Evidence: | 'I have just returned from reading a chapter of your book to my wife and her daughter. There was not a dry eye at the table, and the reader had to suspend operations, choking upon sobs. They were tears of pride and sympathy. I beg to offer you this family anecdote as a testimony to the success of your reminiscences. Of making books there is said to be no end, and I have made many. But if I could only think once, before I died, that I had given so much and such noble pleasure to a reader, I should be more than rewarded. You have made me proud and glad to be a Scotsman.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 19 May 1894 and 21 May 1894 | ||||||||||
Country: | Samoa | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: 'Vailima', Samoa location in dwelling: Dining room |
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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: | Chruch of Scotland |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Samoa |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Fanny Stevenson and Isobel Strong. Possibly Austin Strong (Isobel's son) was also present. |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Forbes-Mitchell |
Title: | Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-9 |
Genre: | History, Autobiog / Diary, Memoir and Military History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London: Macmillan, 1894. First edition. |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 12847 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
Title: | Letter to William Forbes-Mitchell, dated 21 May 1894 | |
Location: | ALS, Beinecke Special Collections, Yale University | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Letter to William Forbes-Mitchell, dated 21 May 1894 ALS, Beinecke Special Collections, Yale University, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12847, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Stevenson's copy of Forbes-Mitchell's 'Reminiscences' is in the Stevenson Collection in the Beinecke Library, Yale University; call mark IpSt48Zz7908. The volume is heavily marked in pencil in the margins. The frontispiece contains the following statement in the hand of Stevenson's step-grandson, Austin Strong: 'This book has a value as R.L.S. use [sic] to read it to us all at Vailima.' |
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