| Evidence: | '"The story of Eyes and No Eyes in Evenings at Home is intended only to illustrate the difference between inattention and vigilance, but the exercise in narration is a subsequent and separate one, it is in the lucidity, completeness and honesty of statement."' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1825 and 31 Dec 1840 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Ruskin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1819 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer on art |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Aikin |
| Title: | Evenings at Home |
| Genre: | Children's Lit, Conduct books, Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11225 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Ruskin | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | 'Fors Infantiae' in The Works of John Ruskin on CD-Rom | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | 29 | |
| Page: | 503 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Ruskin, 'Fors Infantiae' in The Works of John Ruskin on CD-Rom (Cambridge, 1996), 29, p. 503, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11225, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Co-author Anna Letitia Barbauld (nee Aikin) |
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