Record Number: 12908

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I also received great benefits from reading Coventry's Philemon to Hydaspes; it consists of dialogues on false religion, extravagant devotion, etc. in which are many very curious remarks on visionaries of various ages and sects. This work is complete in five parts octavo. There has also been a decent Scotch edition, published in twelves, both editions are now rather scarce.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

James Lackington

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Aug 1746

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
bookseller

Occupation:

bookseller

Religion:

lapsed Methodist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Coventry

Title:

Philemon to Hydaspes: or the history of false religion in the earlier pagan world related in a series of coversations

Genre:

Other religious, Classics, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Octavo, five parts

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12908

Source:

Print

Author:

James Lackington

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington

Place of Publication:

London, Temple of the Muses

Date of Publication:

1794

Vol:

n/a

Page:

263

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington, (London, Temple of the Muses, 1794), p. 263, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12908, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None