| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1850-1899 | 'All right, I'll see what I can do....Does the "sans extract" mean that I [italics] simply God-damn-mustn't [end itali... | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | unknown | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| 1850-1899 | 'There is rather a nice article of Colvin?s in this "Macmillan".' | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | The Shadow of Death | |
| 1850-1899 | 'Colvin?s article on B.C. was so much better than I had expected; he had the courage (which I lacked) to find fault; i... | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | Review of Basil Champneys' book A Quiet Corner of England. | Unknown |
| 1850-1899 | 'I say Colvin, your Titian is no end, and has pleased my mother as much as me: no end, also, is your description of th... | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | [Notices on Titian and Daniel Maclise] | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'The gay and free S.C. has at last written to me; but has not pleased me: does he think I can do anything with my “S... | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | Letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1850-1899 | 'I say, how nice S.C.’s ‘Walker’ is.' | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | Frederick Walker. In Memoriam. | Print: Given the date of the letter, RLS may have read the article in proof. |
| 1850-1899 | 'My dear Colvin, Thanks for your pencilations. One thing only, remains; how am I to call the followers of Orso and Man... | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | annotations | Manuscript: Letter, annotations |
| 1850-1899 | 'I say your pavement is d−d jolly.' | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | The History of a Pavement | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | [I have seen] 'Your "Art and Criticism", likewise there'. | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | 'Art and Criticism' in Appleton's Journal | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'The Brittany game is simply “on it”. There are no two ways of that. [ref.to Note 1] Look here, my young and lovel... | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | At the Land's End of France. | Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter |
| 1900-1945 | 'He marked personal details in Colvin's biography of Keats, particularly when they seemed to coincide with his own, no... | Wilfred Owen | Sidney Colvin | Life Of John Keats | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Here I am, here. And very well too. And I read your hymn, which is a very good hymn. And I was delighted with how you... | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | ‘A Greek Hymn’. | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'I read your “Giotto”; it’s almighty well written, I don’t know how the devil you can write like that.'
| Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | "Giotto's Gospel of Labour" | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'I read your “Grosvenor”; I’ve seen more interesting articles of yours (beg parding!); but it seemed to me very ... | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | "The Grosvenor Gallery" | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | '... and I agree with you I could choose no better model than Colvin's admirable Landor.' | Robert Louis Stevenson | Sidney Colvin | Landor | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'It is a most delightful lecture and most judiciously illustrated, if a mind so uncultivated as mine dares express an ... | Joseph Conrad | Sidney Colvin | Concentration in English Poetry | |
| 1900-1945 | 'This morning on opening my eyes I saw the noble vol [on Keats] delicately deposited by my side, while I slept, by Jes... | Joseph Conrad | Sidney Colvin | John Keats: His Life and Poetry, His Friends, Critics, and After-fame [With plates, including portraits] | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The whole household went to bed early [...] then with a mind refreshed and made receptive [...] I sat down to read yo... | Joseph Conrad | Sidney Colvin | Some Personal Recollections | Manuscript: Sheet |
| 1900-1945 | 'I have read (before breakfast) your "Gambetta" a most excellent thing both as picture and appreciation of the man.' | Joseph Conrad | Sidney Colvin | Gambetta | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The readng of "Memories and Notes" has been one continuous delight. As you know I have been privileged to see some of... | Joseph Conrad | Sidney Colvin | Memories and Notes of Persons and Places, 1852-1912 | Print: Book |