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Record Number: 22368


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[letter to Dr S.] If you have not yet seen the Edinburgh Quarterly Review, I beg leave to recommend it your perusal, as a striking specimen of the abilities of a party of young gentlemen, who promise to do much credit to the literary character of Scotland'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 7 Feb 1803

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh

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:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Jul 1758

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Episcopalian

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Edinburgh] Quarterly Review

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

first two issues

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

22368

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Editor:

Elizabeth Benger

Title:

Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1818

Vol:

II

Page:

55

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Hamilton, Elizabeth Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton (London, 1818), II, p. 55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22368, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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