Evidence: | 'In the evening went to the Club where I stayed for some time reading the Saturday Review. There was a capital article in one of the numbers on the republication of Mrs Aphra Behn's Dramas & Novels. The writer truly said that if this class of disgusting literature could be got up in expensive bindings for the rich the law would be no more outraged by Penny Editions for the crowd & if not put down in the first case the town might be reasonably expected soon to abound in literary filth till lately all but ...' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 9 Apr 1872 | ||||||||||
Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Melbourne other location: Yorick Club |
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Reader: | John Buckley Castieau |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 15 May 1831 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Prison Governor |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Australia |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Saturday Review |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 23752 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | John Buckley Castieau | |
Title: | Diaries | |
Location: | National Library of Australia | |
Call no: | NLA MS 2218 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | John Buckley Castieau, Diaries National Library of Australia, p. NLA MS 2218, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23752, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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