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“I was never fond of towns, houses, society, or (it seems) civilisation”
[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2239.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 204-6] Union Club, Sydney [19 August 1890] My dear Henry … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson
Tagged afloat, Bête Humaine, Bondman, civilisation, climate, cold, Colvin, convicts, cough, cruise, death, earth, eggs, England, Fanny, friends, Hall Caine, happiness, health, islands, James, Kipling, music, Noumea, proofs, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa, sea, sickbed, sin, society, South Seas, Sydney, tea, temperature, Tragic Muse, Union Club, voyage, Zola
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It is the mark of the parochial gentleman who has never travelled to find all wrong in a foreign land
[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1320.] To W.E. Henley [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 239-240] Bournemouth, [c. 10] November 1884 Dear Henley, … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson
Tagged Bournemouth, box, British, copybook, cough, country, desert, dissatisfaction, downstairs, foreign land, health, Henley, inhabitants, knees, Latin, More New Arabian Nights, pages, parochial, resist, Robert Louis Stevenson, spirit, tendency, travel, Wensleydale
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… the women (God bless them!)…
RLS got one more testimonial for his candidature to the Edinburgh History Chair from his friend Philip Gilbert Hamerton, English artist, art critic and author. Hamerton had been an unsuccessful candidate for the Professorship of Fine Art at Edinburgh University. … Continue reading
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I was near the other side of Jordan
By mid-March 1880 RLS had moved to East Oakland, CA, at first at the Tubbs Hotel, on (East) 12th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues. It was apparently there that he had a relapse and a first hemorrhage. Fanny moved … Continue reading
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