Record Number: 13538

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'.. there is a picture in Punch and it is a man beating a great many drums ...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Aug 1856

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city

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:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

child

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Punch

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

August 1856?

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13538

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Editor:

Bradford Booth

Title:

The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson

Place of Publication:

New Haven and London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

1

Page:

91

Additional Comments:

Additional editor: Ernest Mehew

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 91, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13538, accessed: 31 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

Letter to Thomas Stevenson, father.