Record Number: 27402

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Sir Francis Knight to John Murray (1839): 'I was glad [...] to hear the child's voice crying in the Times this morning. The extract [from his work] was the very best that could be given to create an appetite.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1839 and 5 Mar 1839

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Francis Head

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Colonial civil servant

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Review of Francis Head, 'Narrative of his Administration in Upper Canada'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

In The Times

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27402

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

2

Page:

372

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 372, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27402, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None