Record Number: 31108
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He [Mr Ritchie] presented me with a fascinating work as a birthday present — Boswell's "Letters" — you can't think how entertaining they are.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jul 1898 and 14 Jul 1898
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(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:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unspecified letters]
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:31108
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell July 1898 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1003
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31108, accessed: 08 May 2024
Additional Comments:
It is not clear from the evidence which of the then available works by Boswell which included letters, is referred to here, since his collected letters did not appear until 1924. The person presenting the book was a Mr Ritchie, possibly Richmond Ritchie, (later Sir), civil servant in the India Office and husband of Thackeray's daughter Anne, an old college friend of Gertrude Bell's.
