Record Number: 11278
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Sir John Hammerton looking back on his early days in Glasgow when he left school and became a correspondence clerk, he said of Cassell's Library "What an Aladdin's cave it proved to me! Addison, Goldsmith, Bacon, Steele, DeQuincey ..., Charles Lamb. Macaulay and many scores of others whom old Professor Morley introduced to me -- what a joy of life I obtained from these, and how greatly they made life worth living!"
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Glasgow
Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:correspondence clerk
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Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsCassell's Library ed Morley
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11278
Source:John Hammerton
Editor:n/a
Title:Books and Myself
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:1944
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Page:72
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Citation:
John Hammerton, Books and Myself, (1944), p. 72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11278, accessed: 07 October 2024
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