Record Number: 28585
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Assure Mr Montagu, that his Book was the most delightful I have read for many days. Your hand also was visible in it. Why does he not publish more such?'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 13 Aug 1829 and 13 Nov 1829
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Craigenputtoch
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:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
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:Thoughts on Laughter By a Chancery Barrister
Genre:Satire
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication DetailsFirst published 1830
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28585
Source:Thomas Carlyle
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:5
Page:34
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28585, accessed: 25 January 2025
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to Anna D B Montagu, dated 13th November 1829, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 32-34 in this edition. Date range is an estimate. Title of book is given in Editor's notes; he cites this as the most likely book to which Carlyle refers, and that he would have been reading an advance copy (unsure whether print or mauscript), but says that it is also possible (though unlikely) that he refers to "Letters on the Bankrupt Laws to E B Sugden Esq", published 1829.
