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Record 27404

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Sir Francis Knight to John Murray, 1 April 1839: 'I cannot help thanking you for having sent us such a shower of Quarterly Reviews. My Hens are quite delighted at the review of my "Narrative," and chuckle with great pride. Although I cannot presume to crow on the occasion, yet I may tell you that I feel deeply gratified at the view that has been taken of my services [...] It is certainly not only kindly but very ably done.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1839 and 1 Apr 1839
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:

Reading Group:Sir Francis Head and (apparently) female family members
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Colonial civil servant and family
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
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: John Wilson Croker
Title: 'Colonial Government -- Head's Narrative [of his Administration in Upper Canada] -- Lord Durham's Report'
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: In The Quarterly Review No. 126, published by John Murray
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27404  
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: 373
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 373, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27404, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Author and title of text identified by source author.

 

 

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