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“The exile threatens to be eternal”

Posted on May 27, 2019 by

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2121] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 237-8, at http://www.hathitrust.org%5D Tautira (The Garden of the World), otherwise called Hans-Christian-Andersen-ville [8 or 9 November 1888] My dear Charles, … Continue reading →

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“We cam’ so near gaun heels ower hurdies”

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2111.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, 1956, pp. 236-7, at http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Envelope marked “Private”] Taiti (as ever was) [? 9 October 1888] But then, my dear Charles, … Continue reading →

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“This, dear James, is a valedictory”

Posted on March 29, 2019 by

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2098.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 70-7] Manasquan (ahem!), New Jersey [28 May 1888] … Continue reading →

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“A man who talks, not one who sings”

Posted on June 23, 2018 by

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1950.] To John Addington Symonds [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 28-31] Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains, New York, U.S.A., November … Continue reading →

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“I like myself better in the woods”

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1899.] To Edmund Gosse [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 14-16] [Saranac Lake, Oct. 8th 1887] My dear Gosse, have just read your article twice,     with cheers of … Continue reading →

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“I shall have it on my tomb ― ‘He ran a butler'”

Posted on January 13, 2018 by

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1830.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 332-333] [Skerryvore, Bournemouth, ? 3 June 1887] My … Continue reading →

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“Home Rule, if you like”

Posted on December 23, 2017 by

The following sets forth the pros and cons which were balancing each other in RLS’s mind in regard to his scheme of going to make a stand in his own person against agrarian outrage in Ireland, under the Conservative Government … Continue reading →

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