| Evidence: | 'Colvin?s article on B.C. was so much better than I had expected; he had the courage (which I lacked) to find fault; if I had dared to do so, I might have praised much more.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 27 Dec 1874 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | Aspiring writer and intermittent law student |
| Religion: | Church of Scotland (wavering) |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Sidney Colvin |
| Title: | Review of Basil Champneys' book A Quiet Corner of England. |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | I have failed to trace Colvin?s review of Champney?s book |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18089 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 95 | |
| Additional comments: | From section headed Sunday [27 December] in Letter 345, To Frances Sitwell [26 December 1874]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The dates in square brackets have 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. 95, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18089, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Editors? Note 1 on p. 95 reads: ?I have failed to trace Colvin?s review of Champney?s book (cf. Letter 331, n. 4).? |
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