Record Number: 11504
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Worked for an hour to day at French and read some Grecian History, The latter is certainly rather dry.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:1 Oct 1857
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: on board HMS Pelorus, near Madeira
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:Male
Date of Birth:1831
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Lieutenant Royal Navy
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A History of Greece, from the earliest times to the destruction of Corinth, B.C. 146
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1851
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11504
Source:Manuscript
Author:Albert H.W. Battiscombe
Title:Journal of H.M.S Pelorus 21, August 1st 1857 to March 11th 1859
Location:Royal Naval Museum
Call No:1976/110(1)
Page/Folio:p.14
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
Albert H.W. Battiscombe, Journal of H.M.S Pelorus 21, August 1st 1857 to March 11th 1859, Royal Naval Museum, 1976/110(1), p.14, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11504, accessed: 18 February 2025
Additional Comments:
The identification of the book is tentative; Battiscombe continues reading it later in the diary.