Record Number: 29905
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'On with "Ambassadors" and some of Jane Harrison's "Ancient Art and Ritual": which makes me fear I shall never rise to the rarer heights of folklore and anthropology.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:15 Oct 1916
Country:At sea
Timen/a
Place:other location: in cabin on board the "Lama" in Red Sea between Suez and Jeddah
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: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:At sea
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ancient Art and Ritual
Genre:Other religious, anthropology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published London:Williams and Norgate, 1913; reissued 1914 in Home University Library of Modern Knowledge
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29905
Source:Ronald Storrs
Editor:n/a
Title:Orientations
Place of Publication:London (Readers Union Edn.)
Date of Publication:1939 (1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:181
Additional Comments:
Diary entry 15th October 1916, incorporated into source text.
Citation:
Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 181, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29905, accessed: 09 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None