| Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth to Mary Hutchinson, 1 February 1813: 'Willy [Wordsworth, the poet's son] is now beside me ... He has taken up a book, and there he reads fragments of a hundred little songs - about Cock Robin, pussy cat and all sorts of things. he is very entertaining; but one half of the heart is sad while the other laughs at his strange fancies.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1 Feb 1813 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Willy Wordsworth |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1810 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | child |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Dorothy Wordsworth (aunt of William) |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | [nursery rhymes] |
| Genre: | Poetry, Children's Lit, Miscellany / Anthology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 1496 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years 1806-1811 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 80 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years 1806-1811 (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 80, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1496, accessed: 25 September 2023 | |
| Not clear whether child (aged only three) reading text actually in book, or making up own, or combination. |
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