Evidence: | 'As an apprentice I was a subscriber to the Mechanic's Library, from which I borrowed a great supply of books - my tastes lying largely in the direction of biography ... series of books of Mr Smiles, is still worth the attention of young men in search of wholesome reading.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1837 and 31 Dec 1840 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | James Glass Bertram |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1824 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Apprentice in a book warehouse |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Samuel Smiles |
Title: | [biographies of men] |
Genre: | Biography, Conduct books |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) Mechanic's library |
Record ID: | 8196 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Glass Bertram | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Some memories of books, authors and events | |
Place of Publication: | Westminster | |
Date of Publication: | 1893 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 27 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Glass Bertram, Some memories of books, authors and events (Westminster, 1893), p. 27, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8196, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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