Record Number: 30762

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Will you send me the second volume of Pattison's essays, if you are not reading it. I have nearly finished the first and will post it to you. I think some of them most interesting especially those which deal with 17th century scholars.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1889 and 5 Jul 1889

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 95 Sloane Street

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gertrude Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Jul 1868

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

recent Oxford graduate, yet to tak up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor

Religion:

Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mark Pattison

Title:

Essays

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Oxford: Clarendon Press 1889 (2 vols)

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30762

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

On-line archive of Gertrude Bell's letters and diaries (transcribed) http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 5 July 1889, 95 Sloane St, London http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1386

Citation:

On-line archive of Gertrude Bell's letters and diaries (transcribed) http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30762, accessed: 12 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Date range of reading experience is speculative but not likely to have been before the end of June 1889, as the family had been together on holiday in Alsace in June. (see Georgina Howell "Gertrude Bell, Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations" p. 422)