Record Number: 18821
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My brother and I have read over together the Essay on Sheep their natural history &c which we so often talked about it is extremely curious and interesting and very original he has ordered me to sell it to the highest bidder for a magazine Encyclopaedia or any such thing but on the condition that the purchaser is to publish it in a small volume or pamphlet afterwards with notes and an appendix by me. I think Boyd and you might venture to give him £30 or at least 25£ for the copyright.'
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:
Reading Group: 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:[prize essay on sheep, prize awarded by the Highland Society of Scotland]
Genre:Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailspublished in Prize essays and transacions of the Highland society of Scotland (1807) but never in pamphlet form
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18821
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:I
Page:305
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 305, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18821, accessed: 11 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Blackwood. Details given of reader are for James Hogg; William Hogg was a farmer born in 1767. The essay could have been either MS or in the volume cited under publication details.