Record Number: 27944
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I wish I could lay my hands on the numbers of the "Review", for I know I wished to say something on that head more particularly than I can from memory; […] I was very much pleased with the article on Bret Harte; it seemed to me just, clear, and to the point.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between Jun 1877 and Dec 1877
Country:Probably Scotland.
Timen/a
Place:city: Probably Edinburgh
county: Lothian
(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:Writer
Religion:Uncommitted
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Probably Scotland.
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bret Harte in Relation to Modern Fiction.
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsThe Melbourne Review, July 1877.
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:27944
Source:Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor:Bradford A. Booth
Title:The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879
Place of Publication:New Haven and London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:2
Page:228
Additional Comments:
Letter 492, To Arthur Patchett Martin, [December 1877], 17 Heriot Row. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The foregoing material in square brackets has been added by the editors.
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879, (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 228, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27944, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Editors’ Note 1 to Letter 492 states: '"The Melbourne Review" (published quarterly). Martin’s article on Bret Harte was in the July 1877 issue (cf. Letter 473).” [See also Letter 483].
