Record Number: 18914

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It is amazing how many clever things are written about the embarrassments of the country there has one appeared in Blackwood and another in the weekly journal which I cannot but admire'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 22 Feb 1826 and 4 Mar 1826

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:

Walter Scott

Title:

[letters in ] Edinburgh Weekly Journal

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

February 22nd and March 1st issues

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18914

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:

240

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 240, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18914, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter to Walter Scott. Probably a reference to Scott's 'Malachi Malagrowther' letters on 'The Currency'.