Record Number: 18860
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Send me word directly about Wilson's success. I cannot tell you how anxious I am about. I would not even wish him to know how anxious I am about as I look on it to be a desiderratum in his literary life. It is a most friendly review and will help the sale of the tales greatly but the Magazine on the whole is not a superior one. The first article is however [italics] very good [end italics]'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 May 1820 and 1 Jun 1820
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Altrive
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 / author
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:[ essay on H.H. Milman's painting 'The Fall of Jerusalem']
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsBlackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, May 1820
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18860
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:II
Page:30
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18860, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Blackwood.