Notebook of Robert Louis Stevenson containing drafts of poems, sketches, notes for ‘The black arrow’ and other jottings., ?1883.
Item
Identifier: MS.19637
Scope and Contents
The notebook includes 'Lord Nelson and the tar' (folio 2), as well as three other published and several unpublished poems. The sketches may be designs for woodblocks to illustrate the 'Moral emblems'.
Dates
- Creation: ?1883.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
23 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
12 + 11 inverted folios.
Bibliography
'Lord Nelson and the tar' was published in Robert Louis Stevenson's ‘Collected poems’, edited by J Adam Smith, 2nd edition, (London, 1971), page 449.
Stevenson, Robert Louis.
'Moral emblems' (Davos-Platz : S L Osbourne & Company, [1882]).
'The black arrow' (London, 1888).
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk