Record Number: 33930
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I wonder if you can tell me what the enclosed flower is? It is very pretty—deep, almost maroon, red flowers in a big coarse, burdock-like plant. It is not in my book, Step's "Wayside and Woodland Blossoms".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jun 1899 and 7 Jun 1899
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Seaford
county: Sussex
(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:4 Aug 1841
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Field naturalist, author
Religion:Protestant (Anglican) in childhood only
Country of Origin:Argentina
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Wayside and Woodland Blossoms: A Pocket Guide
Genre:Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon 1895; 1896
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33930
Source:William Henry Hudson
Editor:Denis Shrubsall
Title:Birds of a Feather: Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson
Place of Publication:Bradford-on-Avon
Date of Publication:1981
Vol:n/a
Page:69
Additional Comments:
Letter from Hudson to Mrs Emma Hubbard, 7 June 1899, Seaford.
Citation:
William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), Birds of a Feather: Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, (Bradford-on-Avon, 1981), p. 69, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33930, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
In this letter Hudson refers to various nature walks on the South Downs looking at flowers, so this was almost certainly one of a serial reading experience of a familiar pocket companion guide. He was finishing his first English nature book, "Nature in Downland" (1900), at this time.
