Record Number: 5498
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'On turning to my book, I find I have journalised only one day, during this summer vis [sic] July 29, when I walked after tea with Mrs Cole a new walk down Penny-black Lane, across Chapman's Common, & into the Scalby Road - a short way into the Whitby Road, & returned over the fields by the bleach yard on the Whitby Road - a delightful rural walk. Read in Dibdin's Decameron - Delany's Life of King David, & Gay's Choir.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:29 Jul 1825
Country:England
Timeafternoon
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Oct 1792
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Publisher / bookseller
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Choir, The
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5498
Source:Manuscript
Author:John Cole
Title:An account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough
Location:York Minster
Call No:Add Mss 153/7
Page/Folio:504
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
John Cole, An account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough, York Minster, Add Mss 153/7, 504, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5498, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
"John Cole kept diaries throughout his life - and then used the diaries to produce a manuscript 'An Account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough' (started in 1829 - 18 volumes). Much of the substance of the MS is based on his diaries (and appears for much of the MS to be copied direct from his diaries). The original diaries are apparently no longer extant."
