Evidence: | 'Of all the new works you have sent me I admire Gillies' stories by far the most. I have scarcely ever met with a work that pleased me better and was so truly congenial to my mind. The ease and simple elegance of the stile is exquisite. That work should certainly have a great circulation I have great faults with Mrs Johnston's work in which there is however great genius but the anachronisms are without end and the characters too much borrowed from Scott Beyond all the story is forced and confused beyond all measures. Our ladies were pleased with it beyond measure so it must have something very fascinating' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1827 and 5 Apr 1827 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Mount-Benger | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Christian Isobel Johnstone |
Title: | Elizabeth de Bruce |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) given or lent by Blackwood |
Record ID: | 18917 | |
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: | 261 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 261, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18917, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
Letter to William Blackwood. |
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