Record Number: 26859

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Thursday, 28 May 1829: 'Mr. MacIntosh Mackay breakfasted and inspected my curious MS. which Dr. Brindley [sic for Brinkley] gave me. Mr. Mackay, I should say Doctor who well deserved the name, read it with tolerable [ease] so I hope to knock the marrow out of the bone with his assistance.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

28 May 1829

Country:

Scotland

Time

morning

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:

MacIntosh Mackay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1800

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Book of Rights

Genre:

Politics, Law

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26859

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

566

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 566, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26859, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Manuscript from the Revd Dr John Brinkley, Bishop of Cloyne and Astronomer Royal for Ireland, whom Scott had met in Ireland in 1825; see p.566 n.4 in source for these details, and identification of text.