| Evidence: | 'I read […] Martin’s "History of France"[…]' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: Nov 1875 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh county: Lothian |
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| 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: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henri Martin |
| Title: | History of France |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | edition and language are not indicated by RLS. See below, 11. Additional Comments |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21872 | |
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| 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: | 166 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 424, To Sidney Colvin, [November 1875], [17 Heriot Row]. 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. 166, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21872, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| On p. 166, Editors’ Note 3 to Letter 424 reads: “Henri Martin (1810-83), author − according to the "Oxford Companion to French Literature" − of a ‘mediocre history of France’.” The edition and language are unspecified in letter 424. Martin was the author of "Histoire de France: depuis les temps les plus reculesjusqu'en 1789", pub. by Furne: Paris, in several editions and numerous vols from 1833, notably the 4th edition in 16 vols plus index from 1861-65. An abridgment in seven volumes was published in 1867. The continuation, "Histoire de France depuis 1789 jusqu'a nos jours" appeared in 6 vols, 1878-1883). |
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