| Evidence: | George Borrow to John Murray, 25 February 1843:
'I have seen the article in the Edinburgh about the Bible [in Spain] -- exceedingly brilliant and
clever, but rather too epigrammatic, quotations scanty and not correct.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1843 and 25 Feb 1843 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Borrow |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 27455 | |
| 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: | 493 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 493, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27455, accessed: 27 April 2024 | |
| Letter quoted in source continues: '[Richard] Ford is certainly a most astonishing fellow [...] handbooks, reviews, and I hear that he has just been writing a "Life of Velasquez" for the Penny Cyclopedia"!' (p.493), suggesting that Ford possibly author of review read, but at pp.491-92 in source a letter from Ford to Murray is reproduced in which Ford agrees to review the book for the Quarterly Review (edited by Murray), despite having 'half engaged [himself] elsewhere'. |
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