Record Number: 7739
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read Millar on the English government &c-'
Century:1800-1849
Date:18 Nov 1819
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
specific address: Thomson's lodging's, 8 Richmond-Place
other location: AND Duff's lodging's 35 Bristo-Street
(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:Historical View of the English Government, An
Genre:History, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1787
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7739
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:1
Page:211
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 211, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7739, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Carlyle to John A. Carlyle dated 2nd December 1819, written at Edinburgh (addresses as above). Pages 210 - 211 in this edition. Details of publication given in editor's note. Dates of reading experience are estimate based on the date of this letter and the date of the previous letter (RED ref 7738) where he refers to reading the same book.
