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Record Number: 14352


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East...: not much of books not connected with India [but included] ... In poetry, ... all Waller again and again ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1800 and 31 Oct 1801

Country:

India

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mountstuart Elphinstone

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Oct 1779

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

East India Company administrator

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

India

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Waller

Title:

[Poems]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

14352

Source:

Print

Author:

James Sutherland Cotton

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Mountstuart Elphinstone

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1892

Vol:

n/a

Page:

28

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Sutherland Cotton, Mountstuart Elphinstone (Oxford, 1892), p. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14352, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

One of a group of some 70 works read partly while journeying, with Edward Strachey, between a post in Benares and his next posting in Poona.

   
   
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