Record Number: 19268
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We rushed here for ten days on Monday; & last night your letter & Macmillan's Mag. followed us, and was received with a hearty greeting. 'We' are Meta, & Julia - for whose benefit we are come, as she has outgrown her strength - six inches in the last twelve months. - We are delighted with [italics] our [end italics] type, & that we don't print in double columns which is so trying to the eyes; we put the page of the Virginians by a page of Macmillan last night & you can't think how much more legible [italics] ours [end italics] was.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:1 Nov 1859
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Whitby
county: Yorkshire
specific address: 1 Abbey Terrace
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:Elizabeth Gaskell and her daughters 'Meta' and Julia
Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:writer and clergyman's wife; clergyman's daughters
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Macmillan's Magazine
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
sent by George Smith (?)
Source Information:
Record ID:19268
Source:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Editor:J.A.V. Chapple
Title:Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:586
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 586, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19268, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Mrs Gaskell to George Smith, who was about to bring out the first number of the 'Cornhill' magazine, edited by Thackeray. Exactly what 'our' type is is ambiguous.
