Record Number: 32009

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The evening being bright and moonlight and very still, we all went out, and walked through the whole village, where not a creature moved; — through the principal little square, in the middle of which was a sort of pillar or Town Cross on steps, and Louis read, by the light of the moon, a proclamation for collections of charities which was stuck on it. We walked on along a lane a short way, hearing nothing whatever — not a leaf moving — but the distant barking of a dog! Suddenly we heard a drum and fifes! We were greatly alarmed, fearing we had been recognized.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

20 Sep 1861

Country:

Scotland

Time

evening: after dinner

Place:

city: Fettercairn

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:

Prince Louis of Hesse

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Prince

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

anon

Title:

proclamation

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Broadsheet, Poster

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32009

Source:

Print

Author:

Queen Victoria

Editor:

Arthur Helps

Title:

Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added, Extracts from the Same Journal, Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1868

Vol:

n/a

Page:

210

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Queen Victoria, Arthur Helps (ed.), Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added, Extracts from the Same Journal, Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions, (London, 1868), p. 210, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32009, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None