Record Number: 29102
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'... at about half past two walking up Oxford Street I saw Bumpus's, the famous bookshop. There was an exhibition on there free of charge, the library and papers of John Locke, the famous English philosopher. So I went in and had a look. There were the books that the sage used, his desk, his manuscripts, his private notebooks ... One of the notebooks was open and I read a note to the effect that a man told him how at a certain place in France five miles from such and such a spot was "a spring which was cold in summer and hot in winter." "This," added Locke, in a touch which I appreciated, "he told me he knew from his own observation."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1932 and 22 Jun 1932
Country:United Kingdom
Timeafternoon: 2.30-3.30
Place:city: London
specific address: Bumpus's Bookshop
(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 Jan 1901
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Trinidad
Country of Experience:United Kingdom
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Manuscript: Manuscript notebook.
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Seen as part of an exhibition.
Source Information:
Record ID:29102
Source:Cyril Lionel Robert James
Editor:Nicholas Laughlin
Title:Letters from London
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2003
Vol:n/a
Page:41
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Cyril Lionel Robert James, Nicholas Laughlin (ed.), Letters from London, (Oxford, 2003), p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29102, accessed: 21 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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