Record Number: 10347

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Nothing material has occurred to me since I returned from Mainhill. I wrote the first half of "Hunsteen" and translated, from the German, the first half of "Mohs";'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 6 May 1820 and 3 Jun 1820

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Mainhill, near Ecclefechan

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / Academic

Religion:

Lapsed Calvinist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Friedrich Mohs

Title:

Crystalography

Genre:

Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

read in German

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10347

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

Editor:

C R Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

1

Page:

254

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 254, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10347, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Take from letter from Thomas Carlyle to Edward Irving, dated 3rd June 1820, written at Mainhill. Pages 253 - 256 in this edition. Exact title of the work is not given.