William Godwin's Diary

Reading -- Texts Discussed

Diary DateDiary Entry
14  May  1791his pamphlet
2  October  1791Holcroft reads
19  October  1791letters to Fox & Sheridan
8  December  1791Holcroft calls with a scene
9  December  1791Holcroft calls with a scene: iterim
10  December  1791Holcroft calls & reads
21  June  1792reads Benedick
27  June  1792Holcroft reads
17  October  1794Read w. Ritson
1  November  1794 Cursory Strictures—To this pamphlet Mr H. T. frequently declared that he was indebted for his life. One day, in mixed company, having insisted that the author should tell him without circumlocution whether it were of his writing or no, & been answered in the affirmative, he called the author to him, & taking his hand, conveyed it suddenly to his lips, vowing that he could do no less by the hand which had given existence to that production. (May 21, 1795.) Jan. 29, 1809.
17  April  1796R's Poems
9  January  1799 read
6  May  1799L'Amour Médecin
15  March  1800Read
12  October  1802Strutt
22  October  1805read
25  October  1806Bt, acts 1 & 2
27  October  1806Bt, fin
10  March  1808Ulysses
17  March  1808notes
2  August  1808State Trials
8  December  1808read
13  December  1818Read Antonio to Rosser & Bevan
10  April  1819Lear
4  November  1820Malthus
13  January  1825read to M J &M W S
27  July  1825Richardsonia
21  December  1825Vol. III
30  May  1831St Leon
2  June  1831St Leon
27  November  1831Hangman
29  March  1832Read
16  August  1832read P J
28  September  1832read Reformation
30  September  1832read Pol. Justice
22  February  1833Orpheus