Record Number: 28860

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have received a nice letter from Colvin. He says my room is delightful; but there was a green curtain which ‘put his teeth on edge’. What should this be? Not the purity of the Scottish Mind? He told me he thought the prophet was beginning to be more honoured in his own country, and reported statements relative to ‘W[ill] of the Mill’, which were eminently pleasing.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between Jan 1878 and 27 Feb 1878

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Louis Stevenson

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:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sidney Colvin

Title:

[letter]

Genre:

Personal letter to RLS from Colvin.

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28860

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

245

Additional Comments:

Letter 517, To his Mother, [27 February 1878], [Paris]. 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. 245, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28860, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

This apparently refers to a letter recently received from Sidney Colvin, containing gratifying reports on the reception of RLS’s story ‘Will o’ the Mill’, published in the Cornhill Magazine in January 1878.