Record Number: 18929
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Robert has in several instances spoiled the effect of the tales at the close by winding them too abruptly up The Marvellous Doctor is quite ruined for though previously shortened one half to suit Maga that was no reason the other half should now have been withheld'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 10 Mar 1829
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Mount Benger
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:author / farmer
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:Shepherd's Calendar, The
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailspublished in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827-8) and as a volume 1829.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18929
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:II
Page:328
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 328, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18929, accessed: 04 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Blackwood. The volume had been edited by Hogg's nephew Robert.