| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, April 7, 1794
'At present I am puzzling at Persian and Arabic, and I mean to begin Hebrew. I get on a... | Elizabeth Smith | Miguel de Cervantes | Don Quixotte | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, April 7, 1794
'At present I am puzzling at Persian and Arabic, and I mean to begin Hebrew. I get on a... | Elizabeth Smith | Garcilaso de la Vega | History of the Incas | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, Bath Sept 27, 1794
'I have the great store of Spanish lately; the "Teatro Critico Universale" by Feyj... | Elizabeth Smith | Feyjoo | Theatro critico universale | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, Bath Sept 27, 1794
'I have the great store of Spanish lately; the "Teatro Critico Universale" by Feyj... | Elizabeth Smith | Juan de Mariana | History of Spain | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Lady Isabella King, Bath March 8th 1798
'Have you read "The Pursuits of Literature"? It is a satirical poem. I d... | Elizabeth Smith | Thomas James Mathias | The Pursuits of Literature | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Lady Isabella King, Bath March 8th 1798
'Have you read "The Pursuits of Literature"? It is a satirical poem. I d... | Elizabeth Smith | John Robinson | Illuminati | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt Shirley, July 28, 1795
'I must tell you that I cannot help being quite reconciled to Cicero... If you... | Elizabeth Smith | Marcus Tullius Cicero | Tuscular Disputations | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt Shirley, July 28, 1795
'I have just finished Clarendon's "History of the rebellion", which Miss Bowdl... | Elizabeth Smith | Edward Hyde Clarendon | History of the Rebellion and civil wars in England | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt Shirley, July 28, 1795
'We have read Mr Gisborne's book aloud ["On the duties of Man"] and all the pa... | Elizabeth Smith | Thomas Gisbourne | An enquiry into the duties of men in the higher and middle classes of society in Great Britain | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, December 12 1792
'The "Lusiad" I never read. It was Middleton's "Life of Cicero" that I meant. I was ... | Elizabeth Smith | Conyeds Middleton | History of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, December 12 1792
'The "Lusiad" I never read. It was Middleton's "Life of Cicero" that I meant. I was ... | Elizabeth Smith | Tobias George Smolett | History of England | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792
'At present I am engaged in an argument with my dear Miss Bowdlen concerning Ossian. I s... | Elizabeth Smith | Ossian | [poems] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792
'At present I am engaged in an argument with my dear Miss Bowdlen concerning Ossian. I s... | Elizabeth Smith | Homer | [poetry] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792
'At present I am engaged in an argument with my dear Miss Bowdlen concerning Ossian. I s... | Elizabeth Smith | John Milton | [poems] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792
'Can you find anything equal to his [Ossian's] descriptions of nature; his address to th... | Elizabeth Smith | Ossian | hymns | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'At other times we studied Shakespeare, Milton and some other English poets as well as some of the Italians. We took l... | Elizabeth Smith | William Shakespeare | [works] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'At other times we studied Shakespeare, Milton and some other English poets as well as some of the Italians. We took l... | Elizabeth Smith | John Milton | [poems] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'At other times we studied Shakespeare, Milton and some other English poets as well as some of the Italians. We took l... | Elizabeth Smith | [various English poets] | [poems] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'At other times we studied Shakespeare, Milton and some other English poets as well as some of the Italians. We took l... | Elizabeth Smith | Thomas Secker | Lectures on Catechism | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'At other times we studied Shakespeare, Milton and some other English poets as well as some of the Italians. We took l... | Elizabeth Smith | [n/a] | New Testament | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, St Winifred's Dale, August 18 1793
'I admire the German you sent me extremely. I have read none since... | Elizabeth Smith | [unknown] | Den golden spiegel | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, St Winifred's Dale, August 18 1793
'I admire the German you sent me extremely. I have read none since... | Elizabeth Smith | Wiessen | Lyrische Gedischte | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, April 7 1794
'I am very rich in German books right now for Dr Randolph, who has a great many, has giv... | Elizabeth Smith | Kliest | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, April 7 1794
'I am very rich in German books right now for Dr Randolph, who has a great many, has giv... | Elizabeth Smith | Hallen | [poems] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, April 7 1794
'I am very rich in German books right now for Dr Randolph, who has a great many, has giv... | Elizabeth Smith | Zimmerman | Einsamkert | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | To Miss Hunt, April 7 1794
'I am very rich in German books right now for Dr Randolph, who has a great many, has giv... | Elizabeth Smith | Hunt | Essay on the happiness of the life to come | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Mr Edminson then read a paper on Mrs Besant's autobiography. Some discussion folowed. Mr Morland gave a summary of Fa... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Frederic Harrison | Meaning of History, The | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Readings from Wordsworth were then given by Mrs Smith, Mrs Rawlings, Mrs Edminson and Miss Wallis.' | Elizabeth Ann Smith | William Wordsworth | | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'The programme on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayham [sic] was as follows.
