Record Number: 25228

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He has infinite wit and a great turn for antiquarian lore as the publications of Kirkton etc. bear witness.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

20 Nov 1825

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh

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:

Walter Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

15 Aug 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist, poet and lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Kirkton

Title:

Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the year 1678

Genre:

Other religious, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Year 1817

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25228

Source:

Print

Author:

Walter Scott

Editor:

W.E.K. Anderson

Title:

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

4

Additional Comments:

'Diary entry for Sunday, 20 November 1825'. Editor cites Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the year 1678'

Citation:

Walter Scott, W.E.K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Edinburgh, 1998), p. 4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25228, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Walter Scott only makes a passing reference to this publication therefore it is difficult to assess the nature of the reading experience.