Record Number: 18790
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I suppose you have heard what a crushing review [Jeffrey] has given [Wordsworth]. I still found him persisting in his first asseveration that it was heavy but what was my pleasure to find he had only got to the 17 division I assured him he had the marrow of the thing to come at as yet'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Nov 1814 and 15 Dec 1814
Country:Scotland
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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:23 Oct 1773
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:editor of Edinburgh Review
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Excursion, The
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18790
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:I
Page:222
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 222, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18790, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter from James Hogg to Southey. Francis Jeffrey reviewed the work notoriously in The Edinburgh Review (November 1814), asserting 'This will never do'.