Record Number: 11461
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I took Lubbock's List as a guide in my book hunting and persevered until I had acquired and read every single book in Lubbock's "hundred". It took time, of course: it was only after many years that I could happen upon and acquire, secondhand, Grote's "History of Greece". But as I found them, so, doggedly, I set myself to read them, and to puzzle out, as well as I could, why they had acquired the repute in which they stood. It was, at times, hard going; I got little pleasure or profit from Keble's "Christian Year", and, though his gorgeous word tapestry impressed me greatly, little of either from Jeremy Taylor's "Holy Living" and "Holy Dying".'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:21 Aug 1879
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:son of master craftsman, reading boy at printers
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of Greece
Genre:History, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailssecondhand copy
Provenanceowned
purchased secondhand book market in Bookseller's Row
Source Information:
Record ID:11461
Source:T.A. Jackson
Editor:n/a
Title:Solo Trumpet: Some memories of Socialist agitation and propaganda
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:n/a
Page:21
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
T.A. Jackson, Solo Trumpet: Some memories of Socialist agitation and propaganda (London, 1953), p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11461, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
