| Evidence: | William Blackwood to John Murray (early January 1815), on having seen a copy of Guy
Mannering during a visit to his fellow publisher, Ballantyne:
'He [Ballantyne] would not allow me to look at it, but he read me a few pages. The painting is
admirable and quite graphic -- Scottish to the life. [...] it will be a wonderful performance,
and greatly superior to "Waverley" both in interest and effect.'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1815 and 15 Jan 1815 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Ballantyne |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Publisher |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
William Blackwood |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Walter Scott |
| Title: | Guy Mannering |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 27296 | |
| 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: | 453 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 453, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27296, accessed: 06 June 2023 | |
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