Record Number: 18819
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have laughed at least as heartily at the continuation of "Daniel" as you did at the original the conceit is excellent indeed I see that mine was quite an imperfect thing without some description of the forces on the other side - the third chapter however is very faulty - the characters are made too plain and the language of scripture compleatly departed from. I have remedied that in proof in great measure but alas it is out of time! - As it is it will create great interest I am certain of its popularity as well as its being blamed. "Maggy Scott" is likewise a good fancy it has no faults but one the name should not have been "Dinmont" else he should have spoken [italics] Scotish [sic, end italics]'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 19 Oct 1817
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Eltrieve Lake
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:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:shepherd / farmer and author
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:'Translation from an Ancient Chaldee Manuscript'
Genre:Fiction, Satire
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsfor publication in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Provenanceowned
galley proofs sent by Blackwood
Source Information:
Record ID:18819
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:I
Page:304
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 304, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18819, accessed: 04 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Blackwood. The version published had additions probably by John Wilson and John Gibson Lockhart. It is a satire on periodical publishing.