Record Number: 22313
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Here I am, here. And very well too. And I read your hymn, which is a very good hymn. And I was delighted with how you patted Pater on the back and promised him some cake if he kept a good little boy till the holidays.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Jun 1876
Country:unknown
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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:Writer
Religion:Uncommitted
Country of Origin:Scotland
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:�A Greek Hymn�.
Genre:Classics, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Translation and commentary on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter.
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn the June 1876 issue of the "Cornhill Magazine".
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22313
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:174
Additional Comments:
Letter 435, To Sidney Colvin, [Early June 1876], Swanston. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The foregoing 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. 174, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22313, accessed: 03 February 2026
Additional Comments:
On p. 174, the Editors� Note 2 to Letter 435 reads: �In the June "Cornhill", under the title �A Greek Hymn�, Colvin published a translation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. In his commentary he praised the �accustomed charm of thought and style� of Pater�s article �The Myth of Demeter and Persephone� in the January and February issues of the "Fortnightly".
