| Evidence: | 'I think very highly of both the books you have sent me but far most highly of Lights and Shadows in which there is a great deal of very powerful effect purity of sentiment and fine writing but with very little of real nature as it exists in the walks of Scottish life The feelings and language of the author are those of Romance Still it is a fine and beautiful work.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 24 May 1822 and 14 Jun 1822 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Altrive | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | James Hogg |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | Nov 1770 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | farmer / author |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Galt |
| Title: | Provost |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned sent by Blackwood |
| Record ID: | 18891 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Hogg | |
| Editor: | Gillian Hughes | |
| Title: | Collected Letters of James Hogg, The | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | II | |
| Page: | 164 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 164, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18891, accessed: 07 December 2023 | |
| Letter to William Blackwood, the book's publisher. |
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