Record Number: 4420
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'After an arduous str[uggle] with sundry historians of grea[t and] small renown I sit down to answer the much-valued epistle of my friend. Doubtless you are disposed to grumble that I have been so long in doing so; but I have an argument in store for you.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 7 Dec 1817 and 15 Feb 1818
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Kirkcaldy (probably)
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
None given
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[histories]
Genre:History, Letter
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:4420
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, South Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:1
Page:118
Additional Comments:
Letter from Robert Mitchell to Thomas Carlyle dated 6th December 1817.
Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, South Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 118, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4420, accessed: 25 January 2025
Additional Comments:
Editor's note states that he presumes that the letter that Carlyle refers to is that of the 6th December 1817 - but it is clearly not definitively so. Dates of reading experience given above are estimate based on date that the letter ro Carlyle was written and the date of Carlyle's reply.
