Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
  RED International Logo

RED Australia logo


RED Canada logo
RED Netherlands logo
RED New Zealand logo

Record Number: 21492


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'From time to time, Lang writes charming articles in the "Daily News": witness one, a week or so past, on Montaigne: it was a little gem.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 23 Sep 1875 and 15 Oct 1875

Country:

Scotland?

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh?

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:

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Andrew Lang

Title:

[article on Montaigne]

Genre:

Ephemera, Newspaper editorial occasioned by the sale of Montaigne's library.

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

23 September 1875 in the "Daily News".

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

21492

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:

161

Additional Comments:

Letter 419, To Alfred Dowson, [Early October 1875], 17 Heriot Row. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The 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. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21492, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

The text was published 23 September 1875 and read by RLS on or soon after that date (i.e between 23 Sept 75 and [early October 75]. The Editors' Note 2 to "a little gem" in Letter 419 reads:"An unsigned editorial in the "Daily News" of 23 September occasioned by the sale of Montaigne's library."

   
   
Green Turtle Web Design