Evidence: | '... at about half past two walking up Oxford Street I saw Bumpus's, the famous bookshop. There was an exhibition on there free of charge, the library and papers of John Locke, the famous English philosopher. So I went in and had a look. There were the books that the sage used, his desk, his manuscripts, his private notebooks ... One of the notebooks was open and I read a note to the effect that a man told him how at a certain place in France five miles from such and such a spot was "a spring which was cold in summer and hot in winter." "This," added Locke, in a touch which I appreciated, "he told me he knew from his own observation."' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1932 and 22 Jun 1932 | ||||||||||
Country: | United Kingdom | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon: 2.30-3.30 | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Bumpus's Bookshop |
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Reader: | Cyril Lionel Robert James |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 4 Jan 1901 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Trinidad |
Country of experience: | United Kingdom |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Locke |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Manuscript notebook. |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ Seen as part of an exhibition. |
Record ID: | 29102 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Cyril Lionel Robert James | |
Editor: | Nicholas Laughlin | |
Title: | Letters from London | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 41 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Cyril Lionel Robert James, Nicholas Laughlin (ed.), Letters from London (Oxford, 2003), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29102, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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