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Record Number: 23488


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In "Illustrated London News" and "Graphic", both for August 12th, are notices of ”Virginibus Puerisque”. In the latter I am once more taken for my editor! I think I have pleased the public this time!'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: Aug 1876

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: LONDON

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:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Graphic

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Review article.

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

The Graphic, 12 August 1876.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

23488

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:

187

Additional Comments:

Letter 444, To his Mother, [August 1876], Savile Club. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The foregoing 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. 187, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23488, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

On p. 187 the Editors’ Note 1 to Letter 444 quotes: ‘Mr Leslie Stephen’s speculations on Marriage are amusing and by no means devoid of good sense ("The Graphic").’

   
   
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