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“I certainly feel extremely gratified at the generous treatment I have received at the hands of my many publishers”

Posted on January 22, 2024 by mafalda

Andrew Patterson Melville (1867-1938) was apprenticed to Mitchell and Baxter; he was to became a W.S. in 1896. [For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2732.] To Andrew P. Melville [Baxter Letters, p. 358: http://www.hathitrust.org%5D Vailima, 18 … Continue reading →

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“Think of me sea-bathing and walking about, as jolly as a sandboy”

Posted on September 28, 2019 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 6, 2152.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 129-32] Honolulu, April 2nd, 1889 My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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“Lloyd and I have got breakfast, and my hand somewhat shakes after washing dishes”

Posted on October 25, 2018 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2006.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 52-53] [Saranac Lake, 6 February 1888] Dear Mr Burlingame, 1. Of course then don’t use it. Dear Man, … Continue reading →

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“It howls and blows and rains and snows in a pleasant medley of ill weather; and I am from the midst of it”

Posted on August 1, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Caro Lloyd. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1966.] To George Iles [C. Lloyd, Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1912, I, p. 71] Saranak Lake, Dec. 14, 1887 … Continue reading →

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“A man who talks, not one who sings”

Posted on June 23, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1950.] To John Addington Symonds [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 28-31] Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains, New York, U.S.A., November … Continue reading →

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“Lord, what a silly thing is popularity!”

Posted on February 17, 2018 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1881.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 6-7] [Newport, 18 September 1887] My dear James, Here we are at Newport in the house of the good Fairchilds; and … Continue reading →

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The most truculent advertisement I ever saw

Posted on June 23, 2016 by mafalda

RLS had been unable to finish for the Pall Mall Christmas number the tale he had first intended; had tried the publishers with Markheim (afterwards printed in the collection called Merry Men), which proved too short; had then furbished up … Continue reading →

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I think of giving ’em literature without words; and I believe if you were to try invisible illustration, it would enjoy a considerable vogue

Posted on June 9, 2016 by mafalda

Will Hicock Low was at that time teacher of drawing in the Cooper Institute, NY. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1327.] … Continue reading →

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If you don’t know that you have a good author, I know that I have a good publisher

Posted on May 18, 2016 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 5, 1304.] To Andrew Chatto [Colvin 1911, 2, 235] Wensleydale, Bournemouth, October 3, 1884. Dear Mr. Chatto, … Continue reading →

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Looking forward through the clouds to the sunburst

Posted on November 28, 2015 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 4, 1140.] To William Ernest Henley [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 157-161] La Solitude, Hyères, September 19, 1883 Dear boy, … Continue reading →

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