Tag Archives: Saranac Lake

“A cat-boat at our disposal, the sea always audible on the outer beach, the lagoon as smooth as glass”

Posted on March 5, 2019 by mafalda

Having spent the last fortnight of April 1888 at New York, RLS and his stepson Lloyd moved at the beginning of May to Manasquan, a small New Jersey watering-place; his wife having meanwhile gone to San Francisco, where she presently … Continue reading →

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“‘Huckleberry Finn’ is a book I have read four times, and am quite ready to begin again tomorrow”

Posted on February 25, 2019 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Bigelow Paine. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2064.] To Mark Twain [A.B. Paine, Mark Twain, 1912, II, p. 794, III, pp. 859-860] [Saranac Lake, c. … Continue reading →

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“I think niether I nor my wife have been kindly used”

Posted on February 19, 2019 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2063.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, 1956, p. 208, at http://www.hathitrust.org] [Saranac Lake, 12 April 1888] My dear Charles, I write mainly to inform you that as Henley has … Continue reading →

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“How I wish I had died at Hyères, while all was well with me!”

Posted on February 12, 2019 by mafalda

W.E. Henley’s letter of 9 March to RLS accusing Fanny of plagiarism in publishing under her own name a story based on an earlier one by Katharine de Mattos had precipitated the quarrel and estrangement between them. Baxter acted as … Continue reading →

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“The name of my native land is not North Britain, whatever may be the name of yours”

Posted on February 5, 2019 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2058.] To S.R. Crockett [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 60-62] [Saranac Lake, c. 10 April 1888] Dear Minister of the Free Kirk at Penicuik, For O, man, I cannae read … Continue reading →

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“Had I taken time, I would not have set pen to paper to you about this wretchedness”

Posted on January 30, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2057.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, 1956, pp. 206-207, at http://www.hathitrust.org] [Envelope marked ‘Private’] [Saranac Lake, 10 April 1888] My dear Charles, I have written you today … Continue reading →

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“Angry with Henley I am not”

Posted on January 25, 2019 by mafalda

The friendship between RLS and W.E. Henley had grown strained for many reasons. Henley disliked RLS’s wife, and felt that she interfered with their friendship. Furthermore, he was more convinced than RLS about the viability of the plays that the … Continue reading →

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“We can do no more than try to do our best”

Posted on January 17, 2019 by mafalda

In December 1887, RLS had sent a copy of his ‘Memories and Portraits’ to one of the most intimate friends of his father, Rev. Archibald Charteris, asking if he could recall something memorable of Thomas Stevenson, to be used in … Continue reading →

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“Lloyd and I have a mutiny novel on hand – a tremendous work”

Posted on January 12, 2019 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2053.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 64-65] [Saranac Lake] April 9!! 1888 My dear Colvin, I … Continue reading →

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“It is in such a world, that I am very glad to fight out my battle, and see some fine sunsets”

Posted on January 5, 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, 2051.] To Adelaide Boodle [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 65-66] Address, c/o Messrs. Scribner’s Sons, 743 Broadway, … Continue reading →

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