H. J. Jackson discusses copious annotations and commentary by unidentified, contemporary male reader in copy of William Mudford, Nubilia in Search of a Husband (1809); annotations include subject headings, and remarks including "'The preceding observations on tuition are, I make no doubt, very just ...'" and "'Let a certain fair reader attend to this passage.'"
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: anon Print: Book
Wednesday, 10 June 1829:
'I have been reading over the Five Days of St. Albans [sic], very much [quotes Lucretius, De Rerum Natura I.72] extra moenia flammantia mundi ['Beyond the flaming walls of the universe'] and possessed of considerable merit though the author loves to play at Cherry pit with Satan.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Scott Print: Book
Friday, 12 June 1829:
'After dinner I wrote to Walter, Charles, Lockhart and John Murray and took a screed of my novel so concluded the evening idly enough.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Scott Print: Book
