| Evidence: | 'I am glad to hear you are giving Macaulay a turn. I believe, though it sounds rude and foolish, nothing will do you more good.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 14 Jan 1875 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Sidney Colvin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 18 jun 1845 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | literary and art critic |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, History, Poetry, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Articles in the Edinburgh Review? |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18318 | |
| 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: | 107 | |
| Additional comments: | From section headed 9 P.M. in Letter 353, To Sidney Colvin, [14 January 1875]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The date 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. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18318, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
| The passage appears to refer (1) to reading knowledge on the part of RLS of some of Macaulay?s works; also (2) unspecifically to a personal letter mentioning Macaulay recently received from Colvin. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)