Record Number: 28586

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have got old Ascham, and read a little of him, when I have done work, every evening.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 13 Aug 1829 and 13 Nov 1829

Country:

Scotland

Time

evening

Place:

county: Dumfries
specific address: Craigenputtoch

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:

Thomas Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / Academic

Religion:

Lapsed Calvinist

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:

Roger Ascham

Title:

?'Toxophilus' and 'The Scholemaster'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

Sixteenth century

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28586

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

Editor:

C. R. Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

5

Page:

34

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28586, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to Anna D B Montagu, dated 13th November 1829, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 32-34 in this edition. Date range is an estimate. Titles of book given in Editor's notes as examples of Ascham's work but doesn't specify if these are the works to which Carlyle actually refers here.