Record Number: 20679
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Pray read "Tales of my Landlord". They are charming. I think there can be no doubt but that they are written by the Author of "Waverley" altho' it is not avow'd who that is. If it is not Walter Scott it is marvellous. I saw a gentleman the other day who told me that he had seen the manuscript in America in the hands of Walter Scott's Brother who there avow'd himself the Author'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 17 Dec 1816
Country:America
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:America
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
a gentleman known to Anne Romilly
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Tales of my Landlord
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
shown by Walter Scott's brother
Source Information:
Record ID:20679
Source:Anne Romilly
Editor:Samuel Henry Romilly
Title:Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:161
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818, (London, 1936), p. 161, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20679, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None