Record Number: 3420

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Have you read (Dilke's?) notice in the "Athenaeum", this day, on Sir Stafford Northcote? Andrew Lang had a most difficult task to fulfil. The judicious curtailment and necessary suppression of what people most want to know where unavoidable under the circumstances.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 1 Nov 1890

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Gosport
county: Hampshire
specific address: Anglesey

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

S.P. Oliver

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Dilke

Title:

Article on Sir Stafford Northcote in the Athenaeum

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Athenaeum, 1 November 1890

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3420

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

S.P. Oliver

Title:

Blackwood Correspondence Book

Location:

National Library of Scotland

Call No:

MS 4558

Page/Folio:

231v

Additional Information:

Lertter from S.P.Oliver to Blackwood, 1 November 1890

Citation:

S.P. Oliver, Blackwood Correspondence Book, National Library of Scotland, MS 4558, 231v, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3420, accessed: 17 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

The attribution of the article to Dilke is Oliver's.