Record Number: 18933

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have within these few minutes recieved Friendship's Offering. It is splendid and far outvies any of the foregoing numbers. I really anticipate good news of it this year.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

19 Oct 1829

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Mount Benger

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 Hogg

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Nov 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

author / farmer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Pringle [ed.]

Title:

Friendship's Offering

Genre:

Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

annual published by Smith Elder and Co - 1880 edition

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18933

Source:

Print

Author:

James Hogg

Editor:

Gillian Hughes

Title:

Collected Letters of James Hogg, The

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

II

Page:

357

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 357, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18933, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

Letter to Thomas Pringle. Hogg had contributed to this.