| 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".' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1837 and 31 Dec 1837 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: 78 Princess Street other location: at work, Mr Tait's warehouse |
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| Reader: | James Glass Bertram |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ at work |
| Record ID: | 8181 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Glass Bertram, Some memories of books, authors and events (Westminster, 1893), p. 11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8181, accessed: 19 June 2013 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 19th Jun 2009 11:47am (GMT)