Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to William E Henley, mainly concerning Stevenson`s work and discussing literary matters in general.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.8.2
Dates
- Creation: 1876-1893, and undated.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (315 folios. Quarto and under.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The letters were presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1911 by Mrs W E Henley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilms available:
Mf.Sec.MSS.224;
Mf.Sec.MSS.816.
Bibliography
Several of the letters appeared in the Tusitala edition of ‘The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson’, edited by Sidney Colvin (London, 1924 and 1926) and a list of references to those published is inserted at the beginning of the present volume.
‘Song of the Young Man of Swarthy Exterior’ (folio 241) was published in ‘Underwood’s’ (1887), and the poem addressed to Thomas Gordon Hake (folio 274) in ‘Songs of Travel’ (1896).
‘Song of the Young Man of Swarthy Exterior’ (folio 241) was published in ‘Underwood’s’ (1887), and the poem addressed to Thomas Gordon Hake (folio 274) in ‘Songs of Travel’ (1896).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 16 06 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk