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Record Number: 18881


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I likewise received the Tales you sent me before from your friend in Edinburgh, and should have acknowledged them long ago; but a multiplicity of family and farming concerns have put literary correspondence out of my head [...] The Tales are all ingenious and bear evident marks of old tradition; but, unfortunately, I have finished my "Winter Evening Tales", and can make no use of them. In the mean time I am as much obliged to you as though I could, and if ever I think of making another collection I shall apply to you'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 31 May 1821

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Altrive

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:

James Hogg

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Nov 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

author/farmer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[traditional tales]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
sent by Robert Malcolmson


Source Information:

Record ID:

18881

Source:

Print

Author:

James Hogg

Editor:

Gillian Hughes

Title:

Collected Letters of James Hogg, The

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

II

Page:

81

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18881, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to Robert Malcolmson. It is not known if Malcolmson's tales were MS or print.

   
   
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