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“Our civilisation is a hollow fraud, all the fun of life is lost by it”

Posted on June 26, 2020 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 6, 2249.] To Elizabeth Fairchild [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 214-6] Union Club, Sydney [c. 1 September 1890] My … Continue reading →

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“I have a perfect right to object to the publication of private letters”

Posted on December 9, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2178.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 249-50 http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Envelope marked “Private”] [Honolulu, ? 6 June 1889] My dear Charles, The last mail we are likely to … Continue reading →

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“The exile threatens to be eternal”

Posted on May 27, 2019 by mafalda

[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 mafalda

[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 mafalda

[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 mafalda

[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 mafalda

[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 mafalda

[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 mafalda

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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“The public are weary of statues that say nothing”

Posted on August 26, 2017 by mafalda

The letter was published in The Times of 6 September 1886. It is a reply to an attack on Auguste Rodin. The painter Edward Armitage had contributed several letters to that newspaper, writing that he believed the rejection of Rodin’s … Continue reading →

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“Our civilisation is a hollow fraud, all the fun of life is lost by it”

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“I have a perfect right to object to the publication of private letters”

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“The exile threatens to be eternal”

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“We cam’ so near gaun heels ower hurdies”

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“This, dear James, is a valedictory”

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“A man who talks, not one who sings”

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“I like myself better in the woods”

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

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“Home Rule, if you like”

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“The public are weary of statues that say nothing”

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