Record Number: 18935

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have not yet had time to read through the Twin Sisters but there is a certain stile apparent in the Fall of Nineveh &c which is always irrestible [sic] though not equal to "Stop Stop Snip" I would not wonder to see the sale of Maga extend to 50=000.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1829 and 4 Jan 1830

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Mount-Benger

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 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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

double issue for Feb. 1830

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18935

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:

374

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 374, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18935, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter to William Blackwood