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George Otto Trevelyan
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John Poole : Little Pedlington and the Pedlingtonians
"This volume was being read by Sir George Trevelyan when his last illness overtook him. CPT" [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan]. Under this "He died on August 19th 1928 at Wallington MKT" [i.e. Lady Mary Katharine Trevelyan]. Book also contains MS marginal corrections to text.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: George Otto Trevelyan Print: Book
Herodotus : Works
Copious MS notes; multiple dates of reading , incl. "Sept 15 1915 Wallington"; "July 3 1922 A glorious winter"; "Finished Herodotus, all of him, once again this day Sept. 10 1925. He is a cordial in old age, and an anodyne in poor health. But I shall now pass willingly enough to Thucydides with a fine, clear legible type. My old copy was bought 73 years ago, at Harrow! I am reading, side by side with my two Greek historians, the Annals and the Histories of Tacitus. Macaulay found in the three of them "something he could find in no one else"; and my experience is the same as his. G.O. Trevelyan"
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: George Otto Trevelyan Print: Book
Laurence Sterne : Tristram Shandy
Dates of reading given in MS as being between June 22 1897 "Jubilee Day" and July 7 1897.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Otto Trevelyan Print: Book
Henry James : The better sort
Various MS notes and marks including date of reading: June 23 1923 and a note on p.311 "The birthplace": "This was based on the story of Mr. Skipsey, told to Carry [i.e. Lady Caroline Trevelyan] by the Spence Watsons, and by her to Henry James."
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: George Otto Trevelyan Print: Book
Charles James Fox : Memorials and correspondence of Charles James Fox
MS notes throughout, mainly taken for Sir George's own research into Charles James Fox. One reads (v.2.p.376): "I am glad he liked shooting as much as I do."
