Record Number: 13446
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am glad you were pleased with Clery. As I have succeeded in one recommendation, I will take the liberty of making another, and advise you to buy Count Rumford's Essays, and to read that in particular which treats of the food of the poor. The amazingly small expence at which they can be fed is really surprising'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 21 Oct 1798
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Jun 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Clergyman
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Benjamin Thomson, Count von Rumford
Title:Essays, Political, Economical and Philosophical
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13446
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:I
Page:28
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13446, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Mrs Beach