Record Number: 23099
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From Hallam Tennyson's account of his father's last days: 'On Sept. 3rd [1892] he complained of weakness and of pain in his jaw [...] 'On Wednesday the 29th we telegraphed for Sir Andrew Clark [?physician] [...] 'He read Job, and St Matthew, and Miss Swanwick's new book on Poets as the Interpreters of the Age. Sir Andrew arrived, and did not think so badly of him as I did. He and my father fell to discussing Gray's "Elegy." 'On Thursday and Friday my father had a bad sore throat; on Friday my wife read him an article in the Times on the colonization of Uganda, for which he asked. He looked forward to the day when South Africa would be welded into one mighty state, linked in a strict federation with England.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:1 Oct 1892
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Alfred Tennyson.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:article on colonization of Uganda
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Social Science, Geography / Travel, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn The Times
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:23099
Source:Hallam Tennyson
Editor:n/a
Title:Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1897
Vol:2
Page:425
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 425, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23099, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Alfred Tennyson died on 6 October 1892.
