Record Number: 24547

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Secretary read a paper on the poetry of William Watson and with Miss Pollard gave illustrative readings'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

9 Dec 1895

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Reading
specific address: Lynwood, Redlands Rd

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:

Bertha M. Pollard

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1865

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker or associated with the Friends

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Members of the XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Watson

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24547

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Alfred Rawlings

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915)

Location:

Private Collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

6

Citation:

Alfred Rawlings, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915) Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24547, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). There were two Miss Pollards, the younger, Catherine, born in 1869 - I have assumed the elder would be deemed 'Miss Pollard'