Evidence: | On one occasion, he came to me, flourishing a paper wildly in the air...I thought he had suddenly inherited a fortune, or that something of an extreme value had fallen in his way. 'What in heaven's name is it?' I asked. 'This, my friend. For years a certain critic has practically damned my works - said there was nothing really in them - and now this person, whose ability I have always admired despite the fact that I have suffered, has declared: "Stevenson has at last produced one of the best books of the season, and the claim of his friends seems fully justified, for the work is full of genius."' His face was all aglow with feverish excitement. 'Who is this wonderful critic, Stevenson, whose praise you so enjoy? And what bitter things has he said of you before?' 'We will drop the severe things, Moors. You would never guess, if I gave you all morning, who it is who has at last admitted me to be in the front rank of my profession. It is Mrs Oliphant, my dear sir - Mrs Oliphant!' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Nov 1889 and 4 Dec 1894 | ||||||||||
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Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Church of Scotland |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Margaret Oliphant |
Title: | Review of The Master of Ballantrae |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | Edinburgh Blackwood's Magazine, November 1889 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 13106 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harry J. Moors | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | With Stevenson in Samoa | |
Place of Publication: | Boston | |
Date of Publication: | 1910 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 91-2 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harry J. Moors, With Stevenson in Samoa (Boston, 1910), p. 91-2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13106, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Margaret Oliphant's review of Stevenson's 'The Master of Ballantrae' appeared in Blackwood's Magazine, November 1889. |
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