| Evidence: | 'In "Illustrated London News" and "Graphic", both for August 12th, are notices of ”Virginibus Puerisque”. In the latter I am once more taken for my editor! I think I have pleased the public this time!' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: Aug 1876 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: LONDON | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 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: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | The Graphic |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Review article. |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | The Graphic, 12 August 1876. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 23488 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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: | 187 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 444, To his Mother, [August 1876], Savile Club. 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. 187, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23488, accessed: 22 May 2013 | |
| On p. 187 the Editors’ Note 1 to Letter 444 quotes: ‘Mr Leslie Stephen’s speculations on Marriage are amusing and by no means devoid of good sense ("The Graphic").’ |
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