Record Number: 14545
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have possessed myself of Mrs Hutchinson, which, of course, I admire, etc'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 May 1871 and 30 Sep 1871
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Swanston Cottage, Edinburgh
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:Church of Scotland
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
letter to Maud Babington
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailswritten 1670, but published later
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:14545
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:214
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. 214, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14545, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
RLS does not say which of Lucy Hutchison's works he was reading, but from the context it is likely to have been her biography of her husband which was not published in her lifetime because it was too critical of the monarchy. Booth/Mehew (footnote p 214) give the date of RLS's copy as 1806.