Record Number: 12726
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Reading - for want of something better - "Macaulay's Essays". He is a born Edinburgh Reviewer, this Macaulay; and, indeed, a type-reviewer - an authentic specimen-page of nineteenth century "literature". He has the right, omniscent tone, and air, and the true knac; of administering reverential flattery to British civilisation, British prowess, honour, enlightenment, and all that, especially to the great nineteenth century and its astounding civilisation, that is, to his readers. It is altogether a new thing in the history of mankind, this triumphant glorification of a current century upon being the century it is...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:17 Jun 1848
Country:at sea, Atlantic Ocean, between Cork and Bermuda
Timen/a
Place:other location: on board ship "Scourge", man of war
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Nov 1815
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason
Religion:Presbyterian family
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:at sea, Atlantic Ocean, between Cork and Bermuda
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Essays
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
officers' library aboard a 'man of war'
Source Information:
Record ID:12726
Source:John Mitchel
Editor:n/a
Title:Jail Journal
Place of Publication:Dublin
Date of Publication:1913
Vol:n/a
Page:20
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Mitchel, Jail Journal, (Dublin, 1913), p. 20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12726, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
None
