Record Number: 33961
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Many thanks for your new book: I see that there are many things that I have read before, and shall be glad to read again in book form. Last evening I read your poignant incident—revolution in the "Nation"—those poor devils!’
Century:1900-1945
Date:19 Jun 1910
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: London
specific address: 40 St Luke's Road, West London
(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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[article in 'The Nation']
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33961
Source: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Title:The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922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:437
Additional Comments:
Letter from Hudson to John Galsworthy, 20 June 1910, 40 St Luke's Road, West 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William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 437, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33961, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Galsworthy had recently started to write social-political sketches for the "Nation".
