Record Number: 18318
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am glad to hear you are giving Macaulay a turn. I believe, though it sounds rude and foolish, nothing will do you more good.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 14 Jan 1875
Country:unknown
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:18 jun 1845
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:literary and art critic
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History, Poetry, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book, Articles in the Edinburgh Review?
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18318
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:107
Additional Comments:
From section headed 9 P.M. in Letter 353, To Sidney Colvin, [14 January 1875]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The date 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. 107, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18318, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
The passage appears to refer (1) to reading knowledge on the part of RLS of some of Macaulay?s works; also (2) unspecifically to a personal letter mentioning Macaulay recently received from Colvin.
