| Evidence: | 'One Saturday afternoon in the summer of 1838, whilst crossing Brumsfield links on my way home to Morningside, endeavouring as I walked over the grass to read a story in one of the volumes of "Chambers's Journal", then of a somewhat unwielding size, I was stopped by two gentlemen, one of whom asked what I was reading...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 22 Jun 1838 and 22 Sep 1838 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: Lunch hour | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: Bruntsfield Links other location: while walking home |
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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 bookseller |
| 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: | Robert Chambers |
| Title: | Chambers's Journal |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8253 | |
| 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: | 127 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Glass Bertram, Some memories of books, authors and events (Westminster, 1893), p. 127, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8253, accessed: 26 May 2013 | |
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