : Dramas of theAncient World

'Read Lindsays dramas & Telemaque'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I thought I heard My Shelley call me - Not my Shelley in Heaven - but My Shelley - my companion in my Daily tasks - I was reading - I heard a voice say "Mary" - "It is Shelley" I thought - the revulsion was of agony - Never more shall I hear his beloved voice'

Unknown

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I endeavour to read & write - my ideas a [for 'are'] stagnate and my understanding refuses to follow the words I read'

Unknown

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley

Stendhal [pseud.] : Promenades dans Rome

'I have not forgotten nor neglected my task - but M. Beyle's book is so trite so unentertaining - so [underlined]very[end underlining] commonplace that I have found it quite impossible to do anything with it' [leter to John George Cochrane, editor of the Foreign Quarterly Review - presumably Mary had undertaken to review the book]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Lady Caroline Lucy Scott [pseud.] : Marriage in High Life, A

'Is Godolphin by Henry Bulwer? Pray tell me - Do you remember promising to lend me the letters of Horace Walpole when they came out - [Now] If you were very good and wished [much] to please me you would send them and [Trevyllian] Trevellian - which I should like to read as being by the person who wrote Marriage in High Life' [Letter to Charles Ollier]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

Jeremiah Holmes Wiffin [ed. / trans.] : Works of Garcilaso de la Vega

' I have got Wiffin's Garcilaso - He mentions in it that he meant to publish a Spanish Anthology - did he ever?' [letter to John Bowring who was helpiing Mary with Spanis researches]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book

[unknown] : [advertisement]

'In the month of July 1842, as I was passing the site of the Royal Exchange, then in course of re-erection after being burnt down, my attention was caught by one of the very numerous bills with which the boards, at that time surrounding it, were covered: it ran thus - "Susan Hopley; or the Life of a Maid Servant". This book, I thought to myself, must be a novelty...'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Ann Ashford Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster

[unknown] : [newspapers]

'for although female servants form a large class of Her Majesty's subjects, I have seen but little of them or their affairs in print: sometimes, indeed, a few stray deliquents, from their vast numbers, find their way into the police reports of the newspapers; and in penny tracts, now and then, a "Mary Smith" or "Susan Jones" is introduced, in the last stage of consumption, or some other lingering disease, of which they die, in a heavenly frame of mind and are duly interred.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Ann Ashford Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [tracts published by the Religious Tract Society]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Ann Ashford Print: Broadsheet

[John] [Cleave] : Cleave's Weekly Police Gazette

'Before leaving the cotton mill I had the good fortune to make my first acquaintance with the earlier works of Charles Dickens. Our manager, who was a reading man, was subscribing to periodically issued numbers of the "Pickwick Papers". He had seen me in the breakfast hour poring over the contents of a dirty rag paper, - not that the matter was dirty, - but the paper itself was oiled, and worn from its being constantly carried about in my pocket. This was "Cleave's Gazette", published weekly at a penny, a sum I managed to screw out of my threepence a fortnight "old brass".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Brierley Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Examiner

'I was pleased to see in the Examiner a mention of the pension [to be granted to Hunt]' [letter to Leigh Hunt]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Times

'No further news in this Mornings Times from Vienna - I am very anxious for Charles' [letter to Claire Clairmont]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Times

'I was astonished yesterday to see in the Times (I sent it) the advertisement that Jenny Lind, after all, is to come out in the Lucia' [sing in "Lucia di Lammermoor" [letter to Claire Clairmont]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [history]

'She often talked to us of her studies as a girl; how she used not only to devour novels and read Sir Charles Grandison every winter, but how she also taught herself a little French, learned by heart long passsages from the great poets, sometimes read history, and especially delighted in Bayley's Dictionary, with its long meanings and rules for pronunciation'.

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Jane Edwards Print: Book

[unknown] : [great poets' works]

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Jane Edwards Print: Book

[n/a] : Church Catechism

'we learned Pinnock's Catechisms of History and Geography, and parsed sentences grammatically. For religious instruction we read portions of the Old Testament, and the Gospels, and Acts of the Apostles in a class every day, using Mrs Trimmer's "Selections"; and on Sundays we repeated the Collect and learned Watts's hymns, besides going through the Church Catechism. We also had Crossman's Catechism given us as an explanation of the Church Catechism'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[unknown] : History of Montezuma

'when we went to bed she [Sewell's mother] would go upstairs with us and read to us whilst we were being undressed, because she did not like us to run the risk of being frightened by ghost stories told by the nursery-maids, as she had been once frightened herself. I can recall now the pleasure with which (taking my turn with my sisters) I used to jump up into her lap and listen whilst she read to us "Anson's Voyages", or "Lemrier's Tour to Morocco", or the "History of Montezuma". When she had finished, we all, kneeling around her, said our prayers and went to bed happy.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Jane Sewell Print: Book

[n/a] : Book of Isaiah

'whilst yet in the nursery, I learned the greater portion of the first chapter of Isaiah, and can repeat it to this day. No one told me to do so, or even knew that I had done it. The beauty of the language, the exquisite musical rhythm of the sentences caught my ear, but I had little perception of anything beyond.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[n/a] : Arabian Nights Entertainments, The

'My uncle was so particular about his books that he used to declare that when a child's finger had touched one it was spoilt. Acting upon this idea, he gave up certain books to us, when as children we stayed with him at Binstead, on condition of our never touching any others. My brothers had Glanvill's "History of Witches", and we four had a handsome edition of the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments", which, being unexpurgated, was not the wisest choice that could have been made, though it gave me hours of entrancing delight at the time, and taught me to understand allusions to tales which have become part of general literature'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell and her sisters, including Eleanor Print: Book

[n/a] : Book of Judges

'[I] had made myself miserable, after reading about Jephtha's vow, because I imagined that every time the thought of making a vow came into my head I had actually made it and was bound to keep it.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'We formed a book-club amongst ourselves, chose and purchased some special favourite, or one which we heard praised, read it in turn, and then sold it by auction'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell and school friends Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Everything in the Bible that was at all perplexing was turned into a stumbling-block, and came before me, not only during the reading of the Scriptures but at all times. I tried to reason against the difficulties, but that only increased the evil'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Eliazbeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[unknown] : [History of Venetian Doges]

'I used to study by myself, for I knew that I was wofully ignorant. Such books as Russell's "History of Modern Europe" and Robertson's "Charles the Fifth", I read, and also Watts on the "Improvement of the Mind", and I plodded through an Italian history of the Venetian Doges, lent me by an intimate and valued friend of my father, Mr Turnbull'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[unknown] : [a Spanish grammar]

'I taught myself besides to read Spanish - for having found a Spanish "Don Quixote" lying about, which no-one claimed, I took possession of it, bought a grammar and dictionary, and set to work to master the contents of the book which I knew so well by name'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[unknown] : [a Spanish dictionary]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[unknown] : [Linnaean botany book]

'The elements of botany on the Linnaean system was another of my attempted acquirements, but I am afraid my studies were very superficial: I knew nothing perfectly, but I read everything that came in my way. There was an excellent town library in Newport, from which I could get any good modern works; and, besides the graver literature, I had always some lighter book on hand, and especially delighted in Walter Scott's novels and poetry. Byron, too, was a great favourite'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[unknown] : [Oxford Movement sermons]

'My sisters and I had a volume of the sermons given by an Oxford friend of our brother William; but it was with the caution that there were two sermons which it was better for us not to read. The prohibition was ultimately taken off, but not till our friend had made up his mind that we were not likely to have our minds disturbed by the new teaching, which was extemely stern, and likely in some cases to be discouraging.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth M. Sewell and her sisters Print: Book

[unknown] : Life of Stephen Langton

'We had a wet day yesterday, and amused ourselves with reading aloud "The Life of Stephen Langton" in "The Lives of the English Saints" (These lives were small biographies written by the more extreme members of the Oxford party.) It is well written and interesting, but I cannot go with it Thomas a Becket is no saint to my mind, and I dislike the uncalled-for hits at the Reformation'. [text in parenthesis added by the author or editor, it is unclear which, when turning journal text into publishable material]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book

[n/a] : Times, The

'I have written a little, and read a good deal, - the second volume of "Sir Charles Metcalfe's Life", which makes me look upon him as more of a hero than many whom Carlyle would worship; and "Hypatia" and two sermons of Dr Pusey's against Germanism, and part of "Hero Worship", to say nothing of pamphlets and magazines, and a diligent study of "The Times" every evening. "Hypatia" is a marvel; very painful because it gives such a miserable view of Christianity in those days. In striving to be true, the description seems as if it must be untrue, even by its own acknowledgment. There must have been self-denial and faith, and charity working beneath those turbulent outward scenes. Yet it gives one no sympathy with philosophy. Mrs Meyrick and I both agree that "Pelagia" wins our affection much more than "Hypatia".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [pamphlets and magazines]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Monthly Review [review of Southey's "The Curse of Kehama"]

'Have you (I forget whether you ever told me) read the Curse of Kahama [sic]? I have seen two Reviews of it, & now so well understand what it all seems to be about, I should like mightily to read the whole'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Harriet Burney Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Quarterly Review [review of Southey's "The Curse of Kehama"]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Harriet Burney Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [review of Pierre Jouhaud, "Paris dans le dix-neuvieme siecle"]

'A book that I am sure would amuse Barrett, and perhaps you also, very much, is [underlined] Jouhaud's Paris dans le dixneuvieme Siecle [end underlining]. The account of it made me extremely desirous to see it. There are in it descriptions of the present Parisien world - the state of Religion, of society, of amusements, of schools, fashions &c, &c - And all appears fairly done, and in a manly unaffected manner. pate le 3eme [a little hand points to an ink blot] I should like also excessively to see [underlined] Catteau's Voyage en Allemagne et Suede. [end underlining] The little I read about it, has made me so fond of the Swedes! Not the Swedish nobles, but the tiers etat; the farmers, landholders and peasantry: they resemble the Swiss at their best; but appear still more carefully educated at their provincial schools, and are quite dear things.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Harriet Burney Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [review of Jean-Pierre-Guillaume Catteau-Calleville, Voyage en Allemagne et en Suede]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Harriet Burney Print: Serial / periodical

Metastasio [pseud.] :

'I read Montaigne and Metastasio'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Bury Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Letters

'Affectation is never more tiresome and ridiculous than in a letter. Madame de Sevigne was the best letter-writer that ever existed. I would rank Swift and Lord Chesterfield next. Voltaire to me is charming; but then I suspect he studied his epistles, as Lord Orford certainly did, and so had little merit. Heloise wrote beautifully in the old time; but we are very poor, both in England and Scotland, as to such matters'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Sharpe Print: Book

[unknown] : [Story of Perseus]

'Her reading as a child was voracious, although her late start in learning to read for herself left her with a cosy taste for being read to. Her governess hads read aloud to her the story of Perseus and "Jungle Jinks" and most things in between. Once she read for herself, she had a passion for George Macdonald: his Curdie was one of her heroes. She loved Baroness Orczy's "Scarlet Pimpernel", and E. Nesbit's books. She read Dickens exhaustively as a child and, as a result, could not read him as a young adult: "There is no more oxygen left, for me, anywhere in the atmosphere of his writings".'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Bowen Print: Book

[unknown] : [detective stories]

