Record Number: 21872
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read […] Martin’s "History of France"[…]'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: Nov 1875
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
county: Lothian
(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:Writer
Religion:Uncommitted
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of France
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsedition and language are not indicated by RLS. See below, 11. Additional Comments
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21872
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:166
Additional Comments:
Letter 424, To Sidney Colvin, [November 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. 166, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21872, accessed: 23 March 2023
Additional Comments:
On p. 166, Editors’ Note 3 to Letter 424 reads: “Henri Martin (1810-83), author − according to the "Oxford Companion to French Literature" − of a ‘mediocre history of France’.” The edition and language are unspecified in letter 424. Martin was the author of "Histoire de France: depuis les temps les plus reculesjusqu'en 1789", pub. by Furne: Paris, in several editions and numerous vols from 1833, notably the 4th edition in 16 vols plus index from 1861-65. An abridgment in seven volumes was published in 1867. The continuation, "Histoire de France depuis 1789 jusqu'a nos jours" appeared in 6 vols, 1878-1883).
