Record Number: 24119

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[during a riddle game at Mrs Ward's home, Stocks] Lord Acton, who had that day devoured ten books of Biblical criticism that Mrs Ward had placed in his room, and would infinitely have preferred to go on talking about them, found himself confronted by the question: "Why is Lord Rothschild like a poker?".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

From: 1 Jun 1892

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Hertfordshire
specific address: Stocks

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

10 Jan 1834

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

historian

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[biblical criticism]

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read at the home of Mrs Ward

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24119

Source:

Print

Author:

Janet Penrose Trevelyan

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1923

Vol:

n/a

Page:

113

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 113, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24119, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None