Record Number: 17902

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks for the newspapers and for having marked them. Baildon has rather got it; I cannot but feel sympathy with the reviewer.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

20 Nov 1873

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Mentone

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:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

atheist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Scotsman/Edinburgh Courant

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Ephemera, book reviews

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17902

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:

376

Additional Comments:

additional editor Ernest Mehew. letter to mother, Margaret Stevenson.

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 376, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17902, accessed: 23 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

RLS reading reviews of H B Baildon's book of poetry, First Fruits and Shed Leaves. He was clearly familiar with Baildon's poetry in general, if not with this particular volume.