| Evidence: | They that cultivate literary small-talk have been greatly attracted for some / time by the late number of Blackwoods (formerly the Edinr) Magazine. It contains many slanderous insinuations against the Publisher's rivals - particularly a paper entitled 'translation of a Chaldee manuscript'... |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1817 and 19 Nov 1817 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | Kirkcaldy (probably) | ||||||||||
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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 |
| 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: | |
| Title: | Blackwoods Magazine |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | November 1817, publisher William Blackwood |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4418 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C R Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, South Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 115-6 | |
| Additional comments: | Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to James Johnston, written at Kirkcaldy, dated 20th November 1817. |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, South Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 115-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4418, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Carlyle does not specifically state when he read it, but the passage seems to imply that he did, and he was a reader of the magazine. Refer also RED entry 2934 for another reference to the Chaldee Manuscript. |
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