Record Number: 18934
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Though Maga would have the better [sic] of something of mine it is nevertheless an excellent number. "The Age" is inimitable so is "The Currency"and indeed the whole is excellent save that our friend has rather overstrained the "wishing Gate"'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Dec 1829 and 4 Jan 1830
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Mount-Benger
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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'The Age - A Poem - in Eight Books' [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsBlackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, January 1830
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18934
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:II
Page:368
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 368, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18934, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Blackwood