| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1850-1899 | 'The retired Governor of Madras Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, to whom Mrs [Humphry] Ward read extracts from "Robert Elsm... | Mrs Humphry Ward | Mary Augusta Ward | Robert Elsmere | |
| 1850-1899 | 'One of them asked me if I was fond of reading and told me that she herself wrote books and was staying in the neighbo... | Hannah Mitchell | Mary Humphrey Ward | The History of David Grieve | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'At this precise moment I am feeling mightily morose, owing to my having foolishly embarked on Robert Elsmere and Tom ... | John Buchan | Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) Ward | Robert Elsmere | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Had I realised when I read it that its author was even then portentously engaged in rallying the anti-suffrage forces... | Vera Brittain | Mary Ward | Robert Elsmere | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Just after leaving school, I had been plunged into the same tumult of agonised inquiry by reading Mrs. Humphry Ward's... | Vera Brittain | Mary Ward | Robert Elsmere | Print: Book, Unknown |
| 1850-1899 | '[letter to Mrs Ward from Mr Creighton] I have read "Miss Bretherton" with much interest. It was hardly fair on the bo... | Mr Creighton | Mary Augusta Ward | Miss Bretherton | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'After reading the first volume [of Mrs Ward's "Robert Elsmere"] he [William Arnold] wrote to Mrs Arnold, "You may loo... | William Arnold | Mary Augusta Ward | Robert Elsmere | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Matthew Arnold wrote from Wilton, the Pembrokes' house, a week before his death (which occurred on April 15), that he... | guests at Wilton | Mary Augusta Ward | Robert Elsmere | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'The book ["Robert Elsmere"] had moved him [Gladstone] prfoundly and he felt impelled to combat the all too dangerous ... | William Gladstone | Mary Augusta Ward | Robert Elsmere | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'The book ["Robert Elsmere"] had moved him [Gladstone] prfoundly and he felt impelled to combat the all too dangerous ... | Catherine Gladstone | Mary Augusta Ward | Robert Elsmere | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[letter from T.H. Huxley to Mrs Ward] You will think I have taken my time about thanking you for "David Grieve"; but ... | Thomas Henry Huxley | Mary Augusta Ward | David Grieve | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[letter to Mrs Ward from Edward Burne-Jones] The book has just come - and to my pride and delight with such a pretty ... | Edward Burne Jones | Mary Augusta Ward | David Grieve | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[letter from Henry James to Mrs Ward] I think the tale very straightforward and powerful - very direct and vivid, ful... | Henry James | Mary Augusta Ward | Bessie Costrell | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[letter from Mr Morley to Mrs Ward] It was most pleasant to me to receive the little volume ["Bessie Costrell"] in it... | Mr Morley | Mary Augusta Ward | Bessie Costrell | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[letter from Beatrice Webb to Mrs Ward about her novel "Sir George Tressady"] the story is very touching and you have... | Beatrice Webb | Mary Augusta Ward | Sir George Tressady | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[Letter from Rudyard Kipling to Mrs Ward] I am delighted to have "Sir George Tressady" from your hand. I have followe... | Rudyard Kipling | Mary Augusta Ward | Sir George Tressady | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | '[letter from M. Jusserand to Mrs Ward] 'I spent yesternight a most charming evening reading your essay [on the Bronte... | M. Jusserand | Mary Augusta Ward | [prefaces to Haworth edition of the Brontes' novels] | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | '[letter from Lord Bryce to Mrs Ward] Thank you for your admirable article and for the copy of the Memorial, an effect... | | Mary Augusta Ward | 'Let women say' | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | '[letter from Mrs Ward to Reginald Smith] I heard such pleasing things about "David [Grieve]" from Lord Arran in Dubli... | | Mary Augusta Ward | David Grieve | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | '[letter from Mrs Ward to Reginald Smith] I heard such pleasing things about "David [Grieve]" from Lord Arran in Dubli... | army officers | Mary Augusta Ward | David Grieve | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | '[letter from Frederic Harrison to Mrs Ward] I am one of those to whom your book ["The Case of Richard Meynell"] speci... | Frederic Harrison | Mary Augusta Ward | Case of Richard Meynell, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | '[Having asked Lord Rosebery for a Preface to her "England's Effort"] Knowing that he was never strong, she fully expe... | Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | Mary Augusta Ward | England's Effort | Print: proofs |
| 1900-1945 | '[letter from General Hastings Anderson to Janet Trevelyan] What strikes me most in your mother's book ["Fields of Vic... | Hastings Anderson | Mary Augusta Ward | Fields of Victory | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of this evening's discussion was The Philosophy of Henri Bergson. Interesting papers were given by C.E. S... | Mary Hayward | Mary Hayward | [paper on Henri Bergson] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The evening was then given over to the life & works of Lewis Carroll. Mary Hayward Life of Lewis Carroll. Songs. Well... | Mary Hayward | Mary Hayward | [paper on life of Lewis Carroll] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The evening was then devoted to the subject of Psychical Phenomena. The Secretary (Ernest E. Unwin] read a brief intr... | Mary Hayward | Mary Hayward | [paper on the sub-conscious] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention.
From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward ... | Mary Hayward | Mary Hayward | [paper on ballads] | Manuscript: Unknown |