Record Number: 34030
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read the "Observer" one [a review of "My Life in Sarawak"] on Saturday, and that I do like because it confirms my own opinion of the book. I daresay it was by Sir F. [Frank] S. [Swettenham].'
Century:1900-1945
Date:22 Nov 1913
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 40 St Luke's Road
(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:Male
Date of Birth:4 Aug 1841
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Field naturalist and author
Religion:Protestant (Anglican) in childhood only
Country of Origin:Argentina
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Observer
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsThe Observer (22 November 1913)
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:34030
Source:William Henry Hudson
Editor:Denis Shrubsall
Title:The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922
Place of Publication:Lewiston, N.Y.
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:2
Page:482
Additional Comments:
Letter from Hudson to Margaret Brooke, Dowager Ranee of Sarawak, 25 November 1913, 40 St. Luke's Road, W. London
Citation:
William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 482, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34030, accessed: 16 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Hudson had already read Lady Brooke's memoir (to CROSS REF eventually). Here he reads a review by Sir Frank Swettenham (1850-1946), previously a governor of the Federated Malay States and himself a writer of sketches about the region.
