History & The Arts
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
...religion (The Bible, John Knox, Foxe’s Book or Martyrs), and from history (Macaulay, Hallam) to books on civil law. While living in the parental home in Edinburgh, Stevenson’s reading shows his interest in the wider world beyond Europe, seen in books on America and Japan. Stevenson read widely, but he has also been widely read. Because of the popularity of...