Record Number: 27577
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thanks for the houseflags little book. I have marked in it all the ships I used to know--a good many of them.[...]. After you went away I re-read your Fog on the River paper. In the E.[nglish] R.[eview]. Jolly well done and rightly felt and artistically expressed. '
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jul 1912 and 29 Jul 1912
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility
Master mariner and author
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:House Flags and Funnels of English and Foreign Steamship Companies
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1912 4th edn, Sunderland: Thomas Reed and Sons
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:27577
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:5
Page:91
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.M. Tomlinson dated 29 [?]July 1912, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916, (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27577, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958) was a sailor and journalist,subsequently a war correspondent and later still an essayist and writer of fiction. See fn.2 p.91 of source text.
