| Evidence: | 'This day I was in the Advocates Library seeking German Books, and I found (directed by Dr Irving) the first Article in the Monthly Review devoted to our "German Romance". The man is little better than an ass; but a well-disposed one; and never dreams that his ears are long. He calls me point-blank by the name of the city Carlisle, without apology or introduction...' |
||||||||||
| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 4 Jun 1827 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Advocates Library, Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
|
||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Listener): |
|
||||||||||
| 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: | anon |
| Title: | Review of 'German Romance' |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | New & Improved Series, V (June 1827), p. 157-66 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (private library) |
| Record ID: | 25716 | |
| 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: | 229-230 | |
| 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. 229-230, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25716, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from TC to John A. Carlyle, dated 4th June 1827, written at 21 Comley Bank. Pages 227-232 in this edition. Details of this serial given in editor's notes. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)