Reference point: p. 6 (states that the reading public in Great Britain grew from an estimated 1.5 million persons in 1780 to 7 million in 1830, but provides little supporting detail for these estimates)
reference-type: Book Section
author: Sutherland, Kathyrn
year: 1994
title: "Events…have made us a world of readers": Reader relations, 1780-1830
booktitle: The Romantic period
editor: Pirie, David B.
place-published: London
publisher: Penguin Books
pages: 1-48
otx-key: Sutherland-1994