Record Number: 29894
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I lunched with him ["a high dignitary of the Anglican Church"] at Shepheard's; and , leaving him for half and hour, during which I rushed home and read all up in Baedeker, I drove him to old Cairo, showing him the Nilometer, the place where Moses mewled in the bullrushes (there are none there now) and the oldest Coptic Church, Mari Girgis, where the Holy family are supposed to have rested on their way through Egypt.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 11 Oct 1904 and 13 Oct 1904
Country:Egypt
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Cairo
specific address: Pension Tewfik
location in dwelling: probably bedroom
(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:19 Nov 1881
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:diplomat (colonial civil servant)
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Egypt
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Egypt
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Publication Details
Leipsic, in English; likely to have been either 4th (1898) or 5th (1902) edition
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29894
Source:Ronald Storrs
Editor:n/a
Title:Orientations
Place of Publication:London (Readers Union Edn.)
Date of Publication:1939 (1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:19-20
Additional Comments:
Diary entry incorporated into text, undated, but internal evidence clearly indicates date range .
Citation:
Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 19-20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29894, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
