√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1850-1899 "I may tell you that, although your Hospital Sonnets did not seem to attract much notice at the time, as, indeed, I always thought them rather wasted on a Magazine - yet... Leslie Stephen William Ernest Henley Hospital Sonnets Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 "I may tell you that, although your Hospital Sonnets did not seem to attract much notice at the time, as, indeed, I always thought them rather wasted on a Magazine - yet... Leslie Stephen William Ernest Henley Children: Private Ward Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'My poet writes good stuff; it is slack still and unequal, but I think some of it capital.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley unknown Unknown 1850-1899 'I have a poet in stock here, a poor ass in the infirmary with one leg off and the other more than shaky − scrofula you know − but [italics]bougrement[end ita... Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley [poems] Unknown 1850-1899 'My dear Henley,
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III line 11. More laughter comes from them than moan.
IV As a whole.
VII Both quatrains.
VIII line 2. Extemporising a becoming gloom.
I... Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley Hospital Outlines: Sketches and Portraits Print : Probably proof.1850-1899 'Will you allow me to recommend you the accompanying sonnets? They are by Mr Henley, who wrote the “Hospital Outlines” in this month’s "Cornhill" − poems which have... Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley Notes on the Firth Manuscript : Sheet, Unknown1850-1899 'Will you allow me to recommend you the accompanying sonnets? They are by Mr Henley, who wrote the “Hospital Outlines” in this month’s "Cornhill" − poems which have... Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley Hospital Outlines: Sketches and Portraits. Manuscript : Unknown, Probably a proof copy.1850-1899 'Herewith you receive the rest of Henley’s hospital work. He was much pleased by what you said of him, and asked me to forward these to you for your opinion; the pencil m... Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley [second series of] Hospital Poems Manuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I like your "Byron" well ...' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley Athenaeum, 'The Poetry of Byron' Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'I liked your ... "Berlioz" better.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley Cornhill Magazine 'Hector Berlioz: a Biography' Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'I had already spotted your Dickens; very pleasant and true.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley review of Vol 3 Letters of Charles Dickens in Athe... Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'The Mag has come; the only thing I liked was your Japanese.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley 'A Note on Japanese Art' in Magazine of Art Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 '"The Omadhaun" was very funny by the Lord; I saw Constable who said both Payn and Kegan Paul had very highly lauded you.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley 'The Omadhaun at the Queen's'. Print : Serial / periodical, Account of an Irish melodrama by H.P. Grattan.1850-1899 'My dear Henley, I have just read your Crnhll with genuine delight and admiration.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley 'The Early Life of J-F Miller', in 'Cornhill Magaz... Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'At last, son of night, I receive a communication […] Oh no, it is not the penny. It is the one-volume story demanded by Hueffer for the New Tarterly [sic]. It’s a... Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley Manuscript : Letter1850-1899 'I liked your John Brown.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley Review in Academy (11 March 1882) Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'I liked "Veuillot" horrid; it was jolly and sympathetic and I think true.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley 'A French Journalist' Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'You will already have seen my word on Japanese Art. I read it a little differently, but your view of their fidelity to natural impressions is true, as far as it goes.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley [article about Japanese art] Print : proof1850-1899 'Your "Dumas" I think exquisite.' Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley 'Dumas' Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 [Letter]
'The two articles in the ''Fortnightly'' by Greg and Gladstone are very striking; I think the first G. so reasonable and cool and the second so fiery and full o... Emma Darwin William Ewart Gladstone England's Mission Print : Serial / periodical