Record Number: 20689
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Will you allow me to recommend you the accompanying sonnets? They are by Mr Henley, who wrote the “Hospital Outlines” in this month’s "Cornhill" − poems which have made a great sensation here, where the portraits are easily recognized; and though these have not the same extrinsic interest, they seem to me better as workmanship and more agreeable altogether. Henley is a singularly fine fellow, whose constancy under great trouble is as remarkable as his verse. Let me add that he is not the richest person in the world, so (should these sonnets suit you for the magazine) an early publication will be of great service to him.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 12 Feb 1875 and 31 May 1875
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
county: Lothian
(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:Hospital Outlines: Sketches and Portraits.
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown, Probably a proof copy.
Publication DetailsAccepted by the Cornhill in April 1875.
Provenanceowned
See 11, Additional comments
Source Information:
Record ID:20689
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:148
Additional Comments:
Letter 401, To George Grove, [Early July 1875], Swanston. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The material 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. 148, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20689, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
For RLS’s reading experiences of of “Hospital Outlines” see also Letter 390 and ID =20134.