the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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William Hogg : [prize essay on sheep, prize awarded by the Highland Society of Scotland]

'My brother and I have read over together the Essay on Sheep their natural history &c which we so often talked about it is extremely curious and interesting and very original he has ordered me to sell it to the highest bidder for a magazine Encyclopaedia or any such thing but on the condition that the purchaser is to publish it in a small volume or pamphlet afterwards with notes and an appendix by me. I think Boyd and you might venture to give him £30 or at least 25£ for the copyright.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: James and William Hogg     

William Hogg : 'Urania's Tour'

'[regarding a poetry contest with his brother William, himself and another, Hogg says of William's poem] it was far superior to either of the other two in the sublimity of the ideas; but, besides being in bad measure, it was often bombastical. The title of it was "Urania's Tour"'.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: James Hogg      Manuscript: Unknown

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