Record Number: 6581

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Smith describes evening activities while working as the private printer of Dr D.] 'By the middle of March 1831, I had completed the first volume, amounting to above four hundred pages, of the Doctor's book. So far as I was capable of finding, it was an admirable work, profound in thought, simple in style, and full of matter, though somewhat disfigured by virulent remarks upon Methodism and Dissent in all forms.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1830 and 31 Mar 1831

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: Employer's house

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:

Charles Manby Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1804

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Printer / compositor

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Dr D

Title:

[manuscript of his book]

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Manuscript: manuscript of book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
from his employer, Dr D.

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6581

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Manby Smith

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The working man's way in the world

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1857

Vol:

n/a

Page:

146

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charles Manby Smith, The working man's way in the world (London, 1857), p. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6581, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None