Record Number: 11333
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
''I read all my new school books as soon as I got them; I read "The People's Journal", "The People's Friend", and "The Christian Herald". I read a complete series of sentimental love tales very popular at that time called "Sunday Stories". I read novels illustrating the dangers of intemperance and the values of thrift. I read a new periodical called "The Penny Magazine" which my brother Willie got: it was modelled on "Tit-bits", and contained all sorts of useless information. But I had no children's books and no fairy-tales: my father's witch stories made up for that.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Garth
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:15 May 1887
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:farmer's son, later poet
Religion:Protestant
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Penny Magazine
Genre:Miscellany / Anthology, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
borrowed from brother Willie
Source Information:
Record ID:11333
Source:Edwin Muir
Editor:n/a
Title:The story and the fable: An autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1940
Vol:n/a
Page:84-85
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Edwin Muir, The story and the fable: An autobiography, (London, 1940), p. 84-85, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11333, accessed: 30 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
