| Evidence: | 'Colonel R. told me that the European government had discoverd an ingenious mode of diminishing the number of burnings of widows...This is the reverse of our system of increasing game by shooting the old cock-birds. It is a system would aid Malthus rarely.' (Footnote: Scott sent to Lockhart on 17 February a short article on the burnings for publication in the Representative). |
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| Date: | Until: 1 Dec 1825 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Walter Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 Aug 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Novelist, poet and lawyer. |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | T.R. Malthus |
| Title: | Principle of Population |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Politics |
| Form of Text: | |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 26798 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W.E.K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 28 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W.E.K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1998), p. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26798, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Diary entry for Thursday, 1st November 1825. |
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