| Evidence: | 'It [a child relative?s speculations about the nature of fairies] was a good deal in the vein of Herbert Spencer?s description of the primitive man, all this.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 17 Jan 1875 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Probably Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Probably Edinburgh. county: Lothian |
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| Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Aspiring writer and intermittent law student |
| Religion: | Uncommitted |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Probably Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Herbert Spenser |
| Title: | Principles of Biology |
| Genre: | Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Published 1864-7. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18577 | |
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| 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: | 109 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 355, To Frances Sitwell, Sunday [17 January 1875], [17 Heriot Row]. 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. 109, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18577, accessed: 21 March 2023 | |
| Re Herbert Spencer: the Editors? Note 3 on p. 109 reads: ?In his 'Principles of Biology', 1864-7.? |
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