Letters of R L Stevenson to W E Henley with a poem by Stevenson (first line: 'The Gods are dead. Perhaps they are. God knows') and the proof of a woodcut made by Stevenson at Davos in 1882.
File
Identifier: MS.9821
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1884.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
21 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
vi + 15 folios.
Custodial History
The documents were presented by Mrs Henley to W K Dickson, then Keeper of the Advocates' Library, in 1912. Dickson's detailed notes are prefaced to the letters.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Christie's, 6 March 1962, lot 125.
Separated Materials
For the main collection of R L Stevenson's letters to W E Henley, see Adv.MS.26.8.2.
Bibliography
The poem was first published in a revised version in the magazine ‘London’ (edited by W E Henley), 28 July 1877, page 611.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk