Record Number: 17614
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My dear Katharine, I have gone over your paper at last (I would have done it sooner, had I found the time) [?].'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 31 Oct 1874
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:13 Nov 1850
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Aspiring writer and intermittent law student
Religion:Church of Scotland (wavering)
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Included "Miss Griffin"?
Genre:n/a
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet, RLS calls it "your paper".
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Presumably the paper in question was or included the material his cousin Katharine had sent to him some weeks back. See Letter 308, To Katharine de Mattos [Early September 1874].
Source Information:
Record ID:17614
Source: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:61
Additional Comments:
Letter 323, To Katharine de Mattos, [? October 1874]. 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. 61, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17614, accessed: 23 March 2023
Additional Comments:
None
