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“The Battle of the Golden Letters will never be delivered”

Posted on June 21, 2023 by mafalda

In 1887-88, Augustus Saint-Gaudens had created a profile portrait in bas-relief that would long outlive the sitter. Modeled for personal pleasure, this image also served commercial and commemorative purposes in the years to come. A transatlantic network of friends formed … Continue reading →

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“I am an Epick Writer with a k to it, but without the necessary genius”

Posted on December 10, 2022 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2502.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 155-7] [Vailima,] December 5th, 1892 My dear James, How comes it so … Continue reading →

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“The actual is not the true”

Posted on December 4, 2022 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, 2501.] To J.M. Barrie [Colvin 1899, 2, pp. 331-4] [Vailima, Early December 1892] Dear J.M. Barrrie, You will … Continue reading →

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“The children beat their parents here; it does not make their parents any better”

Posted on May 16, 2019 by mafalda

RLS addressed a part of this letter to William Archer’s son, ‘Tomarcher’, then aged three. [As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2119] To William and Thomas Archer [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 85-6] Taiti, … Continue reading →

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“The tales are like the fox, the goose, and the cabbage of the ferryman”

Posted on October 14, 2017 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 5, 1732.] To Lady Taylor [Colvin 1912, pp. 220-222] Skerryvore, Bournemouth [23 December 1886] My dear Lady … Continue reading →

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“The public are weary of statues that say nothing”

Posted on August 26, 2017 by mafalda

The letter was published in The Times of 6 September 1886. It is a reply to an attack on Auguste Rodin. The painter Edward Armitage had contributed several letters to that newspaper, writing that he believed the rejection of Rodin’s … Continue reading →

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We do not seem to be so badly off for commanders

Posted on February 24, 2016 by mafalda

The allusions in the second paragraph are to the commanders in the Nile campaigns of those years. [Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 4, 1227.] … Continue reading →

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I think least said is often best, generally best

Posted on July 18, 2015 by mafalda

From about this time until 1885 William E. Henley acted in an informal way as agent for RLS in most of his dealings with publishers in London. ‘Both’ in the second paragraph means Treasure Island and Silverado Squatters. [Dots between … Continue reading →

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I always feel as if I must write a work of genius some time or other

Posted on January 25, 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 3, 698.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 1, pp. 335-336] P.O. S.F. Cal. [East Oakland, mid-April 1880.] … Continue reading →

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I do not think many wives are better loved than mine will be

Posted on December 20, 2014 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 3, 682.] To Edmund Gosse [Colvin 1912, pp. 132-135] 608 Bush Street, San Francisco, California, Jan. 23, … Continue reading →

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“The Battle of the Golden Letters will never be delivered”

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“I am an Epick Writer with a k to it, but without the necessary genius”

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“The actual is not the true”

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“The children beat their parents here; it does not make their parents any better”

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“The tales are like the fox, the goose, and the cabbage of the ferryman”

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“The public are weary of statues that say nothing”

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We do not seem to be so badly off for commanders

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I think least said is often best, generally best

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I always feel as if I must write a work of genius some time or other

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I do not think many wives are better loved than mine will be

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