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Record 18945

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Who the devil was it who wrote the last article of the Quarterly? He is a lad of some spirit and I must have a half mutchkin with him.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 16 Nov 1831 and 14 Dec 1831
Country: Scotland
Time: n/a
Place: city: Altrive Lake
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Quarterly Review
Genre: Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: November 1831 issue
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18945  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Hogg
  Editor: Gillian Hughes
  Title: Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
  Place of Publication: Edinburgh
  Date of Publication: 2006
  Vol: II
  Page: 473
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 473, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18945, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

Letter to John Gibson Lockhart. The article, on politics, was probably by J.W. Croker

 

 

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