The History of England During the Thirty Years' Peace: 1816-1846
Title
The History of England During the Thirty Years' Peace: 1816-1846
Text Read
The History of England During the Thirty Years' Peace: 1816-1846
Author
Martineau, Harriet
Original Source
London: Knight, 1849
Digitized by
HathiTrust
Publication Date
1849
Date(s) of Reading
- 1856-09-[22]
- 1856-12-06
- 1857-12-17
- 1858-01-17
- 1858-02-[02 and 03]
Evidence
1856-09-[22]: "Monday. Better this morning. Began the Ajax of Sophocles. Also Miss Martineau's History of the Peace." Diary 1854-1861 63
1856-12-06: "Sunday, Dec. 6. Finished the Agamemnon today. In the evenings of late, we have been reading Harriet Martineau's sketch of The British Empire in India, and are now following it up with Macaulay's articles of Clive and Hastings. We have lately read H. M.'s Introduction to the History of the Peace and have begun the History of the Thirty Years' Peace." Diary 1854-1861 71
1857-12-17: "Thursday. 17. Read my new story to G. this evening as far as the end of the third chapter. He praised it highly. I have finished "Die Familie" by Riehl, a delightful book. I am in the Choephora: now. In the evenings we are reading History of Thirty Years' Peace and Beranger. Thoroughly disappointed in Banger." Diary 1854-1861 71
1858-01-17: "Sunday. Cold and sore throat, but enjoying the writing of my 5th chapter. I have begun the Eumenides, having finished the Choephora. We are reading Wordsworth in the evenings - at least G. is reading him to me. I am still reading aloud Miss Martineau's history." Diary 1854-1861 73
1858-02-[02 and 03]: "2nd and 3rd. Unable to work still, so that I have lost 3 days. Gave up Miss Martineau's History last night after reading some hundred pages in the second volume. She has a sentimental, rhetorical style in this history which is fatiguing and not instructive. But her history of the Reform Movement is very interesting. G. has finished The Excursion, which repaid us for going to the end by an occasional fine passage even to the last. He has now begun the other poems of Wordsworth. This morning I finished the Eumenides. Wrote to Barbara, 79, East Fifteenth Street, New York. Bessie Parkes has written to me wishing me to contribute to the "English Woman's Journal", a new monthly which, she says, "We are beginning with a 1000 and great social interest"." Diary 1854-1861 73
1856-12-06: "Sunday, Dec. 6. Finished the Agamemnon today. In the evenings of late, we have been reading Harriet Martineau's sketch of The British Empire in India, and are now following it up with Macaulay's articles of Clive and Hastings. We have lately read H. M.'s Introduction to the History of the Peace and have begun the History of the Thirty Years' Peace." Diary 1854-1861 71
1857-12-17: "Thursday. 17. Read my new story to G. this evening as far as the end of the third chapter. He praised it highly. I have finished "Die Familie" by Riehl, a delightful book. I am in the Choephora: now. In the evenings we are reading History of Thirty Years' Peace and Beranger. Thoroughly disappointed in Banger." Diary 1854-1861 71
1858-01-17: "Sunday. Cold and sore throat, but enjoying the writing of my 5th chapter. I have begun the Eumenides, having finished the Choephora. We are reading Wordsworth in the evenings - at least G. is reading him to me. I am still reading aloud Miss Martineau's history." Diary 1854-1861 73
1858-02-[02 and 03]: "2nd and 3rd. Unable to work still, so that I have lost 3 days. Gave up Miss Martineau's History last night after reading some hundred pages in the second volume. She has a sentimental, rhetorical style in this history which is fatiguing and not instructive. But her history of the Reform Movement is very interesting. G. has finished The Excursion, which repaid us for going to the end by an occasional fine passage even to the last. He has now begun the other poems of Wordsworth. This morning I finished the Eumenides. Wrote to Barbara, 79, East Fifteenth Street, New York. Bessie Parkes has written to me wishing me to contribute to the "English Woman's Journal", a new monthly which, she says, "We are beginning with a 1000 and great social interest"." Diary 1854-1861 73
Citation
Martineau, Harriet, The History of England During the Thirty Years' Peace: 1816-1846, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57138