Record Number: 18513
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been perusing your minstrelsy very diligently for a while past, and it being the first book I ever perused which was written by a person I had seen and conversed with, the consequence hath been to me a most sensible pleasure: for in fact it is the remarks and modern pieces that I have delighted most in, being as it were personally acquainted with many of the antient pieces formerly'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 30 Jun 1802
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Ettrickhouse
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:Nov 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:shepherd, later writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, The
Genre:Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18513
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:I
Page:15
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18513, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
letter to Walter Scott