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Record Number: 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

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/RED/record_details.php?id=4063, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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