Record Number: 29229
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
H. M. Wallis delighted us with an account of War Time Tree fellings
Century:1900-1945
Date:19 Oct 1928
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 30 Northcourt Avenue
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1854
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Corn, seed and coal merchant
Religion:Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Members of XII Book Club
Additional Comments:
Occupation taken from Geoffrey Cantor, ‘Quaker Responses to Darwin’, Osiris, n.s. 16 (2001), 321–342 (p. 322).
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:War Time Tree Fellings
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29229
Source:Manuscript
Author:Howard Smith
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:181
Citation:Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. 181, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29229, accessed: 28 March 2024
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).