| Evidence: | John Wilson Croker to John Murray (1816):
'I send you seven stories [for 'Stories for Children from the History of England'], which, with the
eleven you had before, brings us down to Richard III [...] I think you told me that you gave
the first stories to your little boy to read. Perhaps you or Mrs. Murray would be so kind as to
make a mark over against any such words as he may not have understood, and to favour me
with any criticism the child may have made, for on this occasion I should prefer a critic of 6
years old to one of 60.'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Dec 1816 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | John Murray |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Publisher's son |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Wilson Croker |
| Title: | Stories for Children from the History of England (extracts) |
| Genre: | History, Children's Lit, Biography, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27166 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 340 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 340, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27166, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Source ed. continues, from quotation of Croker's letter: 'Thus John Murray's son, the present Mr. Murray, was early initiated into the career of reading for the press' (p.340). |
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