Record Number: 28674

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Scottish Songs and Ballads, by the same collector, were a highly acceptable present to mel for which pray accept my best thanks. A work of that kind was certainly needed, and must be or have already been widely popular.'

Century:

Date:

Between 27 Jan 1830 and 24 Jul 1830

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Dumfries
specific address: Craigenputtoch

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:

Robert Chambers

Title:

Scottish Songs and Ballads

Genre:

Music

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols, first published Edinburgh 1829

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28674

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:

147

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. 147, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28674, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to William Tait, dated 23rd August 1830, written at Craigenputtoch. Pages 147-148 in this edition. Date range based on a letter to Tait dated 30th January 1830 he asks for Tait to lend him a copy of this another of Chalmers' books (see separate RED entry). Carlyle's subsequent letter (dated 24th July) thanks him for 'the welcome volumes' and says that they are safe and read. I believe he is referring to the works referred to above. However, he has clearly definitely read them by the time he writes this letter on 23rd August.