Record Number: 11235

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It would be well if both tales and books werwe always calculated to ... In the "Evenings at Home", or "Juvenile Budget", all this appears to be effected in it's utmost extent...' [more praise follows].

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1792 and 31 Dec 1801

Country:

England

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author

Religion:

Protestant

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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:

John Aikin

Title:

Evenings at Home

Genre:

Children's Lit, Conduct books, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11235

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1801-2 (2nd edn)

Vol:

2

Page:

115

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Hamilton, Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education (London, 1801-2 (2nd edn)), 2, p. 115, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11235, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Co-author Anna Letitia Barbauld (nee Aikin)