Record Number: 28596
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am much obliged to you for Tytler, which I have read with pleasure and not without profit: it is a smooth, easy Book; seems well-founded, accurate, authentic; and without pretending to be a classical History, may well enjoy several years of extensive popularity. I shall be very glad to see the First and all the other Volumes, when they appear.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 22 Dec 1829 and 27 Jan 1830
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:county: Dumfries
specific address: Craigenputtoch
(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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of Scotland
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: BookUnknown
Publication Details9 volumes, published Edinburgh, 1828-43. Published by Tait.
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:28596
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:64
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 64, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28596, accessed: 08 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to William Tait, dated 27th January 1830, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 64-65 in this edition. Editor's notes states that he thinks that Tait, who had published Tytler's work, had sent Carlyle volumes 2 and 3 (of the eventual 9), both published in 1830. Date range is estimate based on Carlyle's previous letter to Tait (written 22nd December) in which he asks to borrow the work.
