Record Number: 18937

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Hogg is enclosing his 'Adventures of Colonel Peter Aston'] 'No body ever saw it but Dr Moir (Delta) who read it and will recognize it at first sight but as it is likely he will be of the fraternity I hope this will be no objection' [Hogg wants the story to appear in The Club Book]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 11 Dec 1830

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:

David Macbeth Moir

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1798

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

author

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:

James Hogg

Title:

'Adventures of Colonel Peter Aston, The'

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18937

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:

416

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 416, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18937, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter to Andrew Picken, 'The Club Book's' editor. Moir wrote poetry for 'Blackwood's'