Record Number: 30925
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As for Mother I'm as usual lost in amazement at the amount she gets through without turning a hair. The "Cat and the Fiddle book" I thought a masterpiece — she would have been pleased to see me giggling over it. Fortunately just as I had decided that I was ill there came an excellent batch of books including "Vera" and "Mr Waddington of Wyck" — how clever both of them in their way!
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 5 Jan 1922 and 19 Jan 1922
Country:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Timen/a
Place:city: Baghdad
specific address: own residence
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, intelligence officer and Middle East political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:Florence Bell (and Mrs Herbert Richmond, née Elsa Bell)
Title:The Cat and Fiddle Book: Eight dramatised nursery rhymes for nursery performers
Genre:History, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Longmans and Co, 1922
Provenanceowned
presumably sent by the authors, her (step) mother and half sister
Source Information:
Record ID:30925
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Hugh Bell, 19 January 1922 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=534
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30925, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
