Record Number: 18839
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I find your Mag. a great favourite in Dumfriesshire especially with the ladies. Macculloch had been trying to stir up a party against it - It is little wonder With all the cleverness and carelessness of composition (which has generally I think a good grace) I cannot help feeling that the last two numbers are too egotistical which never has a good grace But perhaps this will not be generally felt if they have not that fault they have no other I am wearying terribly for this month's one.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Sep 1819 and 29 Oct 1819
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Eltrieve Lake
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:Nov 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:farmer / writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsSeptember and August 1819 issues
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18839
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:I
Page:421
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 421, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18839, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Blackwood