| Evidence: | 'I don't at all know the books you refer to - I have not seen any of them. Mr Barrie's "Auld Licht Idylls," etc, I think exceedingly clever. Indeed there seems to me genius in them, though the Scotch is, as you say, much too provincial.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1880 and 28 Jun 1889 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Windsor | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Margaret Oliphant |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 4 Apr 1828 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer and Critic |
| Religion: | Free Church |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | J.M. Barrie |
| Title: | Auld Licht Idylls |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 570 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Margaret Oliphant | |
| Editor: | Annie Coghill | |
| Title: | The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant | |
| Place of Publication: | Leicester | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 364 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Margaret Oliphant to Mr Blackwood, 28 June [1889] |
| Citation: | Margaret Oliphant, Annie Coghill (ed.), The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant (Leicester, 1974), p. 364, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=570, accessed: 23 September 2023 | |
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