Record Number: 27444

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

W. J. Broderip to John Murray, submitting Captain W. Cornwallis Harris's Wild Sports in South Africa, 8 April 1839: 'Capt. Harris's book is entertaining, and seems to be the work of an honest man devoted to sport, and not caring what he suffers provided he gets his shot [...] There is a little expression here and there in the Captain's book, that might be changed for the better -- such as a rhinoceros giving up "the ghost"!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1839 and 8 Apr 1839

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

W. J. Broderip

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Police magistrate / naturalist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

Captain W. Cornwallis Harris

Title:

Wild Sports in South Africa

Genre:

Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure, Natural history

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27444

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

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:

441 n.

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 441 n., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27444, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Work was accepted for publication by Murray; see p.441 in source.