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Record 27448

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Sir Francis Head to John Murray, 26 June 1842: 'My son will be quite proud at receiving the [italics]first[end italics] copy of the new Quarterly, the only one, I believe, that can go to India by to-morrow's mail [...] 'I have been peeping into it, and if the gaudy debauchery of Paris, as detailed in Art. No. 1, be contrasted with the dark picture described by Lord Ashley, and alluded to in Art. 6, it must, I think, be admitted that the [italics]outside[end italics] of this world has no more right to be shocked at the immorality of the [italics]inside[end italics], than the pot, many years ago, had to complain of the complexion of the kettle.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jun 1842 and 26 Jun 1842
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Sir Francis Head
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Colonial civil servant
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: The Quarterly Review
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: Published by John Murray
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27448  
Source - Print  
  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: 451
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 451, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27448, accessed: 26 April 2024

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