| Evidence: | 'The German book is getting praise rather than censure: I was about sending Alick a copy of the last Examiner Newspaper, where it was rather sensibly criticised. The man praises me for this and that: but then, it seems, I am terribly to blame for condemning Voltaire and the Sceptics!' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 4 Feb 1827 and 17 Feb 1827 | ||||||||||
| Country: | SCotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Dec 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer/ Academic |
| Religion: | Lapsed Calvinist |
| 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: | Signed as 'Q' |
| Title: | Review of 'German Romance' by Thomas Carlyle |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | The Examiner dated 4 February 1827 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 24683 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C R Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 190 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 190, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24683, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from TC and Jane Welsh Carlyle (this section by TC) to Margaret A. Carlyle, dated 17 February 1827, written at 21 Comley Bank (their home). Pages 187-191 in this edition. Dates of reading experience are estimate based on the publication of the review and the date of this letter. |
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