Record Number: 22600
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Copious MS notes in the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan, including: "The marginal lines, and notes, are copied from Macaulay's Dindorf." Many MS dates of reading between 1926-7. "It is a curious circumstance that (considering the enormous amount of Greek that I have read) I should have read this wonderful book of Anabases for the first time at the age of 88 and a half!"
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1926 and 1927
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Cambo
Northumberland
Wallington
(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: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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Anabasis; with an English translation by Carleton L. Brownson
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Heinemann, 1922
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:22600
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
MS notes in book cited below
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
MS notes in book cited below, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22600, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
I have not transcribed all the MS annotations in this book.