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Record Number: 18318


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am glad to hear you are giving Macaulay a turn. I believe, though it sounds rude and foolish, nothing will do you more good.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 14 Jan 1875

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sidney Colvin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 jun 1845

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

literary and art critic

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History, Poetry, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Articles in the Edinburgh Review?

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18318

Source:

Print

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:

107

Additional Comments:

From section headed 9 P.M. in Letter 353, To Sidney Colvin, [14 January 1875]. 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. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18318, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

The passage appears to refer (1) to reading knowledge on the part of RLS of some of Macaulay?s works; also (2) unspecifically to a personal letter mentioning Macaulay recently received from Colvin.

   
   
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