Record Number: 33391
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am so glad thou has been reading some works on Geology. 'Geological Sketches' was the first I ever read; it is an excellent preliminary work, and interested me so much that I have been through it several times. Now I think a work written expressly for children is best suited to one's capacity as a beginner; for that capacity is, on first investigating a science, only prepared to receive the simplest and most childish truths - at least I think a more impressive and useful knowledge of the subject is to be obtained at commencing at the lowest point, and gradually working upwards.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1832 and 23 Jun 1847
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Leicester
county: Leicestershire
specific address: Beaumont Leys
(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:Female
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1825
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Amateur geologist
Religion:Quaker
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Geological Sketches and Glimpses of the ancient Earth
Genre:Science, Natural history, Geology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: 1832
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33391
Source:Eliza Ellis
Editor:Margaret Ellis
Title:Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis
Place of Publication:Leicester
Date of Publication:1883
Vol:n/a
Page:35
Additional Comments:
Privately printed by Samuel Clarke, 5 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester, and 'for private circulation only'.
Citation:
Eliza Ellis, Margaret Ellis (ed.), Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis, (Leicester, 1883), p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33391, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter from Eliza Ellis to Hannah Lucas. Maria Hack nee Barton (1777-1844) was like Ellis, a Quaker.