Record Number: 14548
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It is necessary to explain, O Argive youth, that I have been reading the translations of Bohn, cunningly written with a reed upon the well-prepared tablets'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 3 Mar 1872 and 3 Apr 1872
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: 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 Charles Baxter
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Classics, classics in English translation
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14548
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:218
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. 218, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14548, accessed: 09 October 2024
Additional Comments:
RLS does not specify which of Bohn's translations he has been reading, but in this letter he is imitating Bohn's literary style, rather than referring to the content of any of his translations.