| 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.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Jun 1876 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Sidney Colvin |
| 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 details: | In the June 1876 issue of the "Cornhill Magazine". |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 22313 | |
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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: | 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://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22313, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| 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". |
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