Record Number: 26857
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Saturday, 18 April 1829: 'In the evening I heard Anne read Mr. Peel's excellent bill on the police of the Metropolis which goes to disband the whole generation of Dogberry and Verges.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:18 Apr 1829
Country:Scotland
Timeevening
Place:specific address: Abbotsford
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:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Walter Scott
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Sir Robert Peel's Parliamentary Bill for metropolitan police force
Genre:Politics, Law
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26857
Source:Walter Scott
Editor:W. E. K. Anderson
Title:The Journal of Sir Walter Scott
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:549
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 549, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26857, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Not clear whether reader was Scott's daughter Anne, or his niece of the same name.