| Evidence: | John Gibson Lockhart to John Murray, 29 September 1829:
'Sir Walter [Scott] has just read the first 120 pages of Moore's "Life of Byron"; and he says they are charming, and not a syllable de trop.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Aug 1829 and 29 Sep 1829 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Walter Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| 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: | Thomas Moore |
| Title: | Life of Byron |
| Genre: | Poetry, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27392 | |
| 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: | 2 | |
| Page: | 315-316 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 315-316, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27392, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| Scott had been asked to give an opinion on the text as a work in progress by its publisher, Murray; see p.315 in source. |
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