| Evidence: | 'Assure Mr Montagu, that his Book was the most delightful I have read for many days. Your hand also was visible in it. Why does he not publish more such?' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 13 Aug 1829 and 13 Nov 1829 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Craigenputtoch | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Dec 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer / Academic |
| Religion: | Lapsed Calvinist |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Basil Montagu |
| Title: | Thoughts on Laughter By a Chancery Barrister |
| Genre: | Satire |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | First published 1830 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28585 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C. R. Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 34 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28585, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from TC to Anna D B Montagu, dated 13th November 1829, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 32-34 in this edition. Date range is an estimate. Title of book is given in Editor's notes; he cites this as the most likely book to which Carlyle refers, and that he would have been reading an advance copy (unsure whether print or mauscript), but says that it is also possible (though unlikely) that he refers to "Letters on the Bankrupt Laws to E B Sugden Esq", published 1829. |
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