Record Number: 18144

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mister Cairlil it appears has read Sandford and Merton: he may lend it to the rest if he sees good.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Scotland

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:

James Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1805

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Farmer

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Day

Title:

The History of Sandford and Merton

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

3 vols first published 1783-89

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18144

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

Editor:

C R Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

3

Page:

126

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 126, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18144, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to Alexander Carlyle, dated 11th August 1824 written at Birmingham. Pages 1204-127 in this edition. Reader and work are identified in Editor's notes.