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“It might be as well to get me a book on balloon ascensions”

Posted on January 6, 2024 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2721.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters pp. 350-2: http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, 17 April 1894 My dear Charles, I. St. Ives is now well on its way into … Continue reading →

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“I am a real employer of labour now, and have much of the ship captain when aroused”

Posted on January 16, 2021 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2309.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 296-9] [Vailima] Saturday, April 18th [1891] My dear Colvin, I got … Continue reading →

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