'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...'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Glass Bertram Print: Serial / periodical
'Reading your Domestic Annals of Scotland, warms up all my old Scottish blood, - and makes me wish heartily that our four girls could see something of Scotland'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 3 January 1845:
'I send back your "Vestiges of Creation". The writer has a certain power in tying a knot -- -- (in mating a system) -- but it is not a love-knot, & it appears to me that I have read in my life few more melancholy books -- Did the thought ever strike you of [italics]Mr. [Andrew] Crosse having anything to do with the writing[end italics]? I understand that Sir Richard Vivian [sic] denies it determinedly -- & his brother, who visits here, does it for him besides, by all manner of oaths.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Print: Book
Thursday, 15 November 1827:
'Met with Chambers and complimented him about his making a clever book of the 1745 for Constable's Miscellany. It is really a lively work and must have a good sale.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Scott Print: Book
Sunday, 15 February 1829:
'I wrought [i.e. worked at writing] to day but not much -- rather dawdled and took to reading Chambers' Beauties of Scotland which would be admirable if they were more accurate. He is a clever young fellow but hurts himself by too much haste.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Scott Print: Book
'which has much that is able, startling, striking; it is said not be be accurate in its details, & it obviously strikes out often at random, his account of creation does not seem to me to conflict more with the Masonic accounts than the received theories of modern Geology; the order assigned to the appearance of man certainly harmonises with them. I do not care much for the notion that we are engendered by monkeys... I do not like the idea of all the starts [possibly stars] all being just the same as this world'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Print: Book
'I now, after too long delays, return you the Westminster Review, with Chalmers' Picture of Scotland; both of which I was very glad to see. The Picture is a very amusing work, of a proper plan and tone; only, I fear, it is defective in accuracy.'
Century: Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Book
'The Scottish Songs and Ballads, by the same collector, were a highly acceptable present to mel for which pray accept my best thanks. A work of that kind was certainly needed, and must be or have already been widely popular.'
Century: Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Print: Book
'Friday. Cold + wet under foot. Frenchman fainted after bath. Bridge. Still losing. Fr. + read The Fighting Chance by RW Chambers.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: William Thomas Print: Book
