| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1850-1899 | there is a leading article in the "Times" about New Zealand | Albert Battiscombe | | The Times | Print: Newspaper |
| 1850-1899 | I am reading "Maunders Treasury of Geography" a very entertaining work. | Albert Battiscombe | Samuel Maunder | The Treasury of Geography | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | "I have been reading lately "Natural Philosophy" by Tomlinson and Sir John Herschel, and am now reading the "Chemistry... | Albert Battiscombe | Charles Tomlinson | Introduction to the Study of Natural Philosophy | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | "I have been reading lately 'Natural Philosophy' by Tomlinson and Sir John Herschel, and am now reading the 'Chemistry... | Albert Battiscombe | John Herschel | A preliminary discourse on the study of Natural Ph | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | "I have been reading lately 'Natural Philosophy' by Tomlinson and Sir John Herschel, and am now reading the 'Chemistry... | Albert Battiscombe | Robert Ellis | The Chemistry of Creation: being an outline of the | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | I have been reading lately "Maunders Geography" and working a little at "Thompson's Natural Philosophy["] | Albert Battiscombe | Samuel Maunder | The Treasury of Geography | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | I have been reading lately "Maunders Geography" and working a little at "Thompson's Natural Philosophy["] | Albert Battiscombe | Benjamin Thompson | Philosophical Papers: being a collection of memoir | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Reading Tales from Blackwood, and "The Court Servant" (Leigh Hunt) | Albert Battiscombe | | Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | Reading Tales from Blackwood, and "The Court Servant" (Leigh Hunt) | Albert Battiscombe | Leigh Hunt | The Court Servant | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Have just finished "Rory O'More" by Samuel Lover | Albert Battiscombe | Samuel Lover | Rory O'More | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Read "Nathalie" by Julia Kavanagh | Albert Battiscombe | Julia Kavanagh | Nathalie | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Read a little of "Paradise lost"' | Albert Battiscombe | John Milton | Paradise Lost | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Worked for an hour to day at French and read some Grecian History, The latter is certainly rather dry.' | Albert Battiscombe | Leonhard Schmitz | A History of Greece, from the earliest times to the destruction of Corinth, B.C. 146 | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'learnt some French from "Allendorff" read some of "La petite Fadette" a novel by George Sand, and also some of Schmit... | Albert Battiscombe | Leonhard Schmitz | A History of Greece, from the earliest times to the destruction of Corinth, B.C. 146 | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'learnt some French from "Allendorff" read some of "La petite Fadette" a novel by George Sand, and also some of Schmit... | Albert Battiscombe | George Sand | La Petite Fadette | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Have been working at French & reading "History of Greece"' | Albert Battiscombe | Leonhard Schmitz | A History of Greece, from the earliest times to the destruction of Corinth, B.C. 146 | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I cannot work this weather it is too hot, I have read a chapter of the "History of Greece" to day and that is all.' | Albert Battiscombe | Leonhard Schmitz | A History of Greece, from the earliest times to the destruction of Corinth, B.C. 146 | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newco... | Albert Battiscombe | William Thackeray | The Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable family | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newco... | Albert Battiscombe | Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton | Stuart of Dunleath. A story of the present time | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newco... | Albert Battiscombe | Benjamin Disraeli | Coningsby; or, The new generation | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I am reading the "English humourists" by Thackeray' | Albert Battiscombe | William Thackeray | The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Finished the "Epicurean" by Moore, it is a sad story but very prettily written; began to read the play of "Julius Cae... | Albert Battiscombe | Thomas Moore | The Epicurean. A Tale | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Finished the "Epicurean" by Moore, it is a sad story but very prettily written; began to read the play of "Julius Cae... | Albert Battiscombe | William Shakespeare | Julius Caesar | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Finished the "Epicurean" by Moore, it is a sad story but very prettily written; began to read the play of "Julius Cae... | Albert Battiscombe | Thomas Moore | Paradise and the Peri | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Have finished the lives of Harry the VIIIths Queens, very interesting work. Reading a small treatise on "Pneumatics" ... | Albert Battiscombe | [unknown] | [lives of Henry VIII's wives - see note below] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Have finished the lives of Harry the VIIIths Queens, very interesting work. Reading a small treatise on "Pneumatics" ... | Albert Battiscombe | [unknown] | Pneumatics | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Worked an hour or two at French; I suppose I must now finish the history of Rome, having once begun it must be finished' | Albert Battiscombe | [unknown] | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Reading a book on Pneumatics and been thinking of making an Anemometer of my own invention do not know if it would su... | Albert Battiscombe | [unknown] | [book on pneumatics] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'In the forenoon read Liardets book on Seamanship, so as to prepare myself for the duties of 1st Lieut which I expect ... | Albert Battiscombe | Francis Liardet | Professional Recollections on points of Seamanship, Discipline, etc. | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Reading Capn Boyds book on seamanship, there is a great deal to be picked up from it, but of course some things there... | Albert Battiscombe | John MacNeill Boyd | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Reading "History of Rome", & amusing myself variously.'
