Record Number: 28597
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The Examiner comes with perfect regularity; and tho' a week old is a great blessing. Continue it, if you can. Nay, if it came on Saturday (that is half a week old) this were perhaps the best of all arrangements.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 10 Jan 1830 and 10 Apr 1830
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:county: Dumfries
specific address: Craigenputtoch
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Examiner
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28597
Source: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:92
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. 92, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28597, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to John A. Carlyle, dated 10th APril 1830, written at Craigenputtoch. Pages 89-93 in thsi edition. Date range is estimate - Carlyle doesn't specify for how long John had been sending him the Examiner, or for how long it continued thereafter.
