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Record 4063

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
?His [Sir Alfred Lyall] little volume of poems too is very good in its way. When I came back from America last time, I made a reputation on board by reciting one of the poems ? Theology in Extremis ? at a sort of penny reading? I have never been the object of so many attentions before or since and gave my autograph to a dozen ladies. Independent of that, Lyall is a man worth knowing & unluckily so popular in society that I don?t often get a chance of seeing him.?
Century: 1850-1899
Date: unknown
Country: ship traveling from USA to England
Time: n/a
Place: other location: ship
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Listener:anon
Age Unknown
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: ship traveling from USA to England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Sir Alfred Lyall
Title: Verses written in India
Genre: History, Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1889
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4063  
Source - Print  
  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: 1996
  Vol: 2
  Page: 440
  Additional comments: Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (19/4/1895). 'Theology in Extremis' is contained within Verses Written in India.

Citation: Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904 (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 2, p. 440, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4063, accessed: 28 March 2024

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