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“The proper handling of an author’s books as a whole is his best and really his only good advertisement”

[For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2555.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 326-31: http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Vailima 16 April 1893] My dear Charles, Yours of 22nd Feb. and 16th March to hand. I seem to have … Continue reading

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“Mind you, I expect ‘The Justice Clerk’ to be my masterpiece”

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2497.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 312-17; http://www.hathitrust.com%5D [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, Upolu, Samoan Islands, 1 December 1892 My dear Charles, I am sending off by this mail a … Continue reading

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