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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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“… the note of the east wind, and Froebel’s voice, and the smell of soup in Thomson’s stair”

Posted on October 27, 2023 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2694.] To Henry Bellyse Baildon [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 282-3] Vailima, January 15th, 1894 My dear Baildon, Last mail brought your book and its Dedication. ‘Frederick Street and the … Continue reading →

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“Without suspense, there can be little pleasure in this world”

Posted on June 9, 2018 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1945.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 37-39] [Saranac Lake, c. 20 November 1887] My dear Henry James, It may please you to know how our … Continue reading →

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If you could see my roses, and my aloes, and my fig-marigolds, and my olives…

Posted on October 29, 2015 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 4, 1105.] To Edmund Gosse [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 135-136] La Solitude, Hyères-les-Palmiers, Var [May 20, 1883] … Continue reading →

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