'The only above-board children's stories for grown-ups, she thought, were detective stories, and those she read for pure pleasure all her life'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Bowen Print: Book

[n/a] : Encyclopaedia

'Elizabeth worked hard for the lessons she liked, and instead of preparation for the ones she didn't like she read poetry, the Bible, and checked out the facts of life in the encyclopaedia'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Bowen Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Elizabeth worked hard for the lessons she liked, and instead of preparation for the ones she didn't like she read poetry, the Bible, and checked out the facts of life in the encyclopaedia'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Bowen Print: Book

Stendhal [pseud.] : De l'amour

'In the early thirties she had read a lot of French, starting with Stendhal: and a chunk of his "De l'amour", in the French, found its way into "To the North". In 1932 she was reading for the first time Flaubert's "L'education sentimentale", and told Lady Ottoline: "What perfect writing, and what a clear powerful mind, and what a perfect picture of an enchantment he can produce. And what compass he has: this picture of colour and movement compared with the sad immobility of poor Bovary." A few months later she began translating it'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Bowen Print: Book

Thomas Pringle [ed.] : Friendship's Offering

'I have within these few minutes recieved Friendship's Offering. It is splendid and far outvies any of the foregoing numbers. I really anticipate good news of it this year.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Hogg Print: Serial / periodical

E.B. Eastwick ['ed'] : Autobiography of Lutfullah, a Mohammedan gentleman : and his translations with his fellow-creatures

'I received your books last night quite safely, and plunged into 'Lutfullah' with great interest, being prepared to like it from the notice in the Athenaeum. The Bombay Q. Review looks good too, and I hit upon a lively paper describing the Overland journey, which fell in well with the direction of my curiosity'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

Currer Bell [pseud.] : Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

'I thank you too for C.E. and A. Bell's poems (my copy has never turned up)'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

George Eliot [pseud.] : Scenes from Clerical Life

'Read 'Scenes of Clerical Life', published in Blackwood, for [italics] this [end italics] year, - I shd think they began as early as Janry or February - They are a discovery of my own, & I am so proud of them. [italics] Do [end italics] read them. I have not a notion who wrote them'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [advertisement for the 'Psychological' magazine]

'I see in an advertisement of the contents of a Magazine (the Psychological) of which I believe you are the Editor, a paper on Charlotte Bronte. Having a very strong interest in the subject I should particularly wish to see that number and if you would kindly direct it to be forwarded to me, I would return the publisher the amount in postage stamps.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Advertisement

[unknown] : [unknown]

[having been given a rum and peppermint liqueur for a migraine] 'We went to the Railway waiting-room, which was all quiet and nicely-lighted up; so Flossy began to read a book she had brought with her; and I got Hendschel's Telegraph (the German Bradshaw) off the table, and began to puzzle out my train to Strasbourg to meet Louy, - when, lo & behold, Flossy whispered to me, me, smelling of rum - that Mr Bosanquet had come in! I tucked my head down over my book, & told F.E. to take no notice; but he drew nearer and nearer, pretending to look at the affiches on the walls, until at last he came close, & said 'Mrs G. can I assist you in making out yr train'...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Florence Elizabeth Gaskell Print: Book

George Eliot [pseud.] : Amos Barton

'I am going to make a request to you, Sir, which is of a slightly impudent nature. It is, that you will be so good as to give me a copy of "Adam Bede", - and I advance three pretexts for asking this favour from you. Firstly my delight in the book; and in the "Stories from Clerical Life", ever since the first part of "Amos Barton" in Blackwood. It almost seems presumptuous in me to express all the admiration I feel; you might be tempted to quote Dr Johnson'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

George Eliot [pseud.] : Adam Bede

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[unknown] : Blackwood's Magazine

'I'll change my tactics [from trying to persuade Blackwood to give her a copy of "Adam Bede" out of generosity] and say you owe me compensation for an article {of} under which if the wit had been a tithe equal to the wish to abuse I might have winced with pain. As it was I only felt indignant at the bad spirit in which the review of my Life of Charlotte Bronte was written, & half inclined to offer my services to Mr Aytoun the next time he wished to have an article written which should point out with something like keen and bitter perception the short-comings of my books'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

George Eliot [pseud.] : Adam Bede

'I received the copy of "Adam Bede" which you were so kind as to send me quite safely; and I am very much obliged to you for it. - I thoroughly admire this writer's works - (I do not call him Mr Elliot, because I know that such is not his real name.) I was brought up in Warwickshire, and recognize the county in every description of natural scenery. I am thoroughly obliged to you for giving it to me; it is a book that it is a real pleasure to have, and if for every article in your Magazine, abusive of me, you will only be so kind as to give me one of the works of the author of "Scenes from Clerical Life", I shall consider myself your debtor'. [Later on the same page, Gaskell says 'One of Mrs Poyser's speeches is as good as a fresh blow of sea-air; and yet {it} she is a true person, and no caricature']

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[unknown] : [American cookery books]

'Yes! I found the American cookery books here when we got home, (Decr 20th) and many many thanks. we can't understand all the words used - because, you see, [italics] we [end italics] speak English, - but we have made some capital brown bread and several other good things, by the help of them'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Meta is turning out such a noble beautiful character - Her intellect and her soul, (or wherever is the part in which piety & virtue live) are keeping pace, as they should do - She works away at German & Greek - reads carefully many books, - with a fineness of perception & relish which delights me...'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Emily Gaskell Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I forgot to tell you that Meta reads with & teaches Elliot every night'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Emily Gaskell Print: Book

[n/a] : Times, The

'Our Times of today - well of yesterday - well, tomorrow it will be of some day in dream land, for I am past power of counting - Our Times of today has taken away my breath - Who, What, Wherefore, Why - oh! do be a woman, and give me all possible details - Never mind the House of Commons: it can keep - but my, our, curiosity CAN'T-'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'[Meta] has a little orphan boy to teach French to, reads with Elliot every night, etc: etc: and has always more books she [is] wanting to read than she can get through, being a very slow reader.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Emily Gaskell Print: Book

[n/a] : Times, The

'Oh Mr Bosanquet, did you see William Arnold's death in the Times? - but you did not know him, - you remember he wrote Oakfield, - and married somebody within a fortnight after first seeing her, - or some such rash proceeding'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Newspaper

George Eliot [pseud.] : Adam Bede

'Please say [if Marian Evans is really the author of Adam Bede...] It is a noble grand book, whoever wrote it, - but Miss Evans' life taken at the best construction, does so jar against the beautiful book that one cannot help hoping against hope'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[unknown] : [review of his own 'Idylls of the King']

'No! I have not read nothing! - not even a review of Idylls of the King - only heard Mrs Norton's account of Tennyson's reading it'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred, Lord Tennyson Print: Serial / periodical

George Eliot [pseud.] : Janet's Repentance

'I think I have a feeling that it is not worth while trying to write, while there are such books as Adam Bede & Scenes from Clerical Life - I set "Janet's Repentance" above all, still.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Macmillan's Magazine

'We rushed here for ten days on Monday; & last night your letter & Macmillan's Mag. followed us, and was received with a hearty greeting. 'We' are Meta, & Julia - for whose benefit we are come, as she has outgrown her strength - six inches in the last twelve months. - We are delighted with [italics] our [end italics] type, & that we don't print in double columns which is so trying to the eyes; we put the page of the Virginians by a page of Macmillan last night & you can't think how much more legible [italics] ours [end italics] was.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Gaskell and her daughters 'Meta' and Julia Print: Serial / periodical

George Eliot [pseud.] : Scenes from Clerical Life

'Since I heard, from authority, that you were the author of Scenes from "Clerical Life" and "Adam Bede", I have read them again; and I must, once more, tell you how earnestly fully, and humbly I admire them. I never read anything so complete, and beautiful in fiction, in my whole life before. [She then writes a bit about the imposture of Mr Liggins as the books' author, concluding] I should not be quite true in my ending, if I did not say before I concluded that I wish you [italics] were [end italics] Mrs Lewes. However, that can't be helped, as far as I can see, and one must not judge others. Once more, thanking you most gratefully for having written all - Janet's Repentance perhaps most especially of all, - (& may I tell you how I singled out the 2nd No of Amos Barton in Blackwood, & went plodging through our Manchester Sts to get every number, as soon as it was accessible from the Portico reading table - )'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book, Serial / periodical

George Eliot [pseud.] : Adam Bede

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book, Serial / periodical

George Eliot [pseud.] : 'Amos Barton'

'Since I heard, from authority, that you were the author of Scenes from 'Clerical Life' and 'Adam Bede', I have read them again; and I must, once more, tell you how earnestly fully, and humbly I admire them. I never read anything so complete, and beautiful in fiction, in my whole life before. [She then writes a bit about the imposture of Mr Liggins as the books' author, concluding] I should not be quite true in my ending, if I did not say before I concluded that I wish you [italics] were [end italics] Mrs Lewes. However, that can't be helped, as far as I can see, and one must not judge others. Once more, thanking you most gratefully for having written all - Janet's Repentance perhaps most especially of all, - (& may I tell you how I singled out the 2nd No of Amos Barton in Blackwood, & went plodging through our Manchester Sts to get every number, as soon as it was accessible from the Portico reading table - )'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Cornhill Magazine

'I extremely like & admire Framley Parsonage, - & the Idle Boy; and the Inaugural address. I like Lovel the Widower, only (perhaps because I am stupid,) it is a little confusing on account of its discursiveness, - and V's verses; and oh shame! I have not read the sensible & improving articles.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Annual Register

'Oh! [italics] please [end italics] ask the Tutor not to trouble humself or his friends about the press-gang affair. The Annual Register has been [italics] carefully [end italics] looked over [italics] months [end italics] ago, & it is of no use going over the ground again'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Melle Mori

'Do you know by whom 'Melle Mori' is written?' [Gaskell asks George Smith the same question the same day - p.605]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

George Eliot [pseud] : Mill on the Floss, The

'only think of having the Mill on the Floss the second day of publication, & of my very own. I think it is so kind of you, & am so greedy to read it I can scarcely be grateful enough to write this letter'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[unknown] : [anthology of laudatory sonnets]

'Now I had a vol: of poems sent me the other day, full of sonnets to Dickens, Carlyle &c &c - [italics] such [end italics] bad ones; & the parcel contains this book sent to her 'from the author', & my own dear precious sonnet.' [Gaskell then transcribes the sonnet, beginning 'Sweet Vocalist; the Nightingale of sound!', asking smith - facetiously? - if he would like it for the Cornhill]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[unknown] : London Guardian

'I read them an account of the Ammergau Play, out of the London Guardian that Mr Maltby had lent me; & I think they will both go to one of the Septr Representations'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [German/English dictionary]

'we set out on an enquiring expedition, first to yr pastry cook's, where I got a dictionary, and found my words'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[n/a] : [Manchester newspaper]

'I saw in one of our Manchester papers yesterday what I am delighted to learn, that you are the Rector of Lincoln's.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Fraser's Magazine

'do you ever see Fraser's Magazine. If you do I wish you would look back to the number for (say either) August, Sepr, or Octr, 1860 for a short poem by 'Edward Wilberforce' the young man we all used to meet in Rome; a very odd-looking, and as [italics] we [end italics] thought conceited person. But the poem tho' unpleasing from it's subject - which some people would say 'removes it from the province of art', - (and then where would Dante go?) is very strong & fine, so much more so than I should have expected from the author.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Atlantic Monthly

