Record Number: 32448
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
“What further stimulated Ruddy’s interest in the British soldier was a book he reviewed for his paper: Nathaniel Bancroft’s “From Recruit to Staff Sergeant” the autobiography of a retired British soldier living in Simla.” Note The paper was the Pioneer
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1885 and Feb 1886
Country:India
Timen/a
Place:India
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:Male
Date of Birth:30 Dec 1865
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Journalist/Author
Religion:Church of England (later Agnostic)
Country of Origin:India (Anglo-Indian)
Country of Experience:India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:From Recruit to Staff Sergeant
Genre:History, Social Science, Autobiog / Diary, Military History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished in Calcutta in 1885 by Thomas S Smith
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32448
Source:Charles Allen
Editor:n/a
Title:Kipling Sahib
Place of Publication:Great Britiain
Date of Publication:2007
Vol:n/a
Page:221
Additional Comments:
P221 of the 2010 edition published by Abacus
Citation:
Charles Allen, Kipling Sahib, (Great Britiain, 2007), p. 221, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32448, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Source for information on the paper to which he submitted the review "Kipling's Writings on Writing, Ed. Sandra Kemp and Lisa Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 1996"