Record Number: 21925
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Gen. Robertson called and presented me with Hamley's Operations of War in which I am now drowned a thousand fathoms deep.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:15 Oct 1880
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
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:writer
Religion:atheist
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:Operations of War
Genre:Textbook / self-education, military textbook
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21925
Source:Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor:Bradford Booth
Title:The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson
Place of Publication:New Haven and London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:3
Page:108-9
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew.Letter to Thomas and Margaret Stevenson.
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 3, p. 108-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21925, accessed: 09 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None