'In this way he [Mr Bosanquet] has seen some of your letters, & read the Atlantic &c, & especially begged me for a letter of introduction to you'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Bosanquet Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspaper acconts of events in America in run up to Civil War]

'You will see we gain - 'we' the English generally, our information from The Times; and I know that Russell's writing is Panorama painting; but still these three particulars alluded to above (3-months' service men leaving, - major leaving with wounded colonel, - New York enthusiasm) seem generally accepted as [italics] facts [end italics] by all papers.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [American newspaper extracts]

'Thank you so much for sending us those loose sheets of newspaper extracts. Who wrote [italics] Two Summers [end italics], a poem in the September No of the Atlantic, 1862.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Our bride & bridegroom write as if they were very happy reading law, novels, driving fishing & boating'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Florence (nee Gaskell) and Charles Crompton Print: Book

[n/a] : [Report of the Sanitary Commission]

'How [italics] very [end italics] interesting the report of the Sanitary Commission is? it tells one so very much one wanted to know.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Atlantic Monthly

'I want you to tell me what Genl Butler really is - whether an "Our Hero" as a paper in the Atlantic called him; or an [italics] over [enditalics]-stern & violent man?'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Daily News

'on Wednesday last (day before yesterday) we came home from paying calls; & found to our surprize that the Daily News had come by post - "What can Charlie have sent this paper for?" said Florence {?} and she opened it, - & read out "Assassination of President Lincoln". My heart burnt within me with indignation & grief, - we could think of nothing else'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Florence Elizabeth Crompton Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [book on portraits of Dante]

'[she thanks the Nortons for a photograph of Lincoln and] 'the delicious book on the portraits of Dante which it is a pleasure even to open, - it, - & the faces themselves seem to carry one so [italics] up [end italics] into a ["]purer aether, a diviner air".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[n/a] : Pall Mall Gazette

'the P.M.Gs came all safe, & right, and are such a pleasure! they come [italics] through [end italics] Paris, and [italics] are [end italics] opened; but not considered objectionable I suppose.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Inquirer, The

'Can you tell who wrote the Review of Miss Martineau's letters in the (this week's) Inquirer signed I.R.'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [a history of the French Revolution]

'[italics] Whose [end italics] history of the F. Revolution are you reading?'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Marianne Gaskell Print: Book

[n/a] : Times, The

'All we know as yet is from the TIMES, speaking of deaths from cholera in 5th reg. "Senior Captain Duckworth dead". "Poor Capt Duckworth much lamented both by officers and men". That is all we know at present'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : ['standard works'; not novels]

'Miss Bronte in one of her letters to you (Mama [italics] thinks [end italics] written in the year 1835,) gives you some advice as to what books to read. Mama wants to know how Miss Bronte can have become acquainted with the books that she mentions to you. From Keighley Mama knows she could get novels but where such standard works as Miss Bronte refers to in her letters were obtained is a puzzle to Mama. At Haworth Mama says she did not see many books except quite new ones that had been given to Miss Bronte since she became famous. If you would kindly let her know all you know.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Bronte Print: Book

[unknown] : [French]

'After dinner Meta & Flossy did their German; & I read French'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book

[unknown] : [letter to Marianne Gaskell]

'here is a letter for you, which I opened [italics] verily [end italics] by mistake at first. One came for Florence at the same time which I snatched up and I could not believe I should be equally unfortunate with the second, but when I saw yours it was irresistible to read it; quite by way of chaperonage of course, and not a bit for gossipry. However, there is not much news of any kind in it, as you will find.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [unknown]

'They got dingy novels from the Caen Circg Library, & had no other books, I fancy. No wonder they "hate living abroad".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: 'the Heald girls' Print: Book

[n/a] : Edinburgh Review

'A spendid constellation of Poets arose in the literary horizon - I looked around for Crabbe - Why does not he, who shines as brightly as any of these, add his lustre? - I had not long thought thus when, in an Edinburgh Review, I met with reflections similar to my own, which introduced the Parish Register - Oh, it was like the sweet voice of a long-lost friend! - and glad was I to hear that voice again in the Burrough! - still more in the tales, which appear to me excelling all that preceded them - Every work is so much in unison with our own feelings, that a wish [underlined twice] for information [end underlining] concerning them & their author, received into our hearts, is strongly excited'. [Mary Leabeter later says that wishing to confirm her belief that 'the pictures are drawn from life' motivated her to write]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Leadbeter Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [pamphlet]

'Read the pamphlet Mr Boswell recommended:, natural, certainly, and the man had too much provocation for his act.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe

[unknown] : [Miscellany]

'Mr Blackwood the Editor of the Magazine which goes under his Name & who this Morning - in Modo Mr Murray of London - very kindly prest me to accept a Volume & a very pleasing Volume of Miscellanies which I will take with me if I live to reach Trowbridge again.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Book

[unknown] : [poetry]

'With your Letter I found a Parcel containing 2 vols of Poetry from a Gentleman who some time since wrote to me upon the Subject: it is rather unmerciful, but I must bear it.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Book

[n/a] : Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

'I will not forget Blackwood's Magazine, for though you will not approve much you will certainly be entertained by some Things.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [Travels]

'I like the books which we purchased though the Physiological Botany is rather too minute & supposes the Reader a Learner indeed. The Travels are I think really good & good humoured. Faust was not so terrific as I apprehended from the seduction of a Philosopher by an evil Spirit. I verily think that Business is conducted better (than in far more ostentatious works) in the Arabian Tales, (not Nights) where a pious old Lady is wrought upon by her Vanity into Compliance with a Devil who takes the Character of a pious old Man:I want this second part of these strange Tales & to have done with the Subject of Books I treated myself with Warton's History of Poetry: I have long wished for it, but the Quarto edition was so dear £ 5 that I waited for a Octavo & it is just published: it has a great deal of dull Matter but with much Information & Amusement & moreover it is in the way of my Vocation. There is a good Print of the Author & John having seen that, I believe has no wish to look a page further.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Book

[n/a] : Morning Herald, The

'The public opinion [of the trial of Catherine Cook, a servant convicted of theft] is, I think, expressed in the Morning Herald. Other papers I do not see, except the provincial.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'How are you supplied with Books; I have some from Bath, but I begin to be weary of toil & Humour. yet Mr Reynolds was amusing: "not so Gayeties & Gravities" an affected work & here is the journal of a young Officer but not yet read: a pretty good Quarterly Review & John's Gentleman's Magazine'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [book on witchcraft trials]

'That is a curious kind of Hallucination which Miss B. discovers in her Addresses to imaginary Beings: it comes very near to a case I read, long since, in the Trials of Witches, a book wh I should like to see again'. [Crabbe outlines the witchcraft case in question]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown work on religious enthusiasm]

'I am reading & have nearly read, a Work upon Enthusiasm, [the] 3d Edition, the author unknown to me, but a thinking Man of good Sense & a stedd[y] Believer in what he does believe, which is not all that imaginative people [suppose.] He thinks the spread of Christianity over the World is rapidly going on with ev[ry] Prospect of Success, & that Every Believer should be a persuader & maker of Converts as far as his Abilities & powers &c extend-'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspapers at time of Reform debate]

'I read the papers, Reviews &c &c and cannot help perceiving strong prejudices on both Sides of the Reform Question. Blackwoods last Number, Numbers I should say for there are 2 for the present Month & one filled with Reviews & Remarks on this Bill. With him it is Ruin: with his Opponents it is Renovation.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [MSS by or about Carlyle]

'A week in Edinburgh looking up Carlyle MSS before Christmas'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [poetry]

'It is strange that in poetry, when I was eleven, I had what I can only call my first revelation from which I emerged dazed, unable to fit the two worlds together. It has happened again now with the Rilke book'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[unknown] : ['trash']

'At the moment, in a sense, "art" means nothing whatever to me. I cannot read (except trash) look at pictures, listen to music.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[unknown] : ['lives of painters']

'I read voraciously the lives of painters and the journals of poets. I am nourished and nourished but I bring forth nothing'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[unknown] : ['journals of poets']

'I read voraciously the lives of painters and the journals of poets. I am nourished and nourished but I bring forth nothing'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[n/a] : Vogue

'Up to dinner, talking to Emily, practising the piano, playing with the children, reading Hoare's admirable article on Rimbaud the day had gone well... Eric has promised me some money for new clothes. Now the planning of them has become a nightmare. I want the clothes very badly. But looking through the pages of [italics] Vogue [end italics] has filled me with numb despair.' [because it is so hard to choose]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [French novels]

'The clerk who cashes my cheques at the bank is quite a bright, intelligent-looking boy. To-day I had a copy of [italics] Bouvard et Pecuchet [end italics]. He looked at it with curiosity then said "I expect you think I'm rude, looking like that. But I used to read a lot of those sorts of books once" "What sort of books?" "Oh, yellow books like that. I picked up a lot in a booksellers. But mine were much bigger than that" "What were they?" "Oh I don't remember their names or what they were about" "Do you remember the authors?" "Can't say I do. I seem to remember one was some sort of a Japanese story" "And they were in French?" "Oh yes, in French of course".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

George Eliot [pseud.] : Mill on the Floss, The

'I am so much enjoying [italics] The Mill on the Floss [end italics] but would so much like to earn the right to read it.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

George Eliot [pseud.] : Mill on the Floss, The

'I have just finished [italics] The Mill on the Floss[end italics]. Reading it and [italics] Adam Bede [end italics] have given me the most extraordinary pleasure. I begin to think George Eliot is not only the greatest English woman novelist but perhaps the greatest English novelist. She has not the fiery poetry of Emily Bronte nor the exquisite surface of Jane Austen but she has a richness and sweep and depth that is Shakespearean. The one thing that maims or constrains her a little is some rigid moral sense which goes against her [italics] natural [end italics ] morality. She is haunted by an impossible ideal of purity and strictness. In [italics] Middlemarch [end italics] and [italics] Adam Bede [end italics] she incarnates this in two women; one so impossibly good that she is repellent. I am in for a George Eliot bout as a drunkard goes on a jag. Over dinner I raced through a short life of her.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

George Eliot [pseud.] : Adam Bede

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

George Eliot [pseud.] : Middlemarch

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[unknown] : [a life of George Eliot]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[n/a] : Arabian Nights, The

'[King] likes Doughty, Arabian Knights [sic], Froissart.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Cecil King Print: Book

[n/a] : New Statesman, The

'I think I am not [italics] serious [end italics] enough! Sometimes when I look through the [italics] New Statesman [end italics] ... I see all the lists of books on social, economic, ethical, historical, philosophical subjects I feel... that I am a useless frivolous creature'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [an American magazine]

'I have been struck by finding the same thought within a few days in two very different places - in George Eliot and in an American magazine. That is the idea of a person's horror at a crime coming not from the crime but from the fact that [italics] they [end italics] have committed it.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [Catholic texts]

'There is a peculiar flavour about Catholic writings which I still find repellent. [George] Tyrell is the only modern one with whom I feel in sympathy and he was condemned by the Church.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Dreamy and compulsive lately: cram myself with reading, put off all activities'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

[symptoms of depression include] 'Outward signs: maniacal reading, either pure escapism or... the search for the magic word.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[n/a] : [Gospels]

