Record Number: 33388

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Has thou read John Foster's Life and Correspondence? It is deeply interesting; generally speaking, I am not addicted to the reading of correspondence, but his is no perfectly original and illustrates the failings and sentiments of so fine a mind that is possesses peculiar attraction.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1846 and 2 May 1847

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Leicester
county: Leicestershire
specific address: Beaumont Leys

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:

Eliza Ellis

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1825

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Amateur geologist

Religion:

Quaker

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Jonathan Edwards Ryland

Title:

The Life and Correspondence of John Foster

Genre:

Biography, Autobiog / Diary, Letters

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Jackson and Walford, 1846 (2 volumes)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33388

Source:

Print

Author:

Eliza Ellis

Editor:

Margaret Ellis

Title:

Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis

Place of Publication:

Leicester

Date of Publication:

1883

Vol:

n/a

Page:

34

Additional Comments:

Privately printed by Samuel Clarke, 5 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester, and 'for private circulation only'.

Citation:

Eliza Ellis, Margaret Ellis (ed.), Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis, (Leicester, 1883), p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33388, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter from Eliza Ellis to Hannah Lucas. Ellis was almost certainly reading the 1846 edition of Foster's Life and Correspondence, as this was the only one in print at the time. It is possible that the book may have been in her father's extensive private library, to which she had access.