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Record Number: 20528


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the bushel of advertisements tacked to the "Quarterly Review", I spy two from Cadell that I am very glad to see - "New Tales of a Grandfather" and "Robert of Paris". By the bye, it has struck me that the review of Southey's "John Bunyan" bears some tokens of coming from that quarter.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 25 Oct 1830

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Gloucester Place

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:

Louisa, Lady Stuart

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Aug 1757

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Quarterly Review [advertisements for forthcoming works by Scott]

Genre:

Fiction, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

20528

Source:

Print

Author:

Louisa Stuart

Editor:

R. Brimley Johnson

Title:

Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1926

Vol:

n/a

Page:

238

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Louisa Stuart, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The (London, 1926), p. 238, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20528, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to Walter Scott.

   
   
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