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Record 27444

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
W. J. Broderip to John Murray, submitting Captain W. Cornwallis Harris's Wild Sports in South Africa, 8 April 1839: 'Capt. Harris's book is entertaining, and seems to be the work of an honest man devoted to sport, and not caring what he suffers provided he gets his shot [...] There is a little expression here and there in the Captain's book, that might be changed for the better -- such as a rhinoceros giving up "the ghost"!'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1839 and 8 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:

Reader:W. J. Broderip
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Police magistrate / naturalist
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: Captain W. Cornwallis Harris
Title: Wild Sports in South Africa
Genre: Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure, Natural history
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27444  
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: 441 n.
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 441 n., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27444, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

Work was accepted for publication by Murray; see p.441 in source.

 

 

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