| Evidence: | 'He [Hoffman] had made some translations from the German which he does extremely [well], for give him ideas and he never wants choice of good words, and Lockhart had got Constable to offer some sort of terms for them.' (footnote: Scott owned his translation of Hoffman's The Devil's Elixirs, 1824) |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1824 and 3 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: | E.T.A. Hoffman |
| Title: | The Devil's Elixirs |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1824 |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 26923 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W.E.K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 30 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W.E.K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1998), p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26923, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Diary entry for Saturday, 3rd December 1825. |
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