Record Number: 16320
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Then there is Mr Brand's lantern and his Highland cloak; and the tale of how he, John Brand, right royally attired in the garb of old Gaul, presented a nosegay of roses to the Queen of the Netherlands.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:27 Nov 1872
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Bridge of Allan
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:13 Nov 1850
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:student
Religion:atheist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
letter to mother, Margaret Stevenson
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Garb of Old Gaul
Genre:song lyric
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16320
Source:Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor:Bradford Booth
Title:The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson
Place of Publication:New Haven and London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:1
Page:267
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 267, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16320, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Booth/Mehew footnote page 267 suggests that RLS is referring to the title of the regimental slow march (lyric by Lieut-Gen Sir Harry Erskine Bart), but I think, from the context, the lack of initial capital letters and the use of the word 'royally', that RLS is referring to Sir Walter Scott's well-known promise to George IV that he (the king) would wear the 'garb of old Gaul' (ie the kilt) on his visit to Edinburgh in 1822.
