the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Sara Jeannette Duncan (Mrs Cotes) : Those Delightful Americans

'Read Mrs Gascoyne's [sic] book on Burmah, Kipling and Murray and wrote letters. Very steamy day. Read Mrs Cotes' "Delightful Americans" after dinner and thought it only tolerably good.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Gertrude Bell      Print: Book

Sara Jeannette Duncan (Mrs Cotes) : A Voyage of Consolation

'And woke at 7 [she had been sleeping on deck] — no nonsense about swabbing down the decks here! Very hot and steaming and the smell downstairs appalling. Read the Java book and a "Voyage of Consolation". Got to Port Swettenham at 12.30 '

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Gertrude Bell      Print: Book

Sara Jeannette Duncan (Mrs Cotes) : A Social departure: How Orthodocia and I went round the world by ourselves

'In parenthesis, I hope you'll like Mrs Sara Jeannette [Duncan]. I thought her charming and she was so kind to us [in Calcutta]. She longs to know you. Read "A Voyage of Consolation" and "A Social Departure". The latter is autobiographical.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Gertrude Bell      Print: Book

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