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Record 22536

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
MS date of reading by G.O. Trevelyan: Sep 2 1922. Also: "The pencil notes in this volume, which are cut off partially in the re-binding of it, are by a previous possessor. I have rubbed these out as we went along".
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 2 Sep 1922
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Cambo
county: Northumberland
specific address: Wallington Hall
   
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:George Otto Trevelyan
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 20 Jul 1838
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Historian and statesman
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Unclear - GOT writes "as we went along" - probably one of his family
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Cicero
Title: The treatises of M.T. Cicero
Genre: Classics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: London: George Bell, 1878
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22536  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Annotations in book cited below.,

Citation: Annotations in book cited below., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22536, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

Not all the marginal notes have been transcribed.

 

 

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