Tag Archives: Charles Baxter

“A story of mine of about the length of 30,000 words (my guesses are always rough)”

Posted on January 17, 2023 by mafalda

[As usual, for critical edition of this letter see Mehew 8, 2519.] To Clement Shorter [Shorter 1914, p. 3] [Vailima,] Jan. 2nd, 1893 Clement Shorter, Esq. Dear Sir, I have to acknowledge the arrival of Mr. Gordon Browne’s beautiful illustrations, … Continue reading →

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A darling, mouse-colour, … costing 65 francs and a glass of brandy

Posted on September 27, 2014 by mafalda

Getting ready for his journey through the Cévennes (22 September – 3 October, 1878), during which … he will write no letter! The engineer is an acquaintance made in Monastier: according to RLS’s notebook, his name was Charles Goguelat (1822-1879, … Continue reading →

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It depends upon what you call blue

Posted on April 1, 2014 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sir Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 1, 184]. To Charles Baxter [Colvin 1912, pp. 39-40] [Menton,] December 4 [1873]. My dear Baxter, … Continue reading →

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‘O could I fly, I’d fly with thee!’

Posted on March 15, 2014 by mafalda

On the question of the authorship of the Ode to the Cuckoo, which Edmund Burke thought the most beautiful lyric in the English language, the debate is between the claims of John Logan (1748-1788), minister of South Leith, and his … Continue reading →

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I am, I think, as honest as they can be in what I hold

Posted on February 27, 2014 by mafalda

In the winter of 1872-73 Stevenson is out of health; and there begins a religious quarrel with his father. Perhaps Thomas Stevenson, a true Scottish Calvinist, discovered the constitution of the L.J.R. (Liberty, Justice, Reverence) League, a club founded by … Continue reading →

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Don’t you wish you were a fool?

Posted on February 26, 2014 by mafalda

Back in Edinburgh, at  his family home, 17 Heriot Row, RLS writes to his Law school companion, Charles Baxter. Quotes: ‘Most noble Festus’: probably Acts 26, 25. ‘A mouse that hath its lodging in a cat’s ear’: J. Webster, The … Continue reading →

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Follow, follow, follow me

Posted on February 13, 2014 by mafalda

In 1869 RLS has been elected to the Speculative Society (the ‘Spec.’) on the strength of his conversational powers, and he contributes several essays to its meetings. In 1872 he is elected one of the five Presidents, and Baxter is … Continue reading →

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In such weather one has the bird’s need to whistle

Posted on February 10, 2014 by mafalda

In 1871, RLS begins his Law classes at Edinburgh University. He gathers round him a group of lifelong friends, all fellow-members of the Speculative Society at the University, a famous literary and debating society, founded in 1764. After a winter … Continue reading →

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