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Record 25610

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
George Grote to G. C. Lewis, 30 September 1852: 'Neither the work of Beaufort sur l'Histoire Romaine -- nor the works of the Abbe St. Pierre -- are to be got in Paris [...] I was directed by the concurrent advice of several of the booksellers, to apply to one of their fraternity named Guillemot, on the Quai des Augustins [...] He told me, that within the last two years, he had had a copy of both; that they were rare, and never turned up except by accident -- but were still not unobtainable. He procured for me one work of the Abbe St. Pierre, in two volumes, small octavo, entitled "Annees Politiques;" which I will send you on the first opportunity. I have read it myself, with great interest and instruction. It contains a sort of annalistic review of each separate year of the Abbe's life -- 1658 to 1730; and exhibits a degree of knowledge, beneficent views, and power of original thought, which impress me with a very high esteem for the author -- whom I before knew only by name.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Aug 1852 and 30 Sep 1852
Country: n/a
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:George Grote
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 17 Nov 1794
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
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: Abbe St Pierre
Title: Annees Politiques
Genre: Autobiog / Diary, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 2 vols
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25610  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harriet Grote
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1873
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 212-213
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends (London, 1873), p. 212-213, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25610, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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