Record Number: 24683
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The German book is getting praise rather than censure: I was about sending Alick a copy of the last Examiner Newspaper, where it was rather sensibly criticised. The man praises me for this and that: but then, it seems, I am terribly to blame for condemning Voltaire and the Sceptics!'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 4 Feb 1827 and 17 Feb 1827
Country:SCotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer/ Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
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:Review of 'German Romance' by Thomas Carlyle
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsThe Examiner dated 4 February 1827
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24683
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:4
Page:190
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 190, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24683, accessed: 28 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC and Jane Welsh Carlyle (this section by TC) to Margaret A. Carlyle, dated 17 February 1827, written at 21 Comley Bank (their home). Pages 187-191 in this edition. Dates of reading experience are estimate based on the publication of the review and the date of this letter.
