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“I know the public won’t like it; let ’em lump it then”

Posted on March 6, 2021 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2324.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp.279-80; www.hathitrust.org] [Vailima] Tuesday, 19 May 1891 My dear Charles, I don’t know what you think of me, not having written to you at all … Continue reading →

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“The children beat their parents here; it does not make their parents any better”

Posted on May 16, 2019 by mafalda

RLS addressed a part of this letter to William Archer’s son, ‘Tomarcher’, then aged three. [As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2119] To William and Thomas Archer [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 85-6] Taiti, … Continue reading →

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