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“This is the main fountain of our present discontents”

Posted on February 10, 2024 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2737.] To the Editor of The Times [Edinburgh Edition v. 25, pp. 303-6] Vailima, Samoa, May 22, 1894 Sir, I told you in my last that the Consuls had … Continue reading →

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“I was meant to die young, and the gods do not love me”

Posted on January 20, 2024 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2727.] To Frances Sitwell [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 302-3] [Vailima, 24 or 25 April 1894] My dear friend, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson, Senza categoria | Tagged baronetcy, Burne-Jones, Catriona, chiefs, cottage, death, epitaph, family, Fanny, gardening, gods, handwriting, health, horse, memory, old age, photographs, portrait, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa, Sitwell, stage, Tusitala, Vailima | Leave a comment

“He asked me to accompany him as if I were his nurse”

Posted on November 2, 2023 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2697.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters pp. 245-6] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima Jan. 29th, 1894. My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson, Senza categoria | Tagged Cedercrantz, Chief Justice, chiefs, Colvin, Creat Council of A'ana, degradation, deportation, execution, honour, Ide, imprisonment, king, law, Maoris, Mulinuu, natives, people, politics, process, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa, taking heads, Tuimalealiifano, Vailima, war, whites | Leave a comment

“All’s well that ends well”

Posted on October 3, 2023 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2677.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters, 1912, pp. 240-4] [Vailima, c. 28 December 1893] My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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“Could we ever stand Europe again?”

Posted on August 5, 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, 2651.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters, pp. 235-9] [Vailima, Late November 1893] My dear Colvin, This is disgraceful. … Continue reading →

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“Well, the war has at last begun”

Posted on April 21, 2023 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 8, 2595.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 217-30] [Vailima,] Saturday, 24th (?) June [1893] My … Continue reading →

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“I am Samoan enough to have been moved”

Posted on June 29, 2022 by mafalda

[Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 100-113; Mehew 7, 2452] This letter tells without preface the story of the expedition planned in the preceding, see https://lettersofrobertlouisstevenson.wordpress.com/2022/05/22/august-14-1745/. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin; for full, correct and critical … Continue reading →

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“You will know more about the South Seas after you have read my little tale than if you had read a library”

Posted on May 23, 2021 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2351.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp.342-8] [Vailima], Sept. 28, 1891 My dear Colvin, Since I last … Continue reading →

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“This is a great pleasure to me; the band-mastering, the playing and all”

Posted on April 11, 2021 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2335.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 326-31] [Vailima, 24 or 25 June 1891] My dear Colvin, I … Continue reading →

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“This is the main fountain of our present discontents”

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“I was meant to die young, and the gods do not love me”

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“He asked me to accompany him as if I were his nurse”

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“All’s well that ends well”

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“Could we ever stand Europe again?”

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“Well, the war has at last begun”

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“I am Samoan enough to have been moved”

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“You will know more about the South Seas after you have read my little tale than if you had read a library”

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“This is a great pleasure to me; the band-mastering, the playing and all”

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