| Evidence: | ?In January 1860, appeared the Cornhill magazine, with Thackeray as its editor. The price was a shilling? As soon as I knew it was on sale, I walked to Beddington and came home the proud possessor of the first number. Thackeray?s "Roundabout papers" and some of his stories I read with much gusto. Before the year was out there appeared in the Cornhill a series of remarkable papers by John Ruskin, "Unto this last". These I read with avidity from beginning to end. Long and deep did I ponder over them. The style ? so simple, so beautiful, so telling ? captivated me?? |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1860 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Northumberland | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Burt |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 12 Nov 1837 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | Pitman, later MP |
| Religion: | Methodist |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | The Cornhill Magazine |
| Genre: | Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 6869 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Burt | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1924 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 144 | |
| Additional comments: |
| Citation: | Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography (London, 1924), p. 144, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6869, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| In this journal, he read with particular interest William Thackeray's 'Roundabout papers' and John Ruskin's 'Unto this last'. |
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