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“I felt myself about 17 again, a pleasant experience”

Posted on May 17, 2024 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2767.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters, 1912, pp. 261-3] [Vailima] Aug. 7th [1894] My dear Colvin, This is to inform you, sir, that on Sunday last (and this is Tuesday) I … Continue reading →

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“I am more human than is wholly convenient”

Posted on April 12, 2024 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2765.] To Dr. Robert Bakewell [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 340-1] Vailima, August 7, 1894 Dear Dr. Bakewell, I … Continue reading →

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“I have in view a sort of child’s party for grown-up persons with kissing games, etc., here at Vailima”

Posted on April 6, 2024 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2762.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 327-30] [Vailima, 17 July, 1894] My dear Colvin, I have to thank … Continue reading →

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“Thinks Mr. Stevenson must be a very kind man; he little knows me”

Posted on April 3, 2024 by mafalda

This refers to the printing of some of RLS’s books in Braille type for the blind (See Letter 266: https://lettersofrobertlouisstevenson.wordpress.com/2023/09/08/this-braille-writing-is-a-kind-of-consecration/) [As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2761.] To Harriet Baker [Colvin 1911, 4, p. … Continue reading →

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“I feel as if I were near the end of my production”

Posted on March 30, 2024 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2759.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 361-5] [Vailima, c. 15 July 1894] My dear Baxter, I have received the balloon books from your bookseller, and I must say he is … Continue reading →

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“You cannot change ancestral feelings of right and wrong without what is practically soul-murder”

Posted on March 25, 2024 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2755.] To Adelaide Boodle [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 323-6] Vailima, July 14, 1894 My dear Adelaide, […] … Continue reading →

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“There will be a meeting of the twa Hoasting Scots Makers in spite of fate, fortune and the Devil”

Posted on March 17, 2024 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2754.] To J.M. Barrie [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 330-7; 1899, 2, pp. 349-50] [Beginning dictated to Belle] Vailima, July … Continue reading →

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“I believe it to be a speaking likeness, and not flattered at all”

Posted on March 13, 2024 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2752.] To Augustus Saint-Gaudens [Colvin 1911, 4, p. 322] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, Samoa, July 8, 1894 … Continue reading →

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“Life is a series of farewells, even in art; even our proficiencies are deciduous and evanescent”

Posted on March 12, 2024 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2750.] To Marcel Schwob [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 321-2] [Probably dictated to Belle] Vailima, Upolu, Samoa, July 7, 1894 Dear Mr. Marcel Schwob, Thank you for having remembered me … Continue reading →

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“Do not suppose from this that I am ill in body; it is the numskull that I complain of”

Posted on March 2, 2024 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2748.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 317-21] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, July 7th, 1894 Dear Henry James, I am going to try and dictate to you a letter … Continue reading →

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