Record Number: 18089
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Colvin?s article on B.C. was so much better than I had expected; he had the courage (which I lacked) to find fault; if I had dared to do so, I might have praised much more.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 27 Dec 1874
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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: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:Review of Basil Champneys' book A Quiet Corner of England.
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication DetailsI have failed to trace Colvin?s review of Champney?s book
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18089
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:95
Additional Comments:
From section headed Sunday [27 December] in Letter 345, To Frances Sitwell [26 December 1874]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The dates in square brackets have 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. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18089, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Editors? Note 1 on p. 95 reads: ?I have failed to trace Colvin?s review of Champney?s book (cf. Letter 331, n. 4).?
