Record Number: 14575
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"I am disposed to agree with your own estimate of 'Scepticism of the Instrument'. I don?t, however, think that your third indictment of the instrument is quite new."
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Dec 1903 and 27 Sep 1904
Country:unknown
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Place:n/a
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer/journalist/reviewer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Scepticism of the Instrument
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Philosophy
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsa paper Wells read to the Oxford Pholosophical Society. He published is as an appendix to A Modern Utopia (editor's note)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14575
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:II
Page:193
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Bennet to H.G. and Jane Wells, dated 27 Sept, 1904, from 4 rue de Calais.
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14575, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
presumably Bennet read this in manuscript from the author.