| Albert Battiscombe | [unknown] | History of Rome | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Reading "Le Roi des Montagnes" by Ed About'
| Albert Battiscombe | About Edmond | Le roi des Montagnes | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Reading Macauleys "history of England" for the 2nd time'
| Albert Battiscombe | Thomas Babington Macaulay | The history of England from the accession of James the Second | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I have been reading Macauleys "history of England", and have got thro 5 volumes, it is very interesting'
| Albert Battiscombe | Thomas Babington Macaulay | The history of England from the accession of James the Second | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I am reading Macauleys "history of England", it is so interesting that it keeps me up at night, later than I ought to... | Albert Battiscombe | Thomas Babington Macaulay | The history of England from the accession of James the Second | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I have finished Macaulay's "history of England" and am now reading his speeches, they are interesting.' | Albert Battiscombe | Thomas Babington Macaulay | The history of England from the accession of James the Second | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I have finished Macaulay's "history of England" and am now reading his speeches, they are interesting.' | Albert Battiscombe | Thomas Babington Macaulay | Speeches of the Right Honorable T. B. Macaulay, M.P. corrected by himself .. | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I have been reading some French books lately viz, "Mathilde" par Eugene Sue and "Les mariages de paris" par Edmond Ab... | Albert Battiscombe | Eugene Sue | Mathilde ou les Memoires d'une jeune femme | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I have been reading some French books lately viz, "Mathilde" par Eugene Sue and "Les mariages de paris" par Edmond Ab... | Albert Battiscombe | Edmond About | Les mariages de Paris | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I have been reading lately "Les memoires d'un colonel d'Husserds" and "La petite Soeur" two little vaudevilles by Mr ... | Albert Battiscombe | Eug?ne Scribe | Les memoires d'un colonel d'Husserds: com?die en 1 acte, m?l?e de vaudevilles | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I have been reading lately "Les memoires d'un colonel d'Husserds" and "La petite Soeur" two little vaudevilles by Mr ... | Albert Battiscombe | Eug?ne Scribe | La Petite soeur, com?die vaudeville en 1 acte | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | "Been reading Shakespeare's plays. viz "Measure for Measure" "Much Ado About Nothing" -' | Albert Battiscombe | William Shakespeare | Measure for Measure | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Been reading Shakespeare's plays. viz "Measure for Measure" "Much Ado About Nothing" -' | Albert Battiscombe | William Shakespeare | Much Ado About Nothing | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I have been reading a book by Mrs Trollope called "the Lottery of Marriage" a very nice book for little girls to read... | Albert Battiscombe | Frances Trollope | The Lottery of Marriage. A novel. | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Reading a book by Alexr Dumas fils called "Antonine", a stupid book in my opinion.' | Albert Battiscombe | Alexandre Dumas | Antonine | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Lady Lee's Widowhood by Captain Hamley R.A. it is not so good a book as I expected, it has been praised too much; so ... | Albert Battiscombe | Edward Hamley | Lady Lee's Widowhood | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Reading the "Les filles des platre" by M. Xavier de Montepin it is like the generality of French Novels, and does not... | Albert Battiscombe | Xavier Aymon de, Count Montepin | Les Filles de platre. Les trois debuts | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Finished "Kelly"s book on Victoria; it is very interesting tho rather coarse'
| Albert Battiscombe | William Kelly | Life in Victoria, or, Victoria in 1853 and Victoria in 1858 : showing the march of improvement made by the colony within those periods, in town and country, cities and diggings | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'I am now reading a history of England by Douglas Hamilton, it seems to be very well written'
| Albert Battiscombe | William Douglas Hamilton | Outlines of the History of England | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'As I expect a heap of books from England, I am having two book shelves put up in my cabin. I am afraid it will darken... | Albert Battiscombe | William Douglas Hamilton | Outlines of the History of England | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'reading "Cornhill Magazine" &c' | Albert Battiscombe | [n/a] | Cornhill Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'Commenced work again to day in earnest - read some of the [following page missing]'
| Albert Battiscombe | [unknown] | [unknown] | Unknown |
| 1850-1899 | 'Paymaster went ashore to inquire about coals &, he returned at 8 PM telling us to steam alongside a brig to morrow mo... | Albert Battiscombe | [n/a] | [newspaper] | Print: Newspaper |
| 1850-1899 | 'I am going to try & commence work again, having done nothing since entering the sick list, except read a few novels a... | Albert Battiscombe | [unknown] | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Read a good deal during the day, and worked a Couple of hours at French.' | Albert Battiscombe | [unknown] | [unknown] | Print: Book |