Record Number: 30196

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'With Cockerell to Parkstone to see Alfred Russel Wallace, the Grand Old Man of Science ... He complimented me on my pamphlet, "The Shame of the XIXth Century" and expressed strong views on the pauperization of India. There was a number of the paper "Light" lying on his table, and I asked him if he still adhered to his belief in spiritualism, and he said very postively that he had not receded from it in the smallest degree.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1901 and 26 Jul 1901

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Alfred Russel Wallace

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 Jan 1823

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Surveyor, naturalist, evolutionist, and author

Religion:

Spiritualist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Title:

The Shame of the Nineteenth Century: A Letter Addressed to the "Times"

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

1901

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30196

Source:

Print

Author:

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Editor:

n/a

Title:

My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events, 1888-1914

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1920

Vol:

2

Page:

10-11

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events, 1888-1914, (London, 1920), 2, p. 10-11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30196, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None