Record Number: 4050
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?I have waited to thank you for your book till I had read it & write now ? before having quite finished ? because I can talk best with my pen & would rather anticipate tomorrow. I am, as you know, quite unable to criticize the substance. I am greatly ignorant of history & of that part of history beyond nearly all others. I can, however, see that you have got through an amount of work wh. amazes me? I thought well of you; but you have quite surpassed my expectations.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:14 Dec 1898
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Medieval Empire
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:4050
Source:Leslie Stephen
Editor:John Bicknell
Title:The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904
Place of Publication:Ohio State University Press
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:2
Page:494
Additional Comments:
Letter from Leslie Stephen to his nephew Herbert A. L. Fisher (14/12/1898), who was a fellow of New College, Oxford.
Citation:
Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904 , (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 2, p. 494, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4050, accessed: 09 May 2025
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