Record Number: 27402
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Sir Francis Knight to John Murray (1839): 'I was glad [...] to hear the child's voice crying in the Times this morning. The extract [from his work] was the very best that could be given to create an appetite.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1839 and 5 Mar 1839
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Colonial civil servant
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Review of Francis Head, 'Narrative of his Administration in Upper Canada'
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn The Times
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Source Information:
Record ID:27402
Source:Samuel Smiles
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Title:A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:2
Page:372
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 372, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27402, accessed: 28 September 2024
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