'One is driven back to the Gospels and one does not know how to interpret them' [writing of her desire to understand the nature of Catholicism]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[unknown] : [writings about religion, Church History, etc]

'The more I read of theology, Church History, apologetics, philosophy, scripture interpretation, the more hopelessly at sea I find myself. I feel on firm ground with Walter H[ylton] and Dame Julian [of Norwich] and in the prayers of the Church.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonia White Print: Book

[unknown] : [poetry]

'chiefly was I charm'd and ravish'd with the Sweets of Poetry; all my Hours were dedicated to the Muses; and from a Reader, i quickly became a Writer'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia van Lewen Print: Book

[unknown] : [letters to Swift from various correspondents]

'[Pilkington tells how Swift cut out many pages of an edition of Horace and made her paste letters between the covers instead] 'I told him, I was extreamly proud to be honoured with his Commands: "But, Sir, may I presume to make a request to you?" "Yes", says he, "but Ten to One I shall deny it". "I hope not Sir, 'tis this; may I have Leave to read the Letters as I go on?" "Why, provided you will acknowledge yourself amply rewarded for your Trouble, I don't much care if I indulge you so far; but are you sure you can read?" "I don't know Sir, I'll try". "Well then begin with this". It was a letter from Lord [italics] Bolingbroke [end italics], Dated six o'Clock in the Morning; it began with a remark, how differently that Hour appeared to him now, rising cool, serene, and temperate, to contemplate the Beauties of Nature, to what it had done in some former Parts of his Life, when he was either in the midst of Excesses, or returning Home sated with them [Pilkington continues to summarise the 'moral philosophy' of the letter and professes herself delighted with all his other letters] Nor can I be at all surprized that Mr [italics] Pope [end italics] should so often celebrate a Genius who for sublimity of Thought, and elegance of Stile, had few Equals. The rest of the Dean's Correspondents were, the Lady [italics] Masham [end italics], the Earl of [italics] Oxford [end italics] [a long list of others, ending] Mr [italics] Pope [end italics], Mr [italics] Gay [end italics], Dr [italics] Arbuthnot [end italics]; A Noble and learned Set! So my Readers may judge what a Banquet I had. I cou'd not avoid remarking to the Dean, that notwithstanding the Friendship Mr [italics] Pope [end italics] professed for Mr [italics] Gay [end italics], he cou'd not forbear a great many Satyrical, or if I might be allowed to say so, envious Remarks on the success of the [italics] Beggar's Opera [end italics] The Dean very frankly own'd, he did not think Mr [italics] Pope [end italics] was so candid to the Merits of other Writers, as he ought to be. [cont. in a subsequent entry]'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [unknown]

[having quoted from sermons and poetical works, including Swift, Young and her husband, on the subject of adultery Pilkington says] 'I must beg my Reader's Pardon for these numerous Quotations; but as [italics] Swift [end italics] says, those anticipating Rascals the Ancients, have left nothing for us poor Moderns to say: But still to shew my Vanity, let it stand as some sort of Praise, that I have stolen wisely'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I own myself very indiscreet in permitting any Man to be at an unseasonable Hour in my Bed-Chamber; but Lovers of Learning will, I am sure, pardon me, as I solemnly declare, it was the attractive Charms of a new Book,which the Gentleman would not lend me, but consented to stay till I read it through, that was the sole Motive of my detaining him' [the incident led to LP being divorced for adultery]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Print: Book

[unknown] : [commendatory verses by various admirers]

'I can't but let my Readers see my Vanity, in inserting the following Poems, written to me since I came to [italics] Dublin [end italics], and do assure them, I have as many Pacquets of a Day, as a Minister of State; some praising, and some abusing me; the best of which in my Praise, I have chosen out for their Perusal' [various laudatory poems follow]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [unknown]

'My Landlady, who was really a Gentlewoman, and he [a Gentleman LP knew from Ireland], and I diverted away the Time with Ombre, Reading, and Pratling, very tolerably'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

[Having agreed to let her landlady lodge a Dr Turnbull in her (LP's) bedchamber] 'I went up to my own Apartment, where I found the Doctor reading'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: George Turnbull Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I was going to proceed, when Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] interrupted me; I was, said he, at the Duke of [italics] Richmond[end italics]'s last Summer, when his Daughter, a most accomplished young Lady, and a very early Riser, sat reading in a beautiful Portico, about Six in the Morning; I accosted the fair Creature, and asked her the Subject of her Contemplation? So in a most elegant, and agreeable Stile, she related to me Part of a very entertaining Novel, she held in her Hand, and, I believe, in better words than the Author wrote it.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Emilia, Lady Lennox Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I grew so melancholy at the Loss of my Companion, that I did not even care for writing, but amused myself entirely with reading; and my not having a Library of my own, made me a constant Customer to a Shop in the Neighbourhood, where they hired out Books by the Quarter'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Print: Book

[n/a] : Champion, The

'Here entered our kind Host, and brought us a Paper called the [italics] Champion [end italics], in which was a very humorous Piece of Advice to all who went to Court, to wear Shields on their Bums, this was so [italics] Mal a propos [end italics] that it raised our Mirth'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspapers]

[Mr Rooke gives an account of his average day] 'I rise about Nine, drink Coffee, not that I like it, but that it gives a Man the Air of a Politician, for the same Reason I always read the News; - then I dress, and, about Twelve go to the [italics] Cocoa-Tree [end italics], where I talk Treason; from thence to [italics] St James's Coffee-house [end italics], where I praise the Ministry; then to [italics] White's [end italics], where I talk Gallantry; so by Three, I return home to Dinner; after that, I read about an Hour, and digest the Book and the Dinner together'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: George Rooke Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: George Rooke Print: Book

[unknown] : [books on Roman History]

'No sooner did the Doctor percieve [sic] that I knew [italics] Mark Anthony [end italics] from [italics] Julius Caesar [end italics], and [italics] Brutus [end italics] from both, but he related a great Part of [italics] Roman[end italics] History to me, even from the first [italics] Punic [end italics] War to the Death of [italics] Julius [end italics]. My Readers may venture to believe it was not new to me, who had from my Childhood been, if I may use the Word, a perfect Devourer of Books; and I found them both sweet to the Palate, and nourishing Food to the Mind.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Print: Book

[unknown] : [a French drinking song]

'I had the good Fortune to divert him [Lord Galway] with my comical stuff so well that he left me a Task, which was, to translate a [italics] French Chanson a boire [end italics].'

Unknown

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington

[unknown] : [prison discharge document]

[various benefactors including Colley Cibber having helped her, LP is released from the Marshalsea] 'When I read over these Words, [italics] Discharge from your Custody the body of, &c. [end italics], as I was by nine Weeks Confinement, Sickness, and Fasting, rendered quite weak, the joyful Surprize made me faint away several Times, and, indeed, my kind Benefactor had like to have frustrated his own generous Design of preserving me.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [inscriptions]

'I wandered through the Cloysters, reading the Inscriptions till it grew duskish. I hastened to the great Gate, but was infinitely shocked to find I was locked in to the solitary Mansions of the Dead'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Manuscript: Graffito

[unknown] : [poetry by various correspondents]

'Indeed if I had printed all the poetry that has been sent to me for that Purpose, since I came to this Kingdom, it would have proved as odd a Medley as any thing ever yet exhiited to publick View; I suppose everyone who fancied they had Wit, had a Mind to see how it would look in print, but I must beg to be excused; though the learned Mr [italics] Timothy Ticle Picker [end italics] pressed very hard for a place, it would be a strong Proof of my Vanity to insert his anti-sublime compliments to me'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Manuscript: Unknown

[n/a] : Old Testament

'Indeed it were to wished that either this learned and excellent Divine [Dr Delany], or some other of equal Abilities, if such may be found, would oblige the World with a new translation of the [italics] Old Testament [end italics], since, as we now have it, it seems filled with Incongruities, Indecencies, and shocking Absurdities, such as the Holy Spirit could never have dictated, [italics] whose Body is light, and whose Shadow Truth'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Print: Book

[unknown] : The Parallel: Or, Pilkington and Phillips Compared, Being Remarks upon the Memoirs of those two celebrated Writers

'Just as I was writing about [italics] Worsdale [end italics] a Gentleman brought me a Pamphlet, entituled [sic], [italics] A parallel between Mrs Pilkington and Mrs Philips, written by an Oxford Scholar [end italics], as he tells us, himself, starving in a Garret: pray, Mr Scholar, deal ingenuously, did not [italics] Worsdale [end italics] hire you to writeit, because he was indolent'. [LP proceeds at length to refute the arguments of the papmhlet]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington

[unknown] : [poems sent by admirers]

'I have had so many amorous Epistles, Odes, Songs, Anacreonticks, Saphics, Lyrics, and Pindaricks, in Praise of my Mind and Person too, sent to me since I came to [italics]Ireland [end italics]; that I believe some Gentlemen, tho' I cannot, have found me out to be a marvelous proper Womaan'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Laetitia Pilkington Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [a review of Ford's work]

'I was greeted in the mess at breakfast today by the whole table exclaiuming: "Genius" - it appears that someone had read the British weekly which says "Mr H's literary power does not fall short of genius!" which struck them as comic'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: soldier Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'It is very exciting to read about the B'sh troops in Spa & Malmedy, bits of land that I know as well as the top of Campden Hill.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [book on wild flowers]

'There is an awfully good little book on English wild flowers with good clear illustrations, but it costs 7/6. Is it worth it?'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Esther Gwendolyn, "Stella" Bowen Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspaper classifieds]

'I wish you were down here, darling so that we cd. consult - about ads in the paper. Just look at this [presumably an advertisement enclosed with the letter]. I don't know where Fulking is - but I have written to the owner to ask & if it is not too far I shall run over to see it.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[n/a] : [press cuttings - subject unknown]

'The enclosed press cuttings have just arrived via Clifford. I've read 'em. It might be a good plan to give The Authors Club as an address for the Press Cuttings people, as the fewer things go to S.L. the better.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Esther Gwendolyn, 'Stella' Bowen Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [first reading]

'[Baby] is making progress with her reading & can - most times - identify the sound & the curly S & the elegant L. Perhaps she will be writing short stories by your return!'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Esther Julia Ford Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'It is very curious her [Ford's daughter's] coquettish mischievousness. If you shew her a letter she will always say it wrong: but when she is sitting on the bed in the morning with a newspaper & thinks no one is noticing her, she prattles on about B for Bodog's; P for Piggy & points to the right letters.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Esther Julia Ford Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : World, The

'I see there is a little reference to him [Drake] in a rude interview with me in the [underlined] World [end underlining] that I send you.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Daily Mail, The

'The Daily mail has persistent articles about Stabilisation at 100' [reference to currency fluctuations]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Esther Gwendolyn, 'Stella' Bowen Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : review of Violet Hunt's 'The Flurried Years' in the New York Times]

'The only thing S.L. [Violet Hunt's memoirs] says about you, by the bye, is that I am now wandering homeless over Europe with a younger and more robust Egeria. I meant to send you the review in the N.Y. Times which contained those phrases, but I forgot it and it is impossible to get back issues of papers here.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : New York Times

