| Evidence: | W. E. Gladstone to John Murray (from January 1843), on Lieutenant Eyre, Military Operations in
Cabool [sic for Kabul]:
'I have read it with great pain and shame, which are, as I fear one must say in such a case, the
test of its merits as a work. May another occasion for such a narrative never arise!' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1843 and 31 Dec 1843 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | W. E. Gladstone |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| 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: | Lieutenant Eyre |
| Title: | Military Operations in Cabool |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel, Military |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Published by John Murray, January 1843 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 27456 | |
| 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: | 506 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 506, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27456, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Copy of text presented to reader by Murray; see p.506 in source. |
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