Record Number: 30858
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read Mrs Gascoyne's [sic] book on Burmah, Kipling and Murray and wrote letters. Very steamy day. Read Mrs Cotes' "Delightful Americans" after dinner and thought it only tolerably good.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:22 Feb 1903
Country:at Sea (Indian Ocean)
Timedaytime
Place:other location: on board the S.S. Tara between Calcutta and Rangoon
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:Female
Date of Birth:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Oxford graduate, language student,traveller, yet to take up formal occupations as archaeologist and later, political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:at Sea (Indian Ocean)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon: including the provinces of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras; the Punjab, North-West provinces, Rajputana, Central Provinces, Mysore, etc.; the native states, Assam and Cashmere
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published 1891. 4rd edn. 1901 London:John Murray ; Calcutta:Thacker and Spink
Provenanceowned
probably owned
Source Information:
Record ID:30858
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 22 February 1903 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=319
Citation:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30858, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
None