'I have just bought the New York Times - wh. feels relatively home-like & read that the AMERICAN CHORUS GIRL IS BEAUTIFUL BUT SHE IS KNOCK-KNEED SAYS FLORENCE SIEGFIELDJUN'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [research for a tale to be serialised in 'Collier's Weekly']

'on Saturday the English proofs of Last Post descended on me and on Monday the American one's and I literally could do nothing else as Boni's wanted the proofs back on Monday night. That however was impossible, but I got them finished yesterday and then was too exhausted to do anything. In addition I have any amount of reading to do for the Collier's serial'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Book

[unknown] : [research for the book that became 'A little Less than Gods']

'I have begun DEMIGODS which is the provisional title of the Ney book and what with reading up for it and worrying over it I am fair moidert'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Book

[unknown] : [article presumably praising Stella Bowen's exhibition of paintings]

'I was so delighted with your cutting from the Crapouillot: I am sure I must seem quite fatuous, I shew it to so many people'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Saturday Review

'I am sending you a copy of the [underlined] Saturday Review [end underlining] with an article of mine & your Lavigne picture.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [research for 'A Little Less than Gods']

'I have been doing a good deal of reading for the Ney book, though it is difficult to get all the books I want'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Book

[n/a] : Saturday Review

'Almost every day there is some reference to it [Ford's book on Conrad] here or there. I am sending you a copy of the Saturday Review which has one.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : New York Times Book Review

'The Last Post has hitherto had rather a bad press. There were two most violent attacks - on that and N.Y.i. N. A. in the [underlined] Times [end underlining] last Sunday, for no discoverable reason, and the [underlined] Herald-Tribune [end underlining] was not very good. I have written nice things on everbody on that paper, so they can't very well employ their staff to write about me. So Irita - rather at my suggestion - got an English novelist called Macfee to do it, a sort of blighted person I wanted to give a job to. However, as a set off Harry Hensen of the World which has hitherto not liked me, gave it his column and as he is one of the most celebrated column-writers in the States that is not so bad.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [articles on Pacific politics]

'I lay down on my bed and tried to improve my mind, reading articles about the political situation in the Pacific Ocean - but it was rather difficult because Janice insisted on reading aloud passages from the life and letters of Gauguin, the artist.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [life and letters of Gauguin]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Janice Biala Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Now half Paris is wanting to take my likeness & indeed a Spanish painter is doing it all the time while I am writing this. He sits about doing me while I work or read or play patience'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Book

[unknown] : [various fiction works in his father's library]

'Sydney [Larkin's father] gave him free run of his library and his appetite for books grew enormously. "Thanks to my father", he wrote later: "our house contained not only the principal works of most main English writers in some form or other (admittedly there were exceptions, like Dickens), but also nearly-complete collections of authors my father favoured - Hardy, Bennett, Wilde, Butler and Shaw, and later on Lawrence, Huxley and Katherine Mansfield".'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Philip Larkin Print: Book

[n/a] : Die Zeit

'The older generation read "Die Zeit", a large format newspaper in Yiddish, printed in Hebrew characters, whose contents, in tone not unlike "The Times" of those days, you would hear chewed over, in the heavy accents of eastern Europe, by little groups in the street of a summer evening, or at the Workers' Circle on a Sunday morning'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Jewish residents of the Gorbals Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [books in English]

'[Father] taught himself to read English almost perfectly. Mother somehow taught herself enough English to get the gist of the contents of English newspapers. Father, oddly, refused to read the English papers; I fancy he thought more highly of books. I dimly remember evenings, before mother became very ill, when she sat with him at the kitchen table while he ate his dinner, and with obvious delight read an English paper to him. She also of course read "Die Zeit", and letters in Yiddish from relatives left behind in Lithuania; these came more and more infrequently and finally died away. I suppose she never had time to read anything else'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Glasser Print: Book

[n/a] : [English newspapers]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mrs Glasser Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Die Zeit

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mrs Glasser Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Who's Who

'I spent hours, days, in the great Reading Room of the Mitchell Library. Young as I was, in my ragged shorts, frayed jersey and ill-fitting jacket, incongruous among the sleek, well-nourished university students, I became so familiar to the staff that they dubbed me, in kindly fashion, "the young professor". One day, perhaps as a piece of sympathetic magic, I looked up Einstein's massive entry in "Who's Who" and copied it out word for word, his universities, degrees, honorary doctorates, publications. I kept that transcript pasted into an exercise book, a talisman'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[n/a] : [announcement of Einstein talk]

'A few weeks before my fourteenth birthday I read that Einstein was coming to Glasgow to address the university, and made up my mind to go and listen to him'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Unknown

[n/a] : Encyclopaedia Britannica

'After I left school, the Mitchell became if possible even more important. I read widely, indiscriminately: the lives of the great philosophers and scientists, history and ideas, particularly of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, logic. It was a halting progress, for at every step I had to make up for lack of background, of facts, of definitions, of words, and buried my nose in dictionaries and the "Encyclopaedia Britannica", which led of course to more and more sideways reading.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[n/a] : [dictionaries]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[unknown] : [books of biography, history, philosophy, etc]

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[unknown] : [books on politics]

'Father was well read in politics and in the nineteenth century novelists, Dickens and Trollope being his favourites. But his reading nourished the sour scepticism that possesed him [and he suggested to Glasser that reading was a waste of time]'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Glasser Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspaper reports on Russia]

'Press reports from Russia had an unreal quality, suggesting that observers did not dare believe the horror thinly concealed in what they saw. Enough filtered through.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [acceptance letter from Oxford University]

'I found the letter when I got home about seven in the evening. While I read it I bolted my teas as usual. Then I read it again, a message from a distant planet, with its strange, sonorous, processional language. "Willing to come into residence": you didn't go and stay, you went into [italics] residence [end italics]!'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [Ralph Glasser's acceptance letter from Oxford University]

'With her shiny black apron she cleaned her Woolworth's spectacles, thick lenses in metal frames with wire side pieces, and read the letter, screwing up her eyes'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Rachel Manuscript: Letter

[n/a] : [inscriptions at the Bodleian library]

'I went into the grey monastic quad of the Bodleian, the Old School quad, and read the legend in gold above each doorway, Scola Mathematica, Schola Physica - the sovereign estates of the mind laid out as on a chart'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Manuscript: Graffito

[unknown] : [unknown]

'For most of my first term I rose at [5 a.m.] and bathed and shaved and dressed, and read till breakfast time - until neighbours compained about the noise I made in the echoing ablutions, when I ran a bath or flushed the toilet and sometimes, forgetfully, strolled about whistling'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[unknown] : [a girl's diary]

'One day, alone for a moment in a girl's room in Lady Margaret Hall - she had gone to fetch a tea-pot from along the corridor - I saw that she had left her diary open, it seemed deliberately, and I saw my name and the words "he is a glorious young animal!"'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Manuscript: Codex

[unknown] : [Romantic texts and works about Romanticism]

'I was intensely interested in the Romantics at this time, that explosion of creative thought so inadequately explained in reading and in lectures. We talked of French and German poetry'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[unknown] : [German poetry]

'I read German poetry with the aged, charming Fraulein Wuschack, sometime governess in the Kaiser's family'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[unknown] : [citation for bravery]

'The next I learned of him [his old friend Alec] was some time after D-Day, when I read the posthumous citation'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [Intelligence lists of communists]

'I met a girl who worked in one of the intelligence sections at Blenheim. In her bed-sitter one evening, as we sat in a tipsy huddle cose to the wheezing gas fire, she murmured that she had seen my unusual name in an index of Communists'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [Oxford Finals Class Lists]

'In the dimness I had missed - how could I have done! - a few lines of crabbed writing at the very top of the paper, separated from those below by a blank space and a thick black line. Under a heading "The following were judged worthy of Distinction", were three names; mine was there.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Poster

[unknown] : [unknown]

'There [living in a better area than previously, after his reformation from being a gambling addict], in his practical fashion, he [Glasser's father] looked after himself well, read a great deal, played solo whist in the Workers' Circle, spent hours chewing over the world with friends.'

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Glasser Print: Book

[unknown] : [poems]

'A colleague at the Council, later to achieve distinction as a poet, sent me a copy of his first slim volume of verse with a note: "This is to get you into trouble with the secret police!" A characteristic irony, for the poems were far from subversive; the reference, I think, was rather to what he [italics] could [end italics] have written but had suppressed'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ralph Glasser Print: Book

[unknown] : [novels]

'Like most of those capable of appreciating real literature, Lady Louisa enjoyed novels of almost any description; admitting her taste with unusual frankness: "I did not read novels when very young, and possibly I like them all the better afterwards; they are like wine to a person not used to them, but I fear I have been a downright dram-drinker, so long have they lost their effect".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'We hear of nothing but the Prince of Wales, but as we get no other account in our letters but what is to be seen in the newspapers I will not repeat anything here.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [history books]

'Some of his pictures are good, and as his family is very noble and greatly allied, one sees many faces one has read of both in English and Scotch history, which I always think amusing'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Book

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'Pray tell Lady Louisa that I have been reading the last "Quarterly Review" (No. XLII) more steadily than I could do at Sheffield Place, and quite agree with her in liking the article upon our statute laws, which is very clear and convincing, and pleases me better than anything else in it, though I think it is on the whole an amusing number. Mr Humboldt and his ([italics] crodo, crodo [end italics] ) crocodiles entertained me; the account of Hayti was interesting; the first dissertation (on Aristophanes) and the last. Yet I am no convert to Messrs Whistlecraft & Co., I cannot like slipshod verse or be convinced that it is not as easily written as read; the burlesque of one country can hardly ever be well copied in the language of another. As for Plato and Xenophon, it revolts all my old prejudices to hear them discussed as if they were members of the Alfred, or the French Academy - to be told that Plato had delicacy of [italics] tact [end italics] taught him at the [italics] court [end italics] of Dionysius. It puts me in mind of Gray's simile about some book upon antiquity which he says was like an antique statue dressed in a negligee made by a Yorkshire mantua-maker'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Quarterly Review [article about Alexander von Humboldt]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [description of the Court of Haiti]

'I am very glad you have enjoyed the court of Hayti, much the best part of the book in my opinion. I only barred your reading it out of propriety and for fear the other Lady Louisa should be scandalized; pray tell her so. My own notions are that comical books rarely do harm, unless when they try to throw ridicule on sacred subjects; and, I am tempted to say, "Have fixed principles deeply rooted, and then read what you please". I agree with her that Tardif de Courtrac, tho' always clever, is sometimes very tedious, especially in America, from one's indifference respecting the subject. For "Ivanhoe", make yourself easy, I am its sincere partisan and Rebecca's devoted admirer. I would rather the templar had burst a blood vessel, because that is really often the effect of a conflict of violent passions and tho' they may bring on an apoplexy also , it is not apt to ensue so immediately'. [LS then discusses several characters in Ivanhoe at length]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown - French? -text featuring travels in America]

'I am very glad you have enjoyed the court of Hayti, much the best part of the book in my opinion. I only barred your reading it out of propriety and for fear the other Lady Louisa should be scandalized; pray tell her so. My own notions are that comical books rarely do harm, unless when they try to throw ridicule on sacred subjects; and, I am tempted to say, "Have fixed principles deeply rooted, and then read what you please". I agree with her that Tardif de Courtrac, tho' always clever, is sometimes very tedious, especially in America, from one's indifference respecting the subject. For "Ivanhoe", make yourself easy, I am its sincere partisan and Rebecca's devoted admirer. I would rather the templar had burst a blood vessel, because that it really often the effect of a conflict of violent passions and tho' they may bring on an apoplexy also , it is not apt to ensue so immediately'. [LS then discusses several characters in Ivanhoe at length]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Holroyd Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown - French? -text featuring travels in america]

