Record Number: 33528
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'No change, every bit as bad as yesterday, nothing but rain and mist ... I wrote the rest of the morning in my tent, and in the afternoon continued reading Wellington's Army, and after tea I had a talk with Sabira Magre ... Later I again visited the kitchen, to learn how to make scones ... The evening has been spent in reading Wellington's Army and various things in the Oxford Book of Verse. I should have said that either Kipling or Newbolt would have made a better National Poet than Bridges, for, though doubtless his verse is more faultless than theirs, and is not the doggerel that much of their is, yet it seems to lack life and spontaneity, and the true spirit of a poet.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:10 Aug 1914
Country:India
Timeevening
Place:city: Chitral
county
(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:25 Sep 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Second Lieutenant, Indian Army
Religion:Church of Scotland
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Oxford Book of English Verse
Genre:Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33528
Source:Robert Dunlop Smith
Editor:n/a
Title:Robert Dunlop Smith, 1892-1917
Place of Publication:Aberdeen
Date of Publication:1921
Vol:n/a
Page:109
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Robert Dunlop Smith, Robert Dunlop Smith, 1892-1917, (Aberdeen, 1921), p. 109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33528, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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