| Evidence: | 'He ['my father'] was fond of putting into my hands books which exhibited men of energy and resource in unusual circumstances, struggling against difficulties and overcoming them: of such works I remember Beaver's African Memoranda, and Collins's account of the first settlement of New South Wales.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1810 and 31 Dec 1813 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning daytime |
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| Place: | other location: Solitary reading presumably at James Mill?s house in Newington Green, London; summarising and discussion while walking in the neighbourhood, ?generall | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Stuart Mill |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 20 May 1806 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Administrator in the East India Company (joins the company as a clerk in 1823, retires as chief of his office and Examiner of India Correspondence in |
| Religion: | Atheist |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Philip Beaver |
| Title: | African memoranda relative to an attempt to establish a British settlement on the island of Bulama, on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1792. With a brief notice of the neighbouring tribes, soil, productions, &c. and some observations on the facil |
| Genre: | Other religious, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Natural history, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry, Slavery; British Colonies |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8926 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Stuart Mill | |
| Editor: | Jack Stillinger | |
| Title: | Autobiography | |
| Place of Publication: | Boston | |
| Date of Publication: | 1969 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 7 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Stuart Mill, Jack Stillinger (ed.), Autobiography (Boston, 1969), p. 7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8926, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Since the initial, solitary reading experience (presumably alone at home) was explicitly carried out in preparation for oral summarising and discussion the following day (outdoors, with the reader's father), the reading experience should be considered to encompass both of these activities hence that it has been recorded here as both silent and aloud, both solitary and in company, even though the reader does not state that he read aloud or in the company of his father. |
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