'I am very glad you have enjoyed the court of Hayti, much the best part of the book in my opinion. I only barred your reading it out of propriety and for fear the other Lady Louisa should be scandalized; pray tell her so. My own notions are that comical books rarely do harm, unless when they try to throw ridicule on sacred subjects; and, I am tempted to say, "Have fixed principles deeply rooted, and then read what you please". I agree with her that Tardif de Courtrac, tho' always clever, is sometimes very tedious, especially in America, from one's indifference respecting the subject. For "Ivanhoe", make yourself easy, I am its sincere partisan and Rebecca's devoted admirer. I would rather the templar had burst a blood vessel, because that it really often the effect of a conflict of violent passions and tho' they may bring on an apoplexy also , it is not apt to ensue so immediately'. [LS then discusses several characters in Ivanhoe at length]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Unknown

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'If the paper today speaks truth about the King's sending for the Duke of Sussex, he begins as he should do, for no one's behaviour can have been worse. But they (the newspapers) make me absolutely sick with the stuff they insert about his poor father, sometimes absolutely false, sometimes stories caught by the tail, twisted and blundered, till the original teller could not know them again'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Edinburgh Magazine

'I have not read the Edinburgh Magazine you mention, but if it attacks Walter Scott (or whoever it may be) for a design to ridicule the priesthood, it is as unjust as if they said the Templar and de Bracey were intended to render the character of a soldier odious'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa Clinton Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Memoires de l'Europe sous Napoleon

'As for reading, I have much to say of the "Memoires de l'Europe sous Napoleon", but not time for it till quiet in my own house. I piously believe them genuine; they have the [italics] sceau [end italics] of his genius and of his profound art. I am also reading "Journal de Las Cases". I shut one book where he himself details the precautions taken to secure personal liberty under his government, the strict laws for the purpose, no person could be kept in prison a day without so, and so, and so, judges, privy council, and I know not what. I opened the other where Las Cases says that on looking over papers at St Helena, the Emperor was himself surprised to see the number of books prohibited and of [italics] persons arrested by the police [end italics], whom he had never heard of and knew nothing about'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Book

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'Another thing pleases me, the general approbation of the last "Quarterly Review", Mr Lockhart's first, I believe, and one in which your cloven foot is visible. It had something to set it off, however; for I think verily the temporary editor of the work during the [italics] interregnum [end italics] must have been bribed into his extreme degree of dullness'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Morning Post

'Wellesley Long has thought fit to produce before Chancery his letters to his children, and like everything else they have found their way into the newspapers. I did not read them with much attention, but saw that in the main they contained better advice than might have been expected from such a father, amongst other subjects, a strong censure passed on [italics] cunning [end italics], and, what was odd enough (addressed to a little boy), instances given in the characters of public men, particularly Sheridan and Tierney. Then followed, in the "Courier" and "Morning Post", two or three lines of ::: *** dots, stars, or whatever you call them. By chance seeing another paper, I found the dots held the place of an admonition to take warning by what had happened to Mr C.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Courier, The

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Unknown newspaper - article on Wellesley Long Chancery Case]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'Do tell me what more you have heard about the poor Fans. [Fanshawes]. Is it to such an extent as is rumoured? the newspapers said £19,000 or £29,000. Ten thousand makes some difference, but even the smaller sum would be tremedous.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'Did you see in the newspaper that W.S. has avowed himself the author of "Waverley" etc.? He said at a public meeting that the secret had been remarkably well kept, considering above twenty people knew it, [italics] one [end italics] of whom, to say truth, is now writing to you'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Quarterly Review [advertisements for forthcoming works by Scott]

'In the bushel of advertisements tacked to the "Quarterly Review", I spy two from Cadell that I am very glad to see - "New Tales of a Grandfather" and "Robert of Paris". By the bye, it has struck me that the review of Southey's "John Bunyan" bears some tokens of coming from that quarter.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Quarterly Review [Review of Southey's "John Bunyan"]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspaper advertisements for "Trevelyan"]

'Bentley's puffs in the newspaper (for Jane Scott's "Trevelyan") quite sicken me, all admirable and charming alike, written by his [italics] literary adviser [end italics] you may be sure, just in the same spirit as the puffs of Warren's blacking and Rowland's kalydor. Oh dear! it is a degradation I cannot bear'. [LS is arguing that aristocrats ought not admit to publishing books]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Court Journal

'in came the Rector with, "I have just been at the Hall, Ly Maria has just got the "Court Journal", which says "Trevelyan" was written by Ly S. of Petersham".'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : [newspaper advertisements for Jane Scott's Trevelyan and other books]

'The newspapers having transferred their puffs from "Trevelyan" to something more recent I am tranquillized again, and almost regret my sincerity in taking notice of them to [italics] her [end italics] lest she should be hurt; for I cannot help saying what I think just [italics] as [end italics] I think it'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Lady Stuart Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

[unknown] : [legal briefs]

[From SHR's introduction] 'The assistance to her husband in his professional duties consisted, so we are told in another obituary notice, in reading his briefs aloud to him when he returned home tired from the House of Commons, and marking from his dictation those passages he deemed of importance'.

Unknown

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly

[unknown] : [letter to Madame de Stael]

'I have seen a letter from a Gentleman in Sweden which proves that her [Madame de Stael's] Anglomania did not first arise on coming to this country. I will try if I can get you a copy of it. Mademoiselle [Albertine] is very much praised in it, but I do not think that we admire her as much as they did in Sweden.' [The letter is included]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [novel by a lady novelist]

'The pleasure we had in reading "Patronage" has been even increased by reading the [torn and illegible] but I should not say we, for Sir Samuel could not get past the first volume. Surely it is vastly inferior to all her other publications and the only moral I can find out is that ladies should not go without pockets. It had to me all the defects of her other novels without any of their beauties, and the impression on my mind all the time I was reading it was similar to that of a tormenting dream, wherever you getg to the same disagreeable objects present themselves'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Romilly Print: Book

[unknown] : [novel by a lady novelist]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Book

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'I have not been able to discover the author of the article in the Quarterly that you mention. We all admired it very much'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'I have not been able to discover the author of the article in the Quarterly that you mention. We all admired it very much'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Maria Edgeworth Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Philanthropist, The

'If the Quarterly Reviewers should not think proper to publish it [an article by Edgeworth] Sir Saml wishes you would let it appear in the Philanthropist, a periodical Publication which is perhaps not much known in Ireland but which contains some very excellent articles.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Edinburgh Review [review of 'Waverley']

'The "Edinburgh Review" will have praised "Waverley" to your hearts content. I think however they left out one of the most affecting parts of the work, which is the return of W. to the Barons, and the conduct of the poor innocent David Gellatley. Surely there is no doubt but that Walter Scott is the principal Author of it. The learned here do not affect to speak of it as belonging to anyone else -- I read "The Lord of the Isles" last night it being lent me for the Evening. There is some beautiful description indeed in it, particlarly to my fancy a barren scene in one of the Isles. I own I expected more from the two opening cantos than I afterwards found, and on the whole was disappointed. The story of the Page is so hackneyd, and there is nothing to redeem it but a greater power of holding the tongue than is commonly given to Women, and, as in every thing Walter Scott writes one can never feel great interest for the Lover, which one certainly ought to do, Malcolm Graeme in the "Lady of the Lake", "Waverley", and the Lover in "Marmion", and now Ronald, altho' I expected a great deal from him from the opening. I am however in love with the description of Robert Bruce, I think it beautiful. It is very presumptuous in me thus to give my opinion, [particularly as I have this morning heard that Sir James Mackintosh says it is by far the best thing Walter Scott has done, but then he is puffer general particularly to Scotsmen.] ' [Words inside brackets crossed out in original]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : Eugene

'Since I wrote the first two pages of this letter I have read Eugene and Guilliaume, and quite agree with you. Pray correct Sir James Mackintosh's opinion [about "Waverley"], and for [italics] best [end italics] read [italics] worst [end italics] which was his opinion, altho' I was told the contrary. He is now I understand a little softened, and says it comes before Rokeby but after all the others. Have you read "Discipline" by Mrs Brunton? With many defects it is much above the common class, and the last Volume is very pretty indeed some scenes nearly as good as "Waverley" who I might have added to my list of Lovers belonging to Walter Scott one can take no interest in. - Have you read La Baume's act. of the Campaign in Russia? I am told it is very well done. I am sure you will be pleased with Mr Rocca's Book if you read it'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Book

[n/a] : Morning Chronicle

'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequence has happened, they appeared in one of the Sunday newspapers, and of course were copied on Monday a hundred times over. I send you what were in the "Morning Chronicle" with an unintelligible preface, and a paragraph which appeared the next day, by which you will see what a persecution Lady Byron is enduring. Sir Samuel says that the "Farewell" is a greater instance of wickedness than he thought was possible could have existed in human nature - and that the "Sketch from Private Life" is a miserable blackguard production without merit. - Indeed I cannot help thinking that he has hurt himself more than Lady Byron by abusing the person of a Maid Servant who was Nurse to Lady Milbanke, and who is grown old in faithful service to the Family'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [Reports on Mendicity]

'His [Byron's] "Farewell" is miserable poetry, and the allusions to the intimacy of marriage are not only ungentlemanly, but unmanly. "The Domestick Sketch" is powerfully written. I have seen in the reports on mendicity that there are persons who teach the arts of abuse - His Lordship seems to have studied in this school, with great success'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Richard Lovell Edgeworth Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unidentified novel]

'I have read both Emma and [torn and illegible]. In the first there is so little to remember, and in the last so much that one wishes to forget, that I am not inclined to write about them'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'His letters [PB Shelley's in relation to his desertion of his wife] were really curious. A more singular display of the total want of all moral feeling under the guise of liberality and enlightened sentiment I should suppose had never before been exhibited. The Cause was heard in the Chancellor's private room out of compassion to Mr Shelley and his family. The account which appeared in the papers must have been written by himself, or his friend Mr Hunt of the "Examiner" who was present, and they went so far that the Chancellor intimated that he would have a rehearing of the cause in public and they immediately became silent'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Quarterly Review

'How merciless and ungentlemanlike the"Quarterly Review" is upon Lady Morgan! It is the only thing that could have made me pity her, for she is very flippant and full of error from beginning to end'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [reading primer]

'But all this while, altho' now about Thirteen Years Old, I could not read; then thinking of the vast usefulness of reading, I bought me a Primer, and got now one, then another, to teach me to Spell, and so learn'd to Read imperfectly, my Teachers themselves not being ready Readers: But in a little time, having learn'd to Read competently well, I was desirous to learn to Write, but was at a great loss for a Master, none of my fellow Shepherds being able to teach me'.

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Tryon Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'[during his three years as a London apprentice castor-maker] I was mightily addicted to reading and Study; and tho' I was then engaged in a laborious trade and not allowed time for such Imployments of the Brain; yet I was so intent on my Study, that abridged myself of my Sleep and Rest. For after having wrought hard all day, from Five or Six in the Morning, till Ten or Eleven at Night, it was frequent with me to sit up two or three Hours reading'.

