Record Number: 18940
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In as far as regards Maga I consider Lockhart blameless so many others having represented me in a far more ludicrous light witness the long Noctes's in the Newcastle Magazine. Bobby Chambers' paper, and the Lit. Jour. &c &c'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 9 Mar 1831
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Altrive 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 / 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:[possibly] the 'Edinburgh Advertiser'
Genre:Essays / Criticism, news
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18940
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:II
Page:427
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 427, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18940, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Blackwood, who sent Hogg the Quarterly Review which included slighting comments about Hogg. Robert Chambers worked for the Edinburgh Advertiser before setting up Chambers's Edinburgh Journal in 1832.