Record Number: 18885

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I hope you do not estimate my mind by Davie Laing's canting and insolent review or by your friend Goldie's lies [Hogg then complains at Boyd's unwillingness to publish "The Three Perils of Man"] I neither could have expected such an insolent nor such an ignorant review from D. Laing.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1821 and 27 Jun 1821

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Altrive

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Hogg

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Nov 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

farmer / author

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

David Laing

Title:

[review of new edition of 'the Mountain Bard' - Edinburgh Monthly Review]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Edinburgh Monthly Review - June 1821

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18885

Source:

Print

Author:

James Hogg

Editor:

Gillian Hughes

Title:

Collected Letters of James Hogg, The

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

II

Page:

94-5

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 94-5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18885, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter to George Boyd