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Tryon Print: Book

[unknown] : [books on astrology]

'[at Christmas, Easter and on other holidays, he] 'would be at Work or Study, whilst my Fellow-servants were abroad taking their Pleasure. I was then upon Astrolgy [sic], a Science too rashly decried by some' [he then discusses the merits of Astrology at length, but not mentioning any specific texts]

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Tryon Print: Book

[unknown] : [books]

'But besides Astrology, I read Books of Physick, and sereval [sic] other natural Sciences and Arts.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Tryon Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'the time others spent in the Coffee-house or Tavern, I spent in Reading, Writing, Musick, or some useful Imployment'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Tryon Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'When she [Katherine Hamilton, sister of Elizabeth] is not employed about something necessary and useful, she entertains herself with a book for the improvement of her mind'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Katherine Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'[editor's words] Previous to her arrival in Stirlingshire she had learnt to read with distinctness and propriety; and, under the tuition of Mrs Marshall, became an adept in this rare accomplishment. In books she soon discovered a substitute even for a playmate: her first hero was Wallace, with whom she became enamoured, by learning to recite Blind Harry's Lays. Two or three of Shakespeare's historical plays came in her way; the history of England followed. She happened to meet with Ogilvie's translation of Homer's Iliad, and soon learnt to idolize Achilles, and almost to dream of Hector'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [A history of England]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [scholastic divinity essays]

'[editor's words] In the evening Elizabeth had often to repeat a long elaborate task extracted from the now obsolete page of scholastic divinity, which must have been better calculated to exercise the memory than to call forth the devotional affections'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'[editor's words. A family friend having tried to shake EH's religious faith,] To terminate this state of doubt, which to her ardent temper was insupportable, she took the prompt resolution of reading the scriptures by stealth, and deciding the question from her own unbiassed judgment. The result of this examination was, a conviction of their truth; and she observed that the moral precepts connected with the doctrine of Christianity, were too pure to have been promulgated by an impostor'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [books chosen by Mrs Marshall]

'[editor's words] without literary pretensions, Mrs Marshall had a genuine love of reading, and when no other engagement intervened, it was one of her domestic regulations, that a book should be read aloud in the evening for general amusement; the office of reader commonly devolved on Miss Hamilton, who was thus led to remark that the best prose style was always that which could be longest read without exhausting the breath. These social studies were far from satisfying her avidity for information; and she constantly perused many books by stealth. Mrs Marshall, on discovering what had been her private occupation, expressed neither praise nor blame, but quietly advised her to avoid any display of superior knowledge by which she might be subjected to the imputation of pedantry. This admonition produced the desired effect, since, as she herself informs us, she once hid a volume of Lord Kames's Elements of Criticism under the cushion of a chair lest she should be detected in a study which prejudice and ignorance might pronounce unfeminine'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Mrs Marshall Print: Book

[unknown] : [Scottish history]

'[editor's words] In reading the annals of her own country, she had been touched with the hard fate of Lady Arabella Stuart; and, either to extend her knowledge, or amuse her fancy, collected much miscellaneous information respecting her, which she afterwards cast into the form of a historical novel'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'History and travels are our chief favourites; but with them we intermix a variety of miscellaneous literature, with now and then a favourite novel, to relish our graver studies'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton and her uncle, Mr Marshall Print: Book

[n/a] : [newspaper]

'[EH having been expecting her brother back from India] Think, then, what I felt on reading in the newspaper of that ship being seen off the Cape in great distress; at length its arrival was announced, and, on Saturday last, among the list of passengers, I saw your name; but still I was not, could not be, convinced that it was really you'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Gentleman's Magazine, The

'"The Gentleman's Magazine", begun and carried on by Mr Edward Cave , under the name of SYLVANUS URBAN, had attracted the notice and esteem of Johnson, in an eminent degree, before he came to London as an adventurer in literature'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Scot's Magazine, The

'I myself recollect such impressions [of reverence, like Johnson displayed for the "Gentleman's Magazine"] from "The Scots Magazine", which was begun at Edinburgh in the year 1739, and has been ever conducted with judgement, accuracy, and propriety'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : ['The Italian' - unknown text]

'I have read the Italian - nothing in it is well'

Unknown

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson

[unknown] : [sources for his Dictionary]

'The authorities [for the definitions in Johnson's Dictionary] were copied from the books themselves, in which he had marked the passages with a black lead pencil, the traces of which could easily be effaced'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[unknown] : [books of Northern literature]

'Here was an excellent library; particularly, a valuable collection of books in Northern literature, with which Johnson was often very busy. One day Mr Wise read to us a dissertation which he was preparing for the press, intitled "A History and Chronology of the fabulous Ages".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[n/a] : The Universal Visitor

'all the esays [in the "Universal Visitor"] marked with two [italics] asterisks [end italics] have been ascribed to him; but I am confident, from internal evidence, that of these, neither "The Life of Chaucer", "Reflections on the State of Portugal", nor an "Essay on Architecture", were written by him. I am equally confident, upon the same evidence, that he wrote "Further Thoughts on Agriculture"; being the sequel of a very inferiour essay on the same subject, and which, though carried on as if by the same hand, is both in thinking and expression so far above it, as to leave no doubt of its true parent; and that he also wrote "A Dissertation on the State of Literature and Authors", and "A Dissertation on the Epitaphs Written by Pope".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Serial / periodical

Voltaire [pseud.] : Candide: Or, All for the Best

'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English language is capable, leads us through the most important scenes of human life, and shews us that this stage of our being is full of "vanity and vexation of spirit". [Boswell comments on its value] Voltaire's "Candide", written to refute the system of Optimism, which it has accomplished with brilliant success, is wonderfully similar in its plan and conduct to Johnson's "Rasselas"; insomuch, that I have heard Johnson say, that if they had not been published so closely one after the other that there was not time for imitation, it would have been vain to deny that the scheme of that which came latest was taken from the other. Though the proposition illustrated by both these works was the same, namely, that in our present state there is more evil than good, the intention of the writers was very different. Voltaire, I am afraid, meant only by wanton profanness to obtain a sportive victory over religion, and to discredit the belief of a superintending Providence: Johnson meant, by shewing the unsatisfactory nature of things temporal, to direct the hopes of man to things eternal'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Book

Voltaire [pseud.] : Candide: Or, All for the Best

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[unknown] : [book on astronomy]

'"A little book we had in the house" led him, "Almost as early as I can remember", to develop an interest in astronomy; and Lempriere's "Classical Dctionary" "Fell into my hands when I was eight" (as he said in his old age) and "attached my affections to paganism".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Edward Housman Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them Scott and Thackeray and Tom Moore as well as Shakespeare; Edward read Pickwick.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Housman family Print: Book

[unknown] : [a French magazine]

'[A Mr Murphy was looking for something to print in "The Gray's Inn Journal" and a Mr Foote suggested] "Here is a French magazine, in which you will find a very pretty oriental tale; translate that, and send it to your printer". Mr Murphy, having read the tale, was highly pleased with it, and followed Foote's advice. When he returned to town, this tale was pointed out to him in "The Rambler", from whence it had been translated into the French magazine.'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Foote Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [a French magazine]

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Murphy Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Rambler, The

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Murphy Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Connoisseur, The

I mentioned the periodical paper called "The Connoisseur." He said it wanted matter. No doubt it has not the deep thinking of Johnson's writings. But surely it has just views of the surface of life, and a very sprightly manner. His opinion of "The World" was not much higher than of "The Connoisseur".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : World, The

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Connoisseur, The

'I mentioned the periodical paper called "The Connoisseur." He said it wanted matter. No doubt it has not the deep thinking of Johnson's writings. But surely it has just views of the surface of life, and a very sprightly manner. His opinion of "The World" was not much higher than of "The Connoisseur".'

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'[Johnson said] "Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now. My judgment, to be sure, was not so good; but I had all the facts."'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal; Johnson answered, that he thought more than he read; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life, but having fallen into ill health, he had not been able to read much, compared with others: for instance, he said, he had not read much, compared with Dr. Warburton.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[unknown] : [Lowth-Warburton controversy]

'His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth, which he seemed to have read, and asked Johnson what he thought of it. Johnson answered, "Warburton has most general, most scholastic learning ; Lowth is the more correct scholar. I do not know which of them calls names best." The King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion; adding, "You do not think then, Dr. Johnson, that there was much argument in the case." Johnson said, he did not think there was. "Why truly, (said the King,) when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at an end." His Majesty then asked him what he thought of Lord Lyttelton's history, which was then just published. Johnson said, he thought his style pretty good, but he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [Lowth-Warburton controversy]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: George III of England Print: Book

[n/a] : Monthly Review

'The King then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom, except the "Monthly" and "Critical Reviews"; and on being answered there was no other, his Majesty asked which of them was the best: Johnson answered, that the "Monthly Review" was done with most care, the "Critical" upon the best principles; adding that the authors of the "Monthly Review" were enemies to the Church. This the King said he was sorry to hear. The conversation next turned on the Philosophical Transactions, when Johnson observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly. "Aye, (said the King,) they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ;" for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance, which Johnson himself had forgot.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Critical Review

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Serial / periodical

[unknown] : [unknown]

'between reading, chatting and backgammon, we conclude the evening, and usually retire, making the remark, that if we are not regaled by any high-seasoned amusements, we are disturbed by no uneasy cares'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton and her uncle, Mr Marshall Print: Book

[n/a] : Hedaya

[EDITOR WRITES]'During several months, Mr Hamilton was sedulously engaged in unravelling all the intricacies of the Persian tome'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [oriental literature]

'[EDITOR's WORDS] His [her brother, Charles's ] conversation inspired her with a taste for oriental literature; and without affecting to become a Persian scholar, she spontaneously caught the idioms, as she insensibly became familiar with the customs and manners of the East'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[n/a] : [Classical latin works in translation]

'[EDITOR'S WORDS] The author, directed by her learned friends, was indefatigable in collecting documents and procuring materials for an authentic work. Through the medium of translation, she had been conversant with the best historians, annalists, poets, and orators of ancient Rome; and she was guided by the most esteemed modern writers on the subject of antiquities, laws, and usages'. [in writing her "Memoirs of Agrippina"]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[n/a] : [modern works on Classical subjects]

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'[EDITOR'S WORDS] 'If no engagement intervened, the interval from seven till ten was occupied with some interesting book, which, according to her good aunt Marshall's rule, was read aloud for the benefit of the whole party'.

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible [ Paul to the Ephesians, Ch 4]

'It now only remains for me to walk worthy of that vocation to which I am called. Let me do so in the very manner in which the Apostle, whose words I have now been reading, mentions, "With all lowliness and meekness, and with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'The superiority of the Scriptures to every composition of human genius, must appear incontestible to those who persevere in making those Scriptures their daily study. By such strict and repeated examination of any other work, how many errors and incongruities should we discover?'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'In studying the prophets, with a view of particularly examining the witness they bear to the Messiah, many things have occurred to me which it would have been useful to preserve' [but she says her memory is 'unfaithful']

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Hamilton Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Many years ago, when I used to read in the library of your College, I promised to recompence the college for that permission, by adding to their books a Baskerville's 'Virgil'. I have now sent it, and desire you to reposit it on the shelves in my name'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[n/a] : London Chronicle

'"The London Chronicle", which was the only newspaper he constantly took in, being brought, the office of reading it aloud was assigned to me. I was diverted by his impatience. He made me pass over so many parts of it, that my task was very easy. He would not suffer one of the petitions to the King about the Middlesex election to be read.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : London Chronicle

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : ['black letter', ie gothic text books - medieval to 16th c.]

