| Evidence: | 'I am much obliged to you for Tytler, which I have read with pleasure and not without profit: it is a smooth, easy Book; seems well-founded, accurate, authentic; and without pretending to be a classical History, may well enjoy several years of extensive popularity. I shall be very glad to see the First and all the other Volumes, when they appear.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 22 Dec 1829 and 27 Jan 1830 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Dumfries 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: | Patrick Fraser Tytler |
| Title: | History of Scotland |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookUnknown |
| Publication details: | 9 volumes, published Edinburgh, 1828-43. Published by Tait. |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 28596 | |
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| 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: | 64 | |
| 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. 64, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28596, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from TC to William Tait, dated 27th January 1830, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 64-65 in this edition. Editor's notes states that he thinks that Tait, who had published Tytler's work, had sent Carlyle volumes 2 and 3 (of the eventual 9), both published in 1830. Date range is estimate based on Carlyle's previous letter to Tait (written 22nd December) in which he asks to borrow the work. |
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