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“Terra marique per pericula per ardua”

Posted on November 29, 2020 by mafalda

RLS was on his way back from Sydney to Samoa, having received proofs of some of his South Sea chapters. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter … Continue reading →

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“It is a far finer thing to be in love, or to risk a danger, than to paint the finest picture or write the noblest book”

Posted on May 14, 2017 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, 1642.] To Harriet Monroe [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 335-338] [Skerryvore, Bournemouth, 30 June 1886] My dear … Continue reading →

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‘Dere’s de author’

Posted on December 13, 2014 by mafalda

The essay on Benjamin Franklin was never written. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 3, 678.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 1, pp. … Continue reading →

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This is not a gay way to pass Christmas, is it?

Posted on December 7, 2014 by mafalda

Fanny Vandegrift obtained her divorce from Samuel Osbourne in Oakland, Ca., on 12 December 1879. The Emigrant is of course The Amateur Emigrant, the account of RLS’s journey to California, then still in draft. The “novel” should be A Vendetta … Continue reading →

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I have tales enough to keep you going till five in the morning

Posted on November 20, 2014 by mafalda

The Athæneum of 27 September 1879 announced that RLS intended to publish a volume containing his essays from the Cornhill and London. The book finally would be published as Virginibus Puerisque by Kegan Paul in 1881. Henley was reviewing (The … Continue reading →

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“Terra marique per pericula per ardua”

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“It is a far finer thing to be in love, or to risk a danger, than to paint the finest picture or write the noblest book”

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‘Dere’s de author’

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This is not a gay way to pass Christmas, is it?

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I have tales enough to keep you going till five in the morning

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