Record Number: 33391

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am so glad thou has been reading some works on Geology. 'Geological Sketches' was the first I ever read; it is an excellent preliminary work, and interested me so much that I have been through it several times. Now I think a work written expressly for children is best suited to one's capacity as a beginner; for that capacity is, on first investigating a science, only prepared to receive the simplest and most childish truths - at least I think a more impressive and useful knowledge of the subject is to be obtained at commencing at the lowest point, and gradually working upwards.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1832 and 23 Jun 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:

Maria Hack

Title:

Geological Sketches and Glimpses of the ancient Earth

Genre:

Science, Natural history, Geology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: 1832

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33391

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:

35

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. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33391, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter from Eliza Ellis to Hannah Lucas. Maria Hack nee Barton (1777-1844) was like Ellis, a Quaker.