| Evidence: | It would not be very easy for me to give you any idea of the pleasure I found in your present….I can assure you, your little book, coming from so far, gave me all the pleasure and encouragement in the world...' [Note 1]Martin read RLS’s essay ‘Virginibus Puerisque’ in "Cornhill" for August 1876 and wrote to him expressing his pleasure.
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: Jul 1877 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Arthur Patchett Martin |
| Title: | Sweet Girl Graduate: A Christmas Story and Random Rhymes |
| Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Melbourne, Australia, 1876 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 26849 | |
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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: | 212 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 473, To Arthur Patchett Martin, [June or July 1877], [? Edinburgh] and Note 1. 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. 212, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26849, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| According to Note 4 on p.212 the ‘present’ in question was Martin’s "Sweet Girl Graduate: A Christmas Story and Random Rhymes" (Melbourne, 1876), a 94-page booklet containing the story plus seven poems. The Editors’ Note 1 to Letter 473 states that Martin (1851-1902), editor 1876-82 of and contributor to "The Melbourne Review" “read RLS’s essay ‘Virginibus Puerisque’ in 'Cornhill' for August 1876 and wrote to him expressing his pleasure.” The implication seems to be that the note or letter expressing this pleasure accompanied the book. |
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