Record Number: 25716
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'This day I was in the Advocates Library seeking German Books, and I found (directed by Dr Irving) the first Article in the Monthly Review devoted to our "German Romance". The man is little better than an ass; but a well-disposed one; and never dreams that his ears are long. He calls me point-blank by the name of the city Carlisle, without apology or introduction...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:4 Jun 1827
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Advocates Library, Edinburgh
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:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
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:Review of 'German Romance'
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsNew & Improved Series, V (June 1827), p. 157-66
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:25716
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:4
Page:229-230
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 229-230, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25716, accessed: 13 March 2025
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to John A. Carlyle, dated 4th June 1827, written at 21 Comley Bank. Pages 227-232 in this edition. Details of this serial given in editor's notes.
