Record Number: 30292
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'So after dinner they settled down by the fire with The Northern Muse, Betty van Dusen and Tweedsmuir reading poems alternately; rather, she read from the book, but when it was his turn he barely needed to give it a glance. The poems were safe in his memory.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Jan 1940
Country:Canada
Timeevening
Place:Government House
Type of Experience(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:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Wife of a professor at Union Theological Seminary
n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Canada
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Governor General of Canada (the van Dusens' host), John Buchan
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Northern Muse: An Anthology of Scots Vernacular Poetry
Genre:Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30292
Source:Janet Adam Smith
Editor:n/a
Title:John Buchan: A Biography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1965
Vol:n/a
Page:468
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Janet Adam Smith, John Buchan: A Biography, (London, 1965), p. 468, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30292, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None