| Evidence: | Monday, 5 December 1825: 'Dined at the Royal Society Club where as usual was a pleasant
meeting of from 20 to 25. It is a very good institution. We pay two guineas only for six
dinners in the year present or absent. Dine at 5 or rather 1/2 past 5 at the Royal hotel [...] till
half past seven then coffee and we go to the Society [...]
'Henry Mackenzie now in his eighty second year read part of an Essay on Dreams.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 5 Dec 1825 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Henry Mackenzie |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 6 Aug 1745 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Included Walter Scott (Society's President, 1820-1825); Dr James Russell (Vice-president), and other members of Royal Society of Edinburgh. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry Mackenzie |
| Title: | 'Essay on Dreams' (extract) |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26567 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W. E. K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 26 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 26, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26567, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| Society Minutes record essay read as 'A supplement to a Paper on Dreams formerly read to the Society' (see p.26 n.2 in source). |
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