‘Journal in Scotland, August, 1870’ by Edmund Gosse, being the record of a tour in the Hebrides and central Highlands, addressed to the author's father, who financed the trip.
Item
Identifier: MS.2562
Scope and Contents
The journal concludes with the words, 'So came to an end this glorious outing, for the great pleasure and profit of which I owe most hearty thanks to the best of Fathers that ever lived'. It was on this tour that Edmund Gosse met Robert Louis Stevenson, but there is no mention of the meeting in the journal.
Dates
- Creation: 1870.
Creator
- Gosse, Edmund William, Sir (author) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
40 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
iv + 36 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1939, by the author's son, Philip Gosse, through the good offices of the Friends of the National Libraries.
Bibliography
Printed in part in W M Parker, 'A modern tour to the Hebrides', in 'Scots Magazine', volume xxxiv (1940-1941), pages 263, 341.
See also Sir Evan Edward Charteris, ‘The life and letters of Sir Edmund Gosse’ (London, 1931), pages 26-29.
Genre / Form
- 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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National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk