Record Number: 3940

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"And that reminds me that the last Contemporary is worth looking at, not only for Gladstone's twaddle about Ritualism, wh. has sold ten editions of the number, twaddle though it is, but for an article of Mat Arnold's wh. amuses me."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Leslie Stephen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1832

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

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:

W E Gladstone

Title:

Ritualism and Ritual

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Contemporary Review 24 (October 1874) pp. 663-81.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3940

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

1

Page:

143

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (12/10/1874).

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882 , (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 143, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3940, accessed: 01 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None