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“My loