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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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“I started in the dark on foot, with a revolver, and my spurs on my bare feet”

Posted on January 19, 2024 by mafalda

Sidney Colvin had written to RLS on 21 March 1894: ‘Do these things interest you at all: or do any of our white affair? I could remark in passing that for three letters or more you have not uttered a … Continue reading →

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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

“Bravo for 17. You did well”

Posted on November 30, 2023 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2706.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 347-8] [Vailima, c. 26 February 1894] Dear Charles, The mail coming four days too late gives me no time to do more … Continue reading →

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“People mayn’t be like their books, they are their books”

Posted on February 23, 2023 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Edward Verrall Lucas. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2550.] To J.M. Barrie [Lucas’ Annual, 1914, pp. 155-61] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, Samoa, April 2nd or … Continue reading →

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“A fellow cannot stand aside and look on at such an exhibition as our government”

Posted on February 17, 2022 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2416.] To Andrew Lang [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 91-3] [Vailima, Late May – Early June 1892] My dear Lang, I knew you would prove a trusty purveyor. The … Continue reading →

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“Would £5,5 be shabby?”

Posted on August 31, 2021 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2375.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 290-1; http://www.hathitrust.org] [Vailima, 7 or 8 December 1891] My dear Charles,No word from you, and there need be little in mine.1mo. A man, … Continue reading →

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“In the papers of 1921 (say) this letter may arouse a smile”

Posted on August 6, 2021 by mafalda

The following is in answer to a young American autograph hunter. [As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2371.] To Fred Orr [Colvin 1911, 3, p. 373] Vailima, Upolu, Samoa, November 28th, 1891 Dear Sir, … Continue reading →

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“I know the public won’t like it; let ’em lump it then”

Posted on March 6, 2021 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2324.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp.279-80; www.hathitrust.org] [Vailima] Tuesday, 19 May 1891 My dear Charles, I don’t know what you think of me, not having written to you at all … Continue reading →

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“The outside is painted a sort of peacock blue”

Posted on February 28, 2021 by mafalda

This letter was written by RLS’s mother to her sister Jane at her arrival at Vailima. It gives us a first colourful description of RLS’s home. [For correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2304A] Margaret Isabella Stevenson … Continue reading →

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

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“I started in the dark on foot, with a revolver, and my spurs on my bare feet”

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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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“Bravo for 17. You did well”

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“People mayn’t be like their books, they are their books”

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“A fellow cannot stand aside and look on at such an exhibition as our government”

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“Would £5,5 be shabby?”

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“In the papers of 1921 (say) this letter may arouse a smile”

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“I know the public won’t like it; let ’em lump it then”

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“The outside is painted a sort of peacock blue”

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