Record Number: 31006
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] enjoys being read to in the aft. I have read to her "The Impregnable City" and "The Diamond Ship".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:4 Dec 1915
Country:Uganda
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Makindye, near Kampala
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:24 Apr 1906
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Child
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:Uganda
Country of Experience:Uganda
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Diamond Ship
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:31006
Source:Manuscript
Author:Albert Ruskin Cook
Title:Diary 1915
Location:Wellcome Library, London
Call No:PP/COO/G30
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
Diary entry, 4 December 1915.
Citation:
Albert Ruskin Cook, Diary 1915, Wellcome Library, London, PP/COO/G30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31006, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Margaret Cook was gravely ill with typhoid fever.