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“I do not know what I have done to deserve so beautiful and touching a compliment”

Posted on September 14, 2022 by mafalda

From Belle Strong’s journal: “A lady wrote to him from Long Island and said that her sister had just died, and that during her long and painful illness she had been helped through many many hours by his books, and … Continue reading →

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“If I had met you when I was a boy and a bachelor, how different my life would have been!”

Posted on October 9, 2020 by mafalda

RLS cherished the hope of visiting Revd. James Chalmers (Tamate) in New Guinea, but this design proved, unhappily, impossible. [Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Lovett. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2279.] … Continue reading →

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“The month it is the drear October by the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir”

Posted on March 11, 2018 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1890.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp- 22-24] [Saranac Lake, 6 October 1887] I know not the day; but the month it is the drear October … Continue reading →

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“As for gratitude, I am by nature a thankless dog, and was spoiled from a child up”

Posted on September 23, 2017 by mafalda

In his previous letter, RLS had asked Frederick Locker’s interest on behalf of a friend who had been kind to him at Hyères, in procuring a nomination for her son to the Blue-Coat School, at Christ’s Hospital. His correspondent, apparently … Continue reading →

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When I feel with what marvellous kindness the wind has been tempered to my frailties…

Posted on September 18, 2016 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1409.] To Philip Gilbert Hamerton [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 274-276] Bournemouth, March 16, 1885 My dear Hamerton, Various things have been reminding me of my misconduct: First, … Continue reading →

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I am no cultivator of disappointments… but I get some good crops both of remorse and gratitude

Posted on February 21, 2016 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, 1211.] To his parents [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 195-196] La Solitude Hyères-les-Palmiers, Var, January 1 [1884] … Continue reading →

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I don’t want no such a parent… his gloom is gallows-worthy

Posted on February 17, 2016 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 4, 1205.] To his mother [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 193-194] [La Solitude, Hyères] Last Sunday of ’83 [30 December] … Continue reading →

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A hundred jingling, tingling, golden, minted quid

Posted on October 17, 2015 by mafalda

The agreement, with Cassell’s for Tresure Island outright was signed on 2 June 1883. It provided for the payment of £50 on signature and a further £50 when the book was passed for press. RLS was to receive a royalty … Continue reading →

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The only person who will really understand it

Posted on September 14, 2015 by mafalda

In the course of January 1883, RLS and his wife came safely at Marseilles and Nice, Where the author’s health quickly mended. [As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 4, 1061.] To Alison Cunningham [Colvin … 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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