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“I am delighted with your idea”

Posted on October 12, 2023 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2686.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters pp. 342-5; http://www.hathitrust.org] Dictated [to Belle] Vailima, 1 January 1894 My dear Charles, I am delighted with your idea, and first I will … Continue reading →

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“I shall never see Auld Reekie. I shall never set my foot again upon the heather”

Posted on March 22, 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, 2568.] To Samuel Rutherford Crockett [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 195-8] Vailima, Samoa, May 17th, 1893 Dear Mr Crockett, … Continue reading →

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“We have just had a feast on my birthday…”

Posted on November 13, 2022 by mafalda

The following is addressed to one of Stevenson’s best friends among the officers of H.M.S. the Curaçoa, the Lieutenant of the ship Charles Gerald Sheperd Eeles (1854-1940), which had been for some time on the South Pacific station. He entered … Continue reading →

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“From a congenital defect, I must suppose, I am unable to write the word OR – wherever I write it the printer unerringly puts AS”

Posted on October 29, 2022 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 7, 2484.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 4, 146-7] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, Plantation, Nov. 2nd, 1892 … Continue reading →

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“I was inclined to fancy it was the fault of the Post Office”

Posted on October 1, 2022 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2473.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 134-5] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima Plantation, Samoan Islands, Oct. 10th, 1892 My dear Burlingame, It is now, as … Continue reading →

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“I imagine in the end R.L.S. must pay the piper”

Posted on September 25, 2022 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2470.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 305-9; http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, 7 October 1892 My dear Charles, The deuce and all – here have been nearly two … Continue reading →

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“There is always something touching in a mite’s first launch”

Posted on September 3, 2022 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 7, 2463.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 124-8] [Vailima,] Thursday, 15 September [1892] My dear … Continue reading →

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“We were just writing this when another passenger from the ship arrived up here at Vailima”

Posted on April 17, 2022 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2443.] To Sidney Colvin (continued) [Swanston Edition 25] [dictated to Belle] [Vailima, 10 August 1892] We were just writing … Continue reading →

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“‘Mr. Stevenson, your turtle is dead'”

Posted on February 12, 2022 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2415.] To Sidney Colvin (continued) [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 63-83] [Vailima, Sunday, 29th May 1892] On Saturday, 28th, I was awakened about … 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 mafalda

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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“I am delighted with your idea”

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“I shall never see Auld Reekie. I shall never set my foot again upon the heather”

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“We have just had a feast on my birthday…”

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“From a congenital defect, I must suppose, I am unable to write the word OR – wherever I write it the printer unerringly puts AS”

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“I was inclined to fancy it was the fault of the Post Office”

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“I imagine in the end R.L.S. must pay the piper”

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“There is always something touching in a mite’s first launch”

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“We were just writing this when another passenger from the ship arrived up here at Vailima”

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“‘Mr. Stevenson, your turtle is dead'”

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

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