Record Number: 8599

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'You may lately have seen her pretty often alluded to in the Morning Post, ?but pray who is the [ital] Dr. B [ital] in Yesterdays?(Monday?s) Paper??it seems as if meant for you, but I cannot understand it. I want to know what this A.B.C. Dario Musico is,? the news paper calls it a Musical Rosciad & says it contains the Characters of all the celebrated Musicians.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

17 Apr 1780

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bath
county: Somerset

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:

Frances Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

13 Jun 1752

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Christian

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:

Title:

Morning Post

Genre:

newspaper article

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

'Morning Post', 17 April

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8599

Source:

Print

Author:

Fanny Burney

Editor:

Betty Rizzo

Title:

The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney

Place of Publication:

Oxford: Clarendon Press

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

IV

Page:

67-8

Additional Comments:

Letter from Fanny Burney to Dr. Charles Burney dated 18 April from Bath

Citation:

Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003), IV, p. 67-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8599, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None