| Evidence: | Neville Cardus, on devising cultural self-improvement scheme, in Autobiography (1947): "'... one day I picked up a copy of Samuel Butler's Note Books and read the following: 'Never try to learn anything until the not knowing it has become a nuisance to you for some time ...' ' " |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Neville Cardus |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Butler |
| Title: | Note Books |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3149 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Philp Waller | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 107 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philp Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3149, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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