Record Number: 31260

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.^y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [George Eliot]
A Mill on the Floss – [George Eliot]
Men, Women & Guns – Sapper
A Student in Arms – Hankey.
Great Texts of the Bible – Psalms
Battles of the 19^th Cent.^y – Ency. Brit
The Real Kaiser –
In a German Prince's house
Life of Stanley – Autobiography
Political Hist.^y of the World – Innes.
The Practice of Xt.^s Presence – Fullerton
Malarial Work in Macedonia. – Willoughby & Cassidy
Bible Prophecies of the present war.
Where are we?
The lost tribes.
The Marne & after
Nelson's Hist.^y of the War. XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX.
A strange story. 1 & 2.
The eyes of His glory – Harrington Lees
The Practice of Christ's Presence
I.R.M. Jan — Dec 1917. Jan — July 1918.
Advent Testimony.
The King's Highway
The Vision Splendid
All's Well.
Bunyan's Characters. White. Vols. 1 & 3
Lichnowsky.
Prophetic Outlook — Cachemaile
Rhymes of a Red Cross man
Kipling – 20 poems
In Christ – Gordon
Scenes of Clerical Life. George Eliot
Sense & Sensibility – J. Austen.
Nicholas Nickleby – Dickens.
Dombey & Son      "
Silvia's Lovers. M^rs Gaskell.
Emma. Jane Austen
Agnes Grey. Ann Bronte
Thirsting for the Springs. Jowett
Germany at Bay. Major MacFall
Sir Nigel Loring. Conan Doyle'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 21 Apr 1917 and 5 Jul 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Croydon, London
specific address: Berkeley Lodge, Haling Park Road

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Albert Ruskin Cook

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

2 Mar 1870

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Medical Missionary, Church Missionary Society

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

Lost Tribes, The

Genre:

Biblical prophecy and eschatology?

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31260

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Albert Ruskin Cook

Title:

Diary 1918

Location:

Wellcome Library, London

Call No:

PP/COO/G33

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

List written in memoranda section at end of diary.

Citation:

Albert Ruskin Cook, Diary 1918, Wellcome Library, London, PP/COO/G33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31260, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is impossible to conclusively identify the text that this record refers to. It may be George A. Birmingham's 1914 novel of the same name, or any one of a number of books and pamphlets published on the Lost Tribes of Israel in the years leading up to the First World War. Considering Cook's interest in prophetic literature and the "end times" generally, the latter seems more likely.