Record Number: 30869
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Delicious day, bit of a roll, following wind pretty strong. Sat on deck all morning and read Bevan's "Scheurus"[??], which I finished, while we passed down Corsica [Corse] and throught the Straits.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:7 Jan 1905
Country:at sea in the Western Mediterranean
Timemorning
Place:other location: on board the 'Ortona' between Marseilles and Naples
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, archaeologist, yet to take up formal occupation as political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:at sea in the Western Mediterranean
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30869
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 7 January 1905 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=350
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=30869, accessed: 26 April 2025
Additional Comments:
The identity of this text is unknown; no record of this title as transcribed can be found on standard bibliographic searching. It may refer to an unidentified work by the Arabist/oriental scholar Anthony Ashley Bevan (1859-1933) or his brother the philosopher and Hellenist Edwyn Bevan (1870-1943).
