Record Number: 28587

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Did you read Sir W Hamilton on Cousin's Metaphysics in the last Edinburgh Review? And what inferences are we to draw from it? Pity that Sir W. had not the gift of delivery! He has real knowledge on those matters; but all unsorted, and tumbled topsy-turvy like a "bankrupt stock."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1829 and 21 Dec 1829

Country:

Scotland

Time

evening

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:

Thomas Carlyle

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:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sir William Hamilton

Title:

Review of Victor Cousin's 'Cours de Philosophie' (Paris, 1828) in Edinburgh Review, XCIV (OCt 1829), 194-221

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodicalUnknown

Publication Details

Edition XCIV (October 1829), 194-221

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28587

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

5

Page:

46

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 46, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28587, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to David Aitken, dated 21st December 1829, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 44-46 in this edition. Date range is an estimate based on date of this letter and publication date of the edition - but Carlyle refers to the same review in a letter to John Wilson dated 19th December, which implies that he had not read it on that date, so the date range may be smaller.