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Record 25228

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'He has infinite wit and a great turn for antiquarian lore as the publications of Kirkton etc. bear witness.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 20 Nov 1825
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: city: Edinburgh
   
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:Walter Scott
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 15 Aug 1771
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Novelist, poet and lawyer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: James Kirkton
Title: Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the year 1678
Genre: Other religious, History
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Year 1817
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25228  
Source - Print  
  Author: Walter Scott
  Editor: W.E.K. Anderson
  Title: The Journal of Sir Walter Scott
  Place of Publication: Edinburgh
  Date of Publication: 1998
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 4
  Additional comments: 'Diary entry for Sunday, 20 November 1825'. Editor cites Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the year 1678'

Citation: Walter Scott, W.E.K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1998), p. 4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25228, accessed: 30 March 2024

Additional comments:

Walter Scott only makes a passing reference to this publication therefore it is difficult to assess the nature of the reading experience.

 

 

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