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“All well, not yet put in prison, whatever may be in store for me”

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2477.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 135-42] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, October 28th [actually 27th], 1892 … Continue reading

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

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

[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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“He expected (rather with awe) a much more ‘thoughtful’ person”

[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 [Swanston Edition 25] [dictated to Belle] Vailima [Tuesday 9 August 1892] My dear Colvin, You … Continue reading

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