Record Number: 12079
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?My dear Sir, I have looked over Uncle Sam, and am still of the opinion I originally formed, that we could not use it for the Miscellany without great injury to the Author. It contains a great deal of matter; and if I took a few pages here and there, occasionally, it would neither, I am convinced, serve his purpose nor ours. I therefore think it better to return the MS to you without further delay, wishing it to be distinctly understood that in so doing, I wish by no means to be considered as expressing any unfavorable opinion of the MS itself.?
Century:1800-1849
Date:10 Apr 1837
Country:England
Timemorning: Monday
Place:city: London
specific address: 48 Doughty Street
(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:n/a
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:7 Feb 1812
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Journalist/ Novelist
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Uncle Sam's Peculiarities
Genre:Miscellany / Anthology, Sketches
Form of Text:Manuscript: UnknownUnknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12079
Source:Charles Dickens
Editor:Madeline House
Title:The letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 1: 1828-1839
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1965
Vol:1
Page:247
Additional Comments:
Graham Storey ed. Published by Clarendon Press as the Pilgrim edition.
Citation:
Charles Dickens, Madeline House (ed.), The letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 1: 1828-1839 (Oxford, 1965), 1, p. 247, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12079, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Richard Bentley.
