Record Number: 19951
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have had a letter from Mrs Montague and, (which is still more extraordinary) I have answered it. What on earth did you say, to make her so good to me? She could not have written more frankly and affectionately if I had been her own child. I have never met with any thing like this from Woman before- I purpose loving Mrs Montague all my life; if I find her always the same as she has introduced herself to me.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:15 May 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:Male
Date of Birth:14 Jul 1801
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Daughter of doctor
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:Letter
Genre:Letter
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:19951
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:335
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. 335, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19951, accessed: 08 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 12 June 1825, written at Haddington. Pages 333-336 in this edition. Date of reading experience based on date of this letter and the date of Mrs Montagu's (20th May 1825) given in editor's notes.