Reading of the poem by Mrs Edminson and Mrs Rawl... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'The programme on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayham [sic] was as follows.
Reading of the poem by Mrs Edminson and Mrs Rawl... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [paper on Life of Edward Fitzgerald] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1850-1899 | 'A programme of the works of Robert Browning arranged by the committee appointed at the previous meeting was then ente... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Robert Browning | 'May and Death' | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'A programme of the works of Robert Browning arranged by the committee appointed at the previous meeting was then ente... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Robert Browning | 'Prospice' | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a pa... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [paper on Burns as song writer] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a pa... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Robert Burns | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Mrs Smith then read an interesting biography of Keats which was followed by a reading of "I stood tiptoe upon a littl... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [a biography of Keats] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Papers were then read by Mr Ridges on the Works of Borrow & on the Life of Borrow by R. Heelas. Readings were given b... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | George Borrow | Bible in Spain, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of the evening - 'English Ballads' - was then discussed in two papers, by F.J. Edminson & H.M. Wallis, an... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | | [either an English ballad or text about ballads] | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'W.S. Rowntree read a paper on Dante & Florence [,] H.R. Smith explained the Vita Nuova from which Mrs W.H. Smith & Mr... | Elizabeth Smith | Dante Alighieri | La Vita Nuova | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'A series of more or less five minutes essays or talks on various aspects of Browning by the folowing members were the... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [a member of the XII Book Club] | [essay on Browning] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Meeting then considered the Life & Works of Alfred Russel Wallace. Walter S. Rowntree gave us an account of Walla... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [Paper on A.R. Wallace's psychical writings] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Meeting then considered the Life & Works of Alfred Russel Wallace. Walter S. Rowntree gave us an account of Walla... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Alfred Russel Wallace | [psychical writings] | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The evening was given over to the consideration of Thackeray.
A paper by J.J. Cooper was read by Miss Marriage follo... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Mark Twain
A very humorous essay written by C.E. Stansfield & read by R.H. Robson gave us a delightful introduction ... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Mark Twain | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The rest of the evning was devoted to Wordsworth, Alfred Rawlings, Mrs Rawlings, Mrs W.H. Smith, C.I. Evans, C.E. Sta... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | | [material by or about Wordsworth] | Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Child- Study then claimed our attention. Three papers (or contributions) were given first of all by Mrs Smith, Mr Eva... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [paper on child study] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Child- Study then claimed our attention. Three papers (or contributions) were given first of all by Mrs Smith, Mr Eva... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | | Spectator, The | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'The meeting then considered the work of H.G. Wells. The chief item of interest was undoubtedly a paper by Henry M. Wa... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [paper on 'Mankind in the Making' by Wells] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The meeting then considered the work of H.G. Wells. The chief item of interest was undoubtedly a paper by Henry M. Wa... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Herbert George Wells | Mankind in the Making | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The meeting then continued the discussion of H.G. Wells & his religious development. C.E. Stansfield had prepared an ... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Herbert George Wells | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The remainder of the evening was given over to R.L. Stevenson & his work.
[the format of the evening's discussion on... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Robert Louis Stevenson | 'Christmas at Sea' | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The remainder of the evening was given over to R.L. Stevenson & his work.
[the format of the evening's discussion on... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Robert Louis Stevenson | 'Tropic Rain' | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The remainder of the evening was given over to R.L. Stevenson & his work.
[the format of the evening's discussion on... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Robert Louis Stevenson | 'Vagabond' | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The evening was then devoted to the subject of Psychical Phenomena. The Secretary (Ernest E. Unwin] read a brief intr... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [paper on the spirit world] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Essays were then read. The Secretary does not feel able to do more than indicate the general nature of these essays.
... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [paper on the mind and its training] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The main business of the evening was then proceeded with - 5 mins essays upon some book read recently.
Mrs Evans rea... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | [a member of the XII Book Club] | [paper on Blackwood's 'The Garden of Survival'] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The main business of the evening was then proceeded with - 5 mins essays upon some book read recently.
Mrs Evans rea... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Algernon Blackwood | Garden of Survival, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibilit... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Jean Froissart | Chronicles | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'H.R. Smith gave a brief outline of S. Baring Gould's Life following which H.M. Wallis read from "John Herring" a Dart... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | Sabine Baring-Gould | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate d... | Elizabeth Ann Smith | William Shakespeare | | Print: Book |