Record Number: 14931
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'All right, I'll see what I can do. Before I could answer, I had to see the book; and my good father, after trying at all our libraries, bought it for me. I like the book; that is, some of it; and I'll try to lick up four or five pages for the "Fortnightly."'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Swanston
specific address: Swanston Cottage, Lothianburn, Edinburgh
(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:Aspiring writer and intermittent law student
Religion:Church of Scotland (wavering)
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Fables in Song
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:14931
Source:Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor:Bradford A. Booth
Title:The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July1879
Place of Publication:New Haven and London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:2
Page:6
Additional Comments:
Co-editor Ernest Mehew
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July1879, (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14931, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
From Letter 271, to Sidney Colvin, dated by the editors [May 1874].