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“Could we ever stand Europe again?”

Posted on August 5, 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, 2651.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters, pp. 235-9] [Vailima, Late November 1893] My dear Colvin, This is disgraceful. … Continue reading →

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“You always said we were but an encampment of Bedouins…”

Posted on September 17, 2022 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2469.] To Ida Taylor [Colvin 1912, pp. 298-300] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, Samoan Islands, October 7th, 1892 My dear … Continue reading →

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“I have an idea that they may perhaps help in time to make up a book on the South Seas for children”

Posted on July 17, 2022 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2453.] To Adelaide Boodle and ‘The Children in the Cellar’ [Colvin 1912, pp. 291-7] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima Plantation, Samoan Islands September 4th,1892 Dear Children in the Cellar, … Continue reading →

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“Wherever we are it is but a stage on the way to somewhere else”

Posted on May 14, 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, 2447.] To Adelaide Boodle (continued) [Colvin 1912, pp. 287-91] [Vailima Plantation, Samoan Islands, August 14th, 1892] Here … Continue reading →

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“But I am an outsider, and I have a certain liking for a light unto my path”

Posted on July 18, 2021 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2364.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter, Letters, pp. 288-90: http://www.hathitrust.org] [Vailima, 9 or 10 November 1891] 3 encl. – by George there’s going to be 4! Dear Charles, I have just … Continue reading →

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“Do you wish to illustrate My Grandfather?”

Posted on May 30, 2021 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2354.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 350-1] [Vailima,] October 8th, 1891 My dear Burlingame, All right, you … Continue reading →

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“All my other women have been as ugly as sin”

Posted on February 21, 2021 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, 2317.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 308-14] [Vailima] April 29th, ’91 My dear Colvin, I begin … Continue reading →

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“I can wish you nothing more delightful than my fortune in life”

Posted on January 24, 2021 by mafalda

RLS wrote the next letter to a young friend and visitor of Bournemouth days, on the news of her engagement to Alfred Spender. George and Mary Rawlinson had visited RLS in Bournemouth in 1887, and RLS had sent their eldest … Continue reading →

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“I could not eat a penny roll that piece of bludgeoning had gained for me”

Posted on July 10, 2020 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2251.] To Andrew Chatto [Baxter Letters, pp. 271-2: http://www.hathitrust.org%5D Union Club, Sydney [September 1890] Dear Mr. Chatto, The letter to Dr Hyde is yours, or any man’s, I will never … Continue reading →

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“My report would be – no connection between standing stones and sepulture”

Posted on June 20, 2020 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2247.] To Andrew Lang [Colvin 1911, 3, 209-10] Union Club, Sydney [late August 1890] My dear Lang, I observed … Continue reading →

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“Could we ever stand Europe again?”

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“You always said we were but an encampment of Bedouins…”

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“I have an idea that they may perhaps help in time to make up a book on the South Seas for children”

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“Wherever we are it is but a stage on the way to somewhere else”

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“But I am an outsider, and I have a certain liking for a light unto my path”

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“Do you wish to illustrate My Grandfather?”

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“All my other women have been as ugly as sin”

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“I can wish you nothing more delightful than my fortune in life”

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“I could not eat a penny roll that piece of bludgeoning had gained for me”

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“My report would be – no connection between standing stones and sepulture”

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