Record Number: 18914
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It is amazing how many clever things are written about the embarrassments of the country there has one appeared in Blackwood and another in the weekly journal which I cannot but admire'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 22 Feb 1826 and 4 Mar 1826
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Altrive
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:farmer / 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:[letters in ] Edinburgh Weekly Journal
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsFebruary 22nd and March 1st issues
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18914
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:II
Page:240
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 240, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18914, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Walter Scott. Probably a reference to Scott's 'Malachi Malagrowther' letters on 'The Currency'.