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Record Number: 18467


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have become acquainted with a Mr Cumberland, who must be agreeable, for he has an hereditary right to it. I have been reading his father's life. It explains the story of a paper in the Observer, written by him, that always interested me much, of his going to see a friend's place after his death, with the circumstance of his decease. It was the late Lord Sackville'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1818 and 31 Dec 1849

Country:

unknown

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

anonymous correspondent of Charlotte Bury



Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Cumberland

Title:

Observer, The: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18467

Source:

Print

Author:

Charlotte Bury

Editor:

A. Francis Steuart

Title:

Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

2

Page:

133

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The (London, 1908), 2, p. 133, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18467, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter is undated and chronology is unclear but 'Roderick', mentioned in the same letter, was published in 1818. The text named seems likely to be that under discussion - Richard Cumberland died in 1811 and compiled "The Observer"

   
   
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