| Evidence: | 'I have been working all the morning at my second ?John Knox? proof, and got it pretty right, I fancy.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 26 Jan 1875 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh. county: Lothian specific address: [17 Heriot Row] |
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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: | Uncommitted |
| 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: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Title: | John Knox and the Controversy about Female Rule |
| Genre: | Other religious, History, Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical, Proof copy of RLS's essay. |
| Publication details: | To be published in Macmillan's Magazine in the autumn [October?] of 1875. |
| Provenance: | unknown Received by RLS from editor to be corrected and returned. |
| Record ID: | 18579 | |
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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: | 111 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 359, To Frances Sitwell, Section headed Tuesday [26 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. 111, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18579, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| This would be the proof copy of the second of RLS's 2 essays (?John Knox and the Controversy about Female Rule??) on the subject of John Knox and women which would be published in Macmillan's Magazine in September and October 1875. For reference to the proof of the first article see p. 61, Letter 322, To Sidney Colvin, Monday [19 October 1874] [17 Heriot Row] and ID =17613. |
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