Record Number: 2517

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I see in the papers that that man Walter Scott is going to bring out shortly a collection of Anglicized versions of early Scotch poetry such as Dunbar, Henryson, &c.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

1 Aug 1893

Country:

n/a

Time

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Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Margaret Oliphant

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

4 Apr 1828

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist and Critic

Religion:

Free Church

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2517

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Margaret Oliphant

Title:

Letter to Blackwood, 1 Aug 1893

Location:

National Library of Scotland, Blackwood Archive

Call No:

MS 4605 (1893)

Page/Folio:

169-70

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Oliphant, Letter to Blackwood, 1 Aug 1893, National Library of Scotland, Blackwood Archive, MS 4605 (1893), 169-70, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2517, accessed: 20 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None