Record Number: 7827

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am glad you ha[ve] attacked Hume. Your remarks are just as far as I can determine'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 11 Dec 1819 and 14 Dec 1819

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Annandale

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John A. Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1801

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Physician / writer

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Hume

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7827

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

1

Page:

211

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 211, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7827, accessed: 13 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to John A. Carlyle dated 15th December 1819 written at Edinburgh. Pages 214 - 215 in this edition. Date range is estimate based on Carlyle's previous letter to John, dated 11th November 1819, in which he asks him if he has started Hume - I am guessing that this has prompted JAC to reply that he has. But no date of a reply is given in the editor's notes, so this is uncertain. Neither letter specifies which work (or which Hume).