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“We shall leave none to come after us, and I have been spared the pain – and the pleasure”

Posted on December 9, 2023 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2714.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 348-50: http://www.hathitrust.org] [Beginning dictated to Belle.] Vailima, Samoa, 26 March 1894 My dear Charles, 1. Received bills of lading for … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson, Senza categoria | Tagged 17 Heriot Row, £, Baxter, Beeching, Belle, book form, books, Cassells, children, Choderlos de Laclos, Colvin, Dangereuses, Ebb Tide, envy, Faithful Contendings Dispalyed, Fanny, French, German Firm, Gordon & Young, Henley, lading, McClure, money, mother, MS, Pall Mall Magazine, Paris, Pentland Rising, publishers, Robert Louis Stevenson, royalty, Samoa, San Francisco, Scribner's Sons, Shields, St. Ives, Vailima, wine, Wynand Fockink | 1 Comment

“Before I was eight I used to write stories – or dictate them at least”

Posted on August 14, 2023 by mafalda

There two letters are in answer to letters of appreciation received from two small Scottish boys, whose mother desired at that time that they should remain nameless. [For correct and critical edition of this letters, see Mehew 8, 2653-2654.] To … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson, Senza categoria | Tagged £, Ceylon, children, David Stevenson, fans, fingers, growing up, History of Moses, pain, Patterson, pen, plays, prize, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa, stories, Vailima, writing | Leave a comment

“The short story never sells”

Posted on July 27, 2023 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2645.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters, pp. 234-5] [Vailima, c. 5 November 1893] My dear Colvin, Home again, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson, Senza categoria | Tagged American Land Commissioner, Atlantic, £, Catriona, Chief Justice, Colvin, Ebb-Tide, Family History, Fanny, Frisco, Hawaii, health, home, Honolulu, Island Nights' Entertainments, Merry Men, money, Portfolio, reviews, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa, sea, short stories, steamers, Vailima, voyage | Leave a comment

“Vanu Manutagi – the vale of crying birds (the wild dove) – is now mine”

Posted on June 26, 2023 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2629.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 337-8: http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Samoa and aboard the Mariposa, September 1893] My dear Charles, Herewith goes my will to you. Will you please send … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson, Senza categoria | Tagged 1665, A Footnote to History, ancetry, £, Baxter, Cook's Journal, D.H. & P.G., Fanny, German Firm, Great North Road, Honolulu, James Stevenson, Lady Guest, Mabinogion, map, Mariposa, money, Mure of Caldwell, Neilston, Nether Carswell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa, Tauchnitz, Vailima, Vanu Manutagi, wild dove, will | Leave a comment

“No rest but the grave for Sir Walter!”

Posted on May 7, 2023 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2610.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 334-6] [Vailima, ? 18 July 1893] My dear Charles, I return herewith Arnot (which unfortunately I already possessed) and Balfour’s Letters, to … Continue reading →

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“Lord, lord! these be long memories, distant thoughts”

Posted on January 29, 2023 by mafalda

[As usual, for critical edition of this letter see Mehew 8, 2533.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 319-21: http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Vailima, c. 30 January 1893] Dear Charles, Three letters from you this month. Well done, thou good and faithful. The … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson, Senza categoria | Tagged 17 Heriot Row, £, Baxter, bill, Combe, Dalmahoy, Dance of Death, Guthrie, Honorary President, Jury Oath, Justice Clerk, McBean, Murray, new house, photograph, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rowlandson, Royal Academy of Letters, Samoa, Speculative Society, St. Yves, Tawse, Tours of Dr Syntax, Vailima | Leave a comment

“‘Tis a prettyish tale – or should be: Haddington Coast, Whitekirk Parish, temp 182-, love story”

Posted on January 20, 2023 by mafalda

The tale The Go-Between: A Boy’s Romance was later abandoned. A table of contents listing 12 chapters, and drafts of the first two chapters are at Yale, still unpublished (Cf. Mehew 8, p. 2 n. 1). [For critical edition of … Continue reading →

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“To the merry note of the carpenter’s hammer, in an upper room of the New House”

Posted on January 7, 2023 by mafalda

[A usual, for critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2513.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 317-9: http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Vailima,] 28 December 1892 My dear Charles, Your really decent letter to hand. And here I am answering it, to the … Continue reading →

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“My wife protests against The Waif-Woman and I am instructed to report the same to you”

Posted on November 19, 2022 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 7, 2496.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 152-4] [Vailima, November 30, 1892] My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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“Perhaps you may know of an old, dry, light wine yourself”

Posted on November 5, 2022 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2485.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 309-12, 315: http://www.harthitrust.org] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima Plantation, Samoan Islands, South Seas, 4 November 1892 My dear Charles, The luck that pursues us … Continue reading →

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“We shall leave none to come after us, and I have been spared the pain – and the pleasure”

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“Before I was eight I used to write stories – or dictate them at least”

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“The short story never sells”

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“Vanu Manutagi – the vale of crying birds (the wild dove) – is now mine”

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“No rest but the grave for Sir Walter!”

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“Lord, lord! these be long memories, distant thoughts”

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“‘Tis a prettyish tale – or should be: Haddington Coast, Whitekirk Parish, temp 182-, love story”

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“To the merry note of the carpenter’s hammer, in an upper room of the New House”

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“My wife protests against The Waif-Woman and I am instructed to report the same to you”

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“Perhaps you may know of an old, dry, light wine yourself”

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