Record Number: 26591
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Wednesday, 5 April 1826: 'Read Clapperton's journey and Denman's [sic] into Bornou -- very entertaining and less botheration about mineralogy botany and so forth than usual. Pity Africa picks up so many brave men however.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:5 Apr 1826
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Abbotsford
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:1771
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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
Text Being Read:
Author:Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and Doctor Oudney
Title:Narrative of Travels in Northern and Central Africa in 1822, 1823, and 1834 [sic in source]
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1826
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26591
Source:Walter Scott
Editor:W. E. K. Anderson
Title:The Journal of Sir Walter Scott
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:125-126
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 125-126, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26591, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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