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Record Number: 18577


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It [a child relative?s speculations about the nature of fairies] was a good deal in the vein of Herbert Spencer?s description of the primitive man, all this.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 17 Jan 1875

Country:

Probably Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Probably Edinburgh.
county: Lothian

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Age:

Unknown

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:

Probably Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Herbert Spenser

Title:

Principles of Biology

Genre:

Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published 1864-7.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18577

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:

109

Additional Comments:

Letter 355, To Frances Sitwell, Sunday [17 January 1875], [17 Heriot Row]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The date 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. 109, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18577, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Re Herbert Spencer: the Editors? Note 3 on p. 109 reads: ?In his 'Principles of Biology', 1864-7.?

   
   
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