| Evidence: | Lancashire workman wrote to Cassell's that the first 23 volumes of the National Library "have done a great deal of good even in my own neighbourhood, for several of my own friends have given up drinking for the sake of taking and reading your beautiful little books". |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1880 and 31 Dec 1889 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Lancashire | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | several Lancashire workman |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Cassell's National Library (first 23 vols) |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11272 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Publishers' Circular | |
| Place of Publication: | n/a | |
| Date of Publication: | 1 July 1886 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 725 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Publishers' Circular (1 July 1886), p. 725, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11272, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)