| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1850-1899 | 'By the bye, how good and clever his (Major Lockhart's) verses are which you sent me...' | Margaret Oliphant | Major Lockhart | [verses] | Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Philip Inman conveyed a ... specific sense of the uses of literacy for an early Labour MP. The son of a widowed charw... | Philip Inman | John Gibson Lockhart | The Life of Scott | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Byron to John Murray, 29 June 1821: 'I have just read "John Bull's letter" -- it is diabolically well written -- & ful... | George Gordon Lord Byron | J. G. Lockhart | John Bull's Letter to Lord Byron | |
| 1900-1945 | ' ... in 1917-18, when he was 90, Sir Edward Fry asked his wife and daughters to read Lockhart's "Life of Scott" to hi... | Sir Edward Fry | John Gibson Lockhart | Life of Scott | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | ' ... in 1917-18, when he was 90, Sir Edward Fry asked his wife and daughters to read Lockhart's Life of Scott to him ... | Mariabella Fry | John Gibson Lockhart | Life of Scott | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'We are reading Scott's Life in the evenings with much enjoyment.' | George Eliot (pseud) and G.H. Lewes | J.G. Lockhart (probably) | Life of Scott | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Felicia Hemans to a new friend in Dublin, early 1831: 'Some "Quarterly Reviews" have lately been sent to me, one of wh... | Felicia Hemans | John Gibson Lockhart | Review of Thomas Moore's Life of Byron | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | '[W]ould to God I had been an Adam Blair & not a Mrs Campbell [...] I am only miserable--because I dare not die--and l... | Lady Caroline Lamb | J.G. Lockhart | Some Passages is the Life of Mr. Adam Blair | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Aloud I read the concluding part of Walter Scott's "Life" which we had begun at Harrogate, two volumes of Froude's "H... | George Eliot [pseud] | John Gibson Lockhart | Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Harriet Martineau, Journal, 7 January 1838: 'Read Life of Scott, Vol. VI. It is far more interesting than the former... | Harriet Martineau | ? J. G. ?Lockhart | Life of Scott (vol. 6) | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I think Adam Blair beautifully done?quite beautifully. It is not every lady who confesses she reads it; but if you ha... | Sydney Smith | John Gibson Lockhart | Some Passages in the Life of Mr Adam Blair Minister of the Gospel at Cross-Meikle | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20 November 1844:
'Have you any recollection of Adam Blair? I believe th... | Elizabeth Barrett | John Gibson Lockhart | Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair Minister of the Gospel at Cross-Meikle | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Friday 15 August 1924: 'When I was 20 I liked 18th Century prose; I liked Hakluyt, Merimee. I read masses of Carlyle, ... | Virginia Stephen | J. G. Lockhart | Life of Walter Scott | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On my return home, I found several letters from England; amongst them, one from Miss [-], in which she speaks of W[-]... | Miss [-] | John Gibson Lockhart | Adam Blair | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On my return home, I found several letters from England; amongst them, one from Miss [-], in which she speaks of W[-]... | Miss [-] | John Gibson Lockhart | Valerius | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have not got all the Mag. read but think it is an exceedingly good one. I only wish the term [italics] Galloway Sto... | James Hogg | John Gibson Lockhart | 'Testimonium, A Prize Poem by James Scott, Esq.' | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have not got all the Mag. read but think it is an exceedingly good one. I only wish the term [italics] Galloway Sto... | James Hogg | John Gibson Lockhart | 'Dietrich Knickernocker's History of New York' | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have read Reginald with great care and with great interest. It is a masterly work upon the whole, particularly in s... | James Hogg | John Gibson Lockhart | Reginald Dalton | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'In "Guns and Butter" by Bruce-Lockhart (written October 1938), he says: "To anyone who knows the East, it was already... | Thomas Kitching | R.H. Bruce-Lockhart | Guns and Butter | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | In the main, the reviews of I.P. [Imperial Palace] have been excellent. But it is curious that 2 out of 3 of Max’... | Arnold Bennett | Bruce Lockhart | Evening Standard | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | Sunday 9 April 1826:
'Lockhart's Review -- Don't like his article on Sheridan's Life. There is no breadth in it, no... | Walter Scott | J. G. Lockhart | review of Thomas Moore, Life of Sheridan | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | Thursday, 29 May 1828:
'I have amused myself to-day with reading Lockhart's Life of Burns which is very well writte... | Walter Scott | Lockhart | Life of Burns | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Lord Mahon to John Murray, 11 December 1836:
'I am much obliged to you for the early copy of the [Quarterly] Review... | Lord Mahon | Lockhart | article on Lord Mahon | Print: Serial / periodical, 'early copy' |
| 1800-1849 | 'Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk was written by [J. G.] Lockhart, aided probably by one or more [...] clever young adv... | Charlotte Sophia Scott | J. G. Lockhart | Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Sophia Scott to Miss Millar (former governess), 5 July 1819:
'I would advise you to read a new book, whi... | Walter Scott | J. G. Lockhart | Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk | Unknown |