Record Number: 13578

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have been reading a good deal of Herbert ... "Carve or discourse; do not famine fear, Who carves is kind to two, who talks to all."'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

7 Sep 1868

Country:

Scotland/England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Wick

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

student

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland/England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Letter to mother, Margaret Stevenson

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Herbert

Title:

The Temple: The Church Porch xxii

Genre:

Other religious, History, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1863

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13578

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Editor:

Bradford Booth

Title:

The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson

Place of Publication:

New Haven and London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

1

Page:

144

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Ernest Mehew

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 144, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13578, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

RLS's copy of The Poetical Works of George Herbert; and the Synagogue, by C. Harvey (1863), a gift from Cummy 1 January 1866 (footnote p 144 Booth and Mehew, Letters).