Record Number: 33399

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Do you take Chambers's Journal? The opening article I like very much, on that beautiful line from Keats, 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'; another of the leading articles pleased me greatly, as it so precisely coincides with my view of the question; it is on Female Education, and is really excellent and full of truth.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1847 and 31 Aug 1847

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Leicester
county: Leicestershire
specific address: Beaumont Leys

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:

Eliza Ellis

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1825

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Amateur geologist

Religion:

Quaker

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Keats

Title:

Endymion

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, 1847 (new series, volume VIII), number 183 (22 July 1847)

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33399

Source:

Print

Author:

Eliza Ellis

Editor:

Margaret Ellis

Title:

Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis

Place of Publication:

Leicester

Date of Publication:

1883

Vol:

n/a

Page:

36

Additional Comments:

Privately printed by Samuel Clarke, 5 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester, and 'for private circulation only'.

Citation:

Eliza Ellis, Margaret Ellis (ed.), Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis, (Leicester, 1883), p. 36, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33399, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter from Eliza Ellis to Hannah Lucas. Ellis was a regular reader of 'Chambers's Edinburgh Journal' and likely subscribed to it. The line from Keats's 'Endymion' is quoted several times in the opening preface to the 3 July 1847 number (no.183) on pages 1-3.