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“Is it possible for a man in Samoa to be in touch with the great heart of the People?”

Posted on May 1, 2020 by

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2233.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 193-9] S.S. Janet Nicoll off Peru Island, Kingsmills … Continue reading →

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“If he had not been Shelley’s son, people would have thought more of him”

Posted on January 27, 2020 by

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2198.] To Lady Taylor [Colvin 1912, pp. 261-3] Apia, Samoa, Jan. 20th, 1890 My dear Lady … Continue reading →

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“As I write, the breeze is brisking up, doors are beginning to slam and shutters”

Posted on January 22, 2020 by

The following was written soon after the termination of the voyage of the Equator and RLS’s first landing in Samoa, where he was engaged in collecting materials for the account (then intended to be the concluding part of his great … Continue reading →

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“Play Logie o’ Buchan, slow, soft and simply”

Posted on January 18, 2020 by

This Scottish song has been ascribed to Lady Anne Barnard, the authoress of “Auld Robin Gray,” but it is of older date than her life. Mr. Peter Buchan, formerly of Peterhead, now of Glasgow, says that it was written by … Continue reading →

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“We are now about to rise, like whales, from this long dive”

Posted on January 10, 2020 by

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2192.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 169-71] Schooner Equator, at sea, Wednesday, 4th … Continue reading →

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“To other lands and nights my fancy turned”

Posted on January 5, 2020 by

The following, written in the last days of the sail southwards from the Gilberts to Samoa, contains the full plan of the South Sea book as it had then been conceived. [Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney … Continue reading →

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“Try to believe in our continued existence”

Posted on December 26, 2019 by

[For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2184.] To Lady Taylor [Colvin 1912, pp. 260-1] Honolulu, June 19th, 1889. My dear Lady Taylor, Our new home, the Equator, trading schooner, rides at the buoy to-night, … Continue reading →

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