Record Number: 8180
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At the beginning of each month, too, there fell to be collected from the various agents a large number of English magazines for Mr Tait's customers, as also a few copies of "Blackwood"; and at the contents of some of those I often contrived to get a surreptitious "read".'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1837 and 31 Dec 1837
Country:Scotland
Timedaytime
Place:city: Edinburgh
specific address: 78 Princess Street
other location: at work, Mr Tait's warehouse
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1824
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Apprentice in a book warehouse
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[various English periodicals]
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
at work
Source Information:
Record ID:8180
Source:James Glass Bertram
Editor:n/a
Title:Some memories of books, authors and events
Place of Publication:Westminster
Date of Publication:1893
Vol:n/a
Page:11
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Glass Bertram, Some memories of books, authors and events, (Westminster, 1893), p. 11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8180, accessed: 11 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None