'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish london-based priest friend of Johnson] Speaking of Mr. Harte, Canon of Windsor, and writer of "The History of Gustavus Adolphus", he much commended him as a scholar, and a man of the must companionable talents he had ever known. He said, the defects in his history proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. He loved, he said, the old black letter books; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant; wonderfully so, considering how conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy", he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[unknown] : [French novels]

'Speaking of the French novels, compared with Richardson's, he said, they might be pretty baubles, but a wren was not an eagle'. [account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish London priest friend of Dr Johnson]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[unknown] : [legal case papers]

'I then reminded him of the schoolmaster's cause [a legal case on corporal punisment that Boswell was defending], and proposed to read to him the printed papers concerning it. "No, sir (said he), I can read quicker than I can hear." So he read them to himself.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [legal case papers]

'The Swede [Mr Kristrom] went away, and Mr. Johnson continued his reading of the papers. I said, "I am afraid, Sir, it is troublesome to you." "Why, Sir (said he), I do not take much delight in it; but I'll go through it".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [legal trial papers]

'I mentioned Elwal the heretick, whose trial Sir John Pringle had given me to read.'

Unknown

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell

[n/a] : Bible

'At this time it appears from his "Prayers and Meditations," that he had been more than commonly diligent in religious duties, particularly in reading the Holy Scriptures'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[n/a] : London Chronicle

'On Saturday, April 3, the day after my arrival in London this year, I went to his house late in the evening, and sat with Mrs. Williams till he came home. I found in the "London Chronicle" Dr. Goldsmith's apology to the publick for beating Evans, a bookseller, on account of a paragraph 5 in a newspaper published by him, which Goldsmith thought impertinent to him and to a lady of his acquaintance. The apology was written so much in Dr. Johnson's manner that both Mrs. Williams and I supposed it to be his; but when he came home, he soon undeceived us. When he said to Mrs. Williams, "Well, Dr. Goldsmith's manifesto has got into your paper;" I asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it, with an air that made him see I suspected it was his, though subscribed by Goldsmith. Johnson. "Sir, Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write such a thing as that for him than he would have asked me to feed him with a spoon, or to do any thing else that denoted his imbecility. I as much believe that he wrote it as if I had seen him do it".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Mrs Williams Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : Greek New Testament

'[on Good Friday] We went to church both in the morning and evening. In the interval between the two services we did not dine; but he read in the Greek New Testament, and I turned over several of his books.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[unknown] : [books belonging to Johnson]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Book

[unknown] : [a recently published book]

'Mr. Elphinston talked of a new book that was much admired, and asked Dr. Johnson if he had read it. Johnson. "I have looked into it." "What (said Elphinston), have you not read it through?" Johnson, offended at being thus pressed, and so obliged to own his cursory mode of reading, answered tartly, "No, sir; do [italics] you [end italics] read books [italics] through [end italics]?"'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Elphinstone Print: Book

[unknown] : [a recently published book]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

George Sand [pseud.] : [unknown]

'In the late 1880s Gissing immersed himself in contemporary European fiction, as he had during previous periods of his life. Gissing's wide reading has been often noted but rarely assessed. Salient in any study of it would be his reading of Goethe and Heine in 1876 (and throughout his life), Eugene Sue and Henri Murger (in 1878 "Scenes de la Vie Boheme" was deepy influential), Comte (notably "Cours de Philosophie Positive" in 1878), Turgenev (in 1884 - but also constantly, for by the end of the decade he had read "Fathers and Sons" five times), Moliere, George Sand, Balzac, de Musset (whom he called indispensable" in 1885), Ibsen (in German, in the late 1880s), Zola, Dostoevski, the Goncourts (at least by the early 1890s). Gissing read with equal ease in French, German, Greek and latin, and these from an early age. Later he added Italian and late in life some Spanish'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Gissing Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'[During the 1880s Gissing] continued to read Latin and Greek authors daily'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Gissing Print: Book

George Sand [pseud.] : [unknown]

'Gissing, probably more than any of his contemporaries, knew well the main trends of European literature at that time, for he continued to read widely in both French and German, as well as English. During the eighteen-eighties, he re-read George Sand and much of Balzac; read Zola for the first time; purchased cheap German editions of Turgenev and read them all; was famiiar with Daudet, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and later de Maupassant; and read Ibsen as his work became available and in the late eighties saw his plays when they were performed for the first time in London'.

Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Gissing Print: Book

anon [Religious Tract Society] : tracts

'Last summer, being in Taunton, at the house of Mr J Smith, brother to my first wife, his son brought in a parcel of those religious tracts which are published by the Religious Tract Society, and sold cheap by T. Williams, Stationer's-court, Ludgate-street, London. . . I was much pleased with an opportunity of procuring some of them. I took one of each of more than thirty sorts; and when I got home, Mrs L and I read them over together, in order to know if they were proper to be dispersed abroad, and whether they were calculated to do good to such as should read them.'

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Lackington Print: tracts

[n/a] : [newspapers]

'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] There has appeared lately in the papers an account of a boat overset between Mull and Ulva, in which many passengers were lost, and among them Maclean of Col. We, you know, were once drowned; I hope, therefore, that the story is either wantonly or erroneously told. Pray satisfy me by the next post.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : [Greek Testaments]

'In his [Johnson's] manuscript diary of this year, there is the following entry: "Nov. 27. Advent Sunday. I considered that this day, being the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, was a proper time for a new course of life. I began to read the Greek Testament regularly at 160 verses every Sunday. This day I began the Acts. In this week I read Virgil's 'Pastorals'. I learned to repeat the 'Pollio' and 'Gallus'. I read carelessly the first 'Georgick'." Such evidences of his unceasing ardour, both for "divine and human lore," when advanced into his sixty-fifty year, and notwithstanding his many disturbances from disease, must make us at once honour his spirit, and lament that it should be so grievously clogged by its material tegument. It is remarkable, that he was very fond of the precision which calculation produces. Thus we find in one of his manuscript diaries, "12 pages in 4to Gr. Test, and 30 pages in Beza's folio, comprize the whole in 10 days".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[unknown] : [verses deposited in Lady Miller's vase]

'Lady Miller's collection of verses by fashionable people, which were put into her Vase at Batheaston Villa, near Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap: "[italics] Bouts rimes [end italics] (said he), is a mere conceit, and an [italics] old [end italics] conceit [italics] now [end italics]; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady."

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

[n/a] : [various Scottish magazine reviews of Johnson's 'Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland']

'I had brought with me a great bundle of Scotch magazines and newspapers, in which his "Journey to the Western Islands" was attacked in every mode; and I read a great part of them to him, knowing they would afford him entertainment. I wish the writers of them had been present: they would have been sufficiently vexed. One ludicrous imitation of his style, by Mr. Maclaurin, now one of the Scotch Judges, with the title of Lord Dreghorn, was distinguished by him from the rude mass. "This (said he) is the best. But I could caricature my own style much better myself." He defended his remark upon the general insufficiency of education in Scotland; and confirmed to me the authenticity of his witty saying on the learning of the Scotch;—"Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal".'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Durandi Sanctuarium

'Oct. 24. Tuesday. We visited the King's library.—I saw the "Speculum humanae Salvationis", rudely printed with ink, sometimes pale, sometimes black; part supposed to be with wooden types, and part with pages cut in boards.—The Bible, supposed to be older than that of Mentz, in 62 [1462]; it has no date, it is supposed to have been printed with wooden types.—I am in doubt; the print is large and fair, in two folios.—Another book was shewn me, supposed to have been printed with wooden types;—I think, "Durandi Sanctuarium" in 58 [1458]. This is inferred from the difference of form sometimes seen in the same letter, which might be struck with different puncheons.—The regular similitude of most letters proves better that they are metal.—I saw nothing but the "Speculum" which I had not seen, I think, before'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book

Florentius Volusenus [pseud.] : De Animi Tranquillitate

'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] Did you ever look at a book written by Wilson, a Scotchman, under the Latin name of Volusenus, according to the custom of literary men at a certain period. It is entitled "De Animi Tranquillitate" I earnestly desire tranquillity'.

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Book

John Oxenham [pseud.] : [light novels]

'His [Wilfred Owen's] literary interests must always have been a mystery to her, although she admired them, for her own reading scarcely extended beyond light novels and the pious, naive verse of John Oxenham'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Susan Owen Print: Book

John Oxenham [pseud.] : Vision Splendid, The

'[that civilians could believe soldiers were happy in the trenches] is evident from plenty of civilian verse, including, for example, a poem in John Oxenham's "The Vision Splendid" (1917), a book Owen had read at Craiglockhart'.

Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Wilfred Owen Print: Book

Junius [pseud.] : Letters of Junius

'Talking of the wonderful concealment of the authour of the celebrated letters signed [italics] Junius [end italics]; he said, "I should have believed Burke to be Junius, because I know no man but Burke who is capable of writing these letters; but Burke spontaneously denied it to me. The case would have been different had I asked him if he was the authour; a man so questioned, as to an anonymous publication, may think he has a right to deny it".'

Century: Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Serial / periodical

[n/a] : Scriptures

Early childhood reminisences: 'my deep impression is that she was a Holy, devoted follower of the Lord Jesus, but her understanding not fully enlightened as to the fullness of Gospel Truth. She taught us as far as she knew, and I now remember the solemn religious feelings I had often sitting in silence with her after reading the Scriptures with her; and our reading a Psalm before we went to bed and I have no doubt that her prayers were not in vain in the Lord. She died when I was twelve years old.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Gurney Print: Book

[n/a] : Psalms

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Gurney Print: Book

[n/a] : [New] Testament

'I often go to see poor Bob who seems to me dying and it is a good thing to attend a person in that situation. I think the more one sees of the different states of human nature the better. I read to him in the Testament, he flys to religion as his last resource, it is the only firm solid source of happiness in this world.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Gurney Print: Book

[n/a] : [New] Testament

'After reading to poor Bob which was a cross to me because some one was present I wrote this.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Gurney Print: Book

[n/a] : [New] Testament [probably]

'I slept late. Too unwell to go to meeting but have been writing and working which I disapprove of doing in general on a Sunday for I think it a bad example to servants, but I intend now to read in the Testament. I finished this day satisfactorily. I went to meeting; heard a good deal of reading and read to Nurse Norman's family.'

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Gurney Print: Book

[n/a] : [New] Testament [probably]

Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Gurney Print: Book

[n/a] : [New] Testament

'in the afternoon I laid down had a very sweet nap which I did enjoy - read in the Testament ... I then went and read the Testament to Nurse Norman's family which

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Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: questionaire respondent Print: Book

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Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Stan Dickens Print: Book

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Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Katherine Mansfield Print: Book

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Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Book

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Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Wharton Print: Book

Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole Manuscript: Unknown

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Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Aneurin (Nye) Bevan Print: Book