Record Number: 5717
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
H. J. Jackson notes handwritten insertion of names of persons identified only by initials in H. Giles's copy of B. L. Putnam Weale, Indiscreet Letters from Peking (an "alleged eyewitness account of the siege of Peking in 1900"); Giles also places question marks beside passages of "'doubtful historical value', as explained in another note by him in the text.
Century:1900-1945
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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:Unknown
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Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Indiscreet Letters from Peking
Genre:History, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details6th ed. London: Hurst & Blackett, [1907?]
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5717
Source:H. J. Jackson
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Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:271 n.22
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 271 n.22, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5717, accessed: 18 July 2024
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