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Record Number: 33943


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'You have not perhaps seen the new "Gentleman�s Magazine" since it resumed publication. This is the first number�it was sent to me by the Editor Mr Bullen, who asks me to contribute. I rather like it, and think you will be interested in the history of the magazine, by the Editor perhaps. There is also a good article on our old friend Samuel Pepys his library.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1906 and 4 Mar 1906

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 40 St. Luke's Road

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Henry Hudson

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:

[n/a] [n/a]

Title:

The Gentleman's Magazine

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Gentleman's Magazine (March 1906)

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

33943

Source:

Print

Author:

William Henry Hudson

Editor:

Denis Shrubsall

Title:

The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y.

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

2

Page:

398

Additional Comments:

Letter from Hudson to Mrs Eliza Phillips (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), 4 March 1906, 40 St Luke's Road, London

Citation:

William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 398, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33943, accessed: 04 February 2026


Additional Comments:

None