| Evidence: | 'I strongly recommend to you Captain Golownin's narrative of his imprisonment in Japan; it is one of the most entertaining books I have read for a long time.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 31 Jan 1820 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Yorkshire | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Sydney Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Jun 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [Captain] Gollownin |
| Title: | Recollections of Japan, by Capt. Gollownin of the Russian Navy, author of the narrative of a three years' residence in that country |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13408 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Nowell C. Smith | |
| Title: | The Letters of Sydney Smith | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1953 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 345-6 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 345-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13408, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
| Letter to Mrs Meynell. The same letter tells her 'You must also read ---- [title suppressed by early editor but assumed by Nowell Smith to refer to Don Juan]' because it is Sydney Smith's 'duty... to fit you up for London conversation'. |
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