Record Number: 30953
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Incidentally I have read the enchanting volume of Page's letters to President Wilson which Aunt Maisie [Stanley] angelically sent me. Is not he the best letter writer that ever was. Do you remember when Licknowsky accuse the U.S.A. of putting of the efil [sic] day in Mexico and Page replies: "What better can you do with an evil day than put it off."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 20 Jan 1926 and 27 Jan 1926
Country:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Timen/a
Place:Baghdad
other location
(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:Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, intelligence officer and Middle East political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Life and Letters of W. H. Page
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsvolume 3, 1925
Provenanceowned
gift
Source Information:
Record ID:30953
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Hugh Bell, 27 January 1926 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=876
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30953, accessed: 11 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Gertrude Bell identifies the book as volume 3 of the 'Letters' in her letter to Florence Bell of 27 January 1926.
