Record Number: 28596

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am much obliged to you for Tytler, which I have read with pleasure and not without profit: it is a smooth, easy Book; seems well-founded, accurate, authentic; and without pretending to be a classical History, may well enjoy several years of extensive popularity. I shall be very glad to see the First and all the other Volumes, when they appear.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 22 Dec 1829 and 27 Jan 1830

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

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:

Patrick Fraser Tytler

Title:

History of Scotland

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: BookUnknown

Publication Details

9 volumes, published Edinburgh, 1828-43. Published by Tait.

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28596

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:

64

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. 64, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28596, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to William Tait, dated 27th January 1830, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 64-65 in this edition. Editor's notes states that he thinks that Tait, who had published Tytler's work, had sent Carlyle volumes 2 and 3 (of the eventual 9), both published in 1830. Date range is estimate based on Carlyle's previous letter to Tait (written 22nd December) in which he asks to borrow the work.