Record Number: 18830
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My poet writes good stuff; it is slack still and unequal, but I think some of it capital.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 19 Feb 1875
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
county: Lothian
specific address: [17 Heriot Row]
(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:Uncommitted.
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:unknown
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18830
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:120
Additional Comments:
Section headed Sunday [21 February] in Letter 366, To Frances Sitwell, Thursday [18 February 1875] [17 Heriot Row]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. 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. 120, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18830, accessed: 12 May 2024
Additional Comments:
The poet alluded to seems to be W.E. Henley (1849-1903), see p. 117, Section headed Saturday [13 February] in Letter 364, To Frances Sitwell, Tuesday [9 February 1875] [17 Heriot Row]; and p. 117, Note 3.
