Record Number: 12417
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its Aspects, Causes and Agencies"; another the "Home Friend - a weekly miscellany"; a third, the "Saturday Magazine"; a fourth, the "History of Redemption"; and a fifth, the "Family Quarrel - an humble story".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862
Country:England
Timemorning
Place:city: London
specific address: Millbank Prison
other location: F Room, an associated room in the prison
(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:prisoner
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Infidelity; its Aspects, Causes and Agencies
Genre:Other religious, Conduct books
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
prison library?
Source Information:
Record ID:12417
Source:Henry Mayhew
Editor:n/a
Title:The Criminal Prisons of London
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1862
Vol:n/a
Page:264
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 264, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12417, accessed: 28 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None