Record Number: 27456

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

W. E. Gladstone to John Murray (from January 1843), on Lieutenant Eyre, Military Operations in Cabool [sic for Kabul]: 'I have read it with great pain and shame, which are, as I fear one must say in such a case, the test of its merits as a work. May another occasion for such a narrative never arise!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1843 and 31 Dec 1843

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

W. E. Gladstone

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Politician

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lieutenant Eyre

Title:

Military Operations in Cabool

Genre:

Geography / Travel, Military

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published by John Murray, January 1843

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27456

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

2

Page:

506

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 506, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27456, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Copy of text presented to reader by Murray; see p.506 in source.