Record Number: 10959

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Brought...a translation of the Greek, Latin, French and Italian quotations in the "Pursuits of Literature" which I had rather felt the want of in pursuing the work... I began with this preface but it was so dull that I gave it up after reading about a dozen pages of it. [The Pursuits] needs no apologist. It will stand with posterity on the same shelf as Juvenal, Boileau and Pope.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

14 May 1800

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sheffield
location in dwelling: home

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Hunter

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Feb 1783

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

apprentice

Religion:

Presbyterian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Mathias

Title:

A Translation of the Passages from Greek, Latin, French and Italian in the Pursuits of Literature

Genre:

Miscellany / Anthology, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

translation

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10959

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Joseph Hunter

Title:

Fragment of a Journal

Location:

British Library

Call No:

Add 24, 880

Page/Folio:

12

Citation:

Joseph Hunter, Fragment of a Journal British Library, p. Add 24, 880, p. 12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10959, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None