Record Number: 26567
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Monday, 5 December 1825: 'Dined at the Royal Society Club where as usual was a pleasant meeting of from 20 to 25. It is a very good institution. We pay two guineas only for six dinners in the year present or absent. Dine at 5 or rather 1/2 past 5 at the Royal hotel [...] till half past seven then coffee and we go to the Society [...] 'Henry Mackenzie now in his eighty second year read part of an Essay on Dreams.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:5 Dec 1825
Country:n/a
Timeevening
Place:city: Edinburgh
specific address: Royal Society of Edinburgh
(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:6 Aug 1745
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Included Walter Scott (Society's President, 1820-1825); Dr James Russell (Vice-president), and other members of Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Essay on Dreams' (extract)
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26567
Source:Walter Scott
Editor:W. E. K. Anderson
Title:The Journal of Sir Walter Scott
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:26
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26567, accessed: 18 January 2025
Additional Comments:
Society Minutes record essay read as 'A supplement to a Paper on Dreams formerly read to the Society' (see p.26 n.2 in source).
