Record Number: 9243

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Horace Walpole (as 'Thelyphthorus') to Mary Berry, 28 April 1789: 'I send you the most delicious poem upon earth [Erasmus Darwin, "The Botanic Garden"] [...] This is only the Second Part; for like my king's eldest daughter in the Hieroglyphic Tales, the First part is not yet born yet. No matter, I can read this over and over again for ever'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1789 and 28 Apr 1789

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Horace Walpole

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Sep 1717

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer/Connoisseur

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Erasmus Darwin

Title:

The Botanic Garden (part 1)

Genre:

Poetry, Natural history, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

9243

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

1

Page:

162

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 1, p. 162, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9243, accessed: 18 May 2024

---

Additional Comments:

None