Record Number: 18883
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'To my utter mortification and dissappointment I have this day received a letter from my Bookseller refusing my new work on his usual terms of publishing with me. For what? Because forsooth I copy his own words "Though it displays great originality of thought and a good deal of fancy it is of that cast that must draw down comparisons with the romances of the author of Waverly [sic] and manifestly to its disadvantage these being made the criterion of judging of merit therefore he is sorry &c." but the truth is I believe he found I was going to press too hard for money at too early a date'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 5 May 1821 and 26 Jun 1821
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:publisher / bookseller
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:Three Perils of Man, The
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
sent to him by Hogg
Source Information:
Record ID:18883
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:II
Page:91-2
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 91-2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18883, accessed: 10 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter from Hogg to Walter Scott
