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Record 25703

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'We proceeded to Chatsworth on the 13th of August [1870] -- that is to say, to the "Edensor Inn," hard by [...] Lady Eastlake joining us on the same day, from London, we all profited by the good offices of Sir James Lacaita to pass our mornings, at our ease, within the walls of that palatial residence. We three ladies naturally betook ourselves to the art department [...] The Historian [George Grote, author's husband], meanwhile, would plant himself comfortably in the vast library, poring upon some rare, and even to [italics]him[end italics], unknown treatises of medieval authors, in Latin, which Lacaita would select as the very "morceaux" for his learned friend's delectation.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 13 Aug 1870 and 31 Dec 1870
Country: England
Time: morning
Place: specific address: Chatsworth House
location in dwelling: Library
   
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:George Grote
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 17 Nov 1794
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: 'treatises of medieval authors'
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Unknown
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25703  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harriet Grote
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to an from Various Friends.
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1873
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 318
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to an from Various Friends. (London, 1873), p. 318, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25703, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Sir James Lacaita apparently employed on annual basis at Chatsworth as the Duke of Devonshire's librarian.

 

 

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