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Record 26711

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Monday, 9 July 1827: 'At eleven [am] went by appointment with Colin Mackenzie to the New Edinr. Academy. In the fifth class, Mr. Mitchell's, we heard Greek of which I am no otherwise a judge than that it was fluently read and explaind.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 9 Jul 1827
Country: Scotland
Time: daytime
Place: city: Edinburgh
specific address: New Edinburgh Academy
   
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:

Reading Group:Pupils in fifth class at New Edinburgh Academy
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: School pupils
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: Scotland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Included Walter Scott and Colin Mackenzie.
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Greek texts
Genre: Classics, Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 26711  
Source - Print  
  Author: Walter Scott
  Editor: W. E. K. Anderson
  Title: The Journal of Sir Walter Scott
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1972
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 325-326
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 325-326, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26711, accessed: 02 May 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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