Record Number: 19871
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'On the other hand, the most pleasurable thing, which has befallen me was receiving two packets, from England, in the same night: the one a letter of fifteen pages from Mr Baillie; the other a collection of autographs from his Opposite. What do you think? among these were a letter from Goethe, and a fragment of a letter from Byron!'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 21 Dec 1824 and 3 Jan 1825
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Haddington
specific address: Family home
(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:Female
Date of Birth:14 Jul 1801
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Daughter of doctor - no profession
none
Religion:Christian
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:Autographs
Genre:Autographs
Form of Text:Manuscript: Autographs
Publication DetailsN/A
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:19871
Source:Jane Baillie Welsh
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:3
Page:252
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 252, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19871, accessed: 04 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Eliza Stodart dated 18 January 1825, written at Haddington. Pages 251-254 in this edition. Date of reading experience based on JBW's reply to Thomas Carlyle's letter of 20th December in which she thanks him for sending the Autographs to her.
