Evidence: | 'Now for yesterday. The proceedings were the 'exercises' of the P.B.K. society wh. = simply a gathering of old students of all ages. They begin by some distinguished person reading an 'oration' & another a poem in the theatre. After that there is a dinner - a 'cold collation' we should call it & a set of speeches intended to be witty & with no reporters present. The poet was a little man called Gilder, editor of the Century. His poem was good of its kind & he was a bright amiable little man with whom I talked about Magazine editing.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1890 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Listener: | Leslie Stephen |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 28 Nov 1832 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Other alumni |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Richard Watson Gilder |
Title: | [poem] |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 4012 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Leslie Stephen | |
Editor: | John Bicknell | |
Title: | The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 2 1882-1904 | |
Place of Publication: | Ohio State University Press | |
Date of Publication: | 2 | |
Vol: | 1996 | |
Page: | 381 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Stephen to Julia Prinsep Stephen (27/6/1890). The PBK is the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a society for alumni of Harvard University who meet each year. |
Citation: | Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 2 1882-1904 (Ohio State University Press, 2), 1996, p. 381, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4012, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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