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Record Number: 14575


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"I am disposed to agree with your own estimate of 'Scepticism of the Instrument'. I don?t, however, think that your third indictment of the instrument is quite new."

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1903 and 27 Sep 1904

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Arnold Bennett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer/journalist/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

H. G. Wells

Title:

Scepticism of the Instrument

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

a paper Wells read to the Oxford Pholosophical Society. He published is as an appendix to A Modern Utopia (editor's note)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

14575

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

II

Page:

193

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennet to H.G. and Jane Wells, dated 27 Sept, 1904, from 4 rue de Calais.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14575, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

presumably Bennet read this in manuscript from the author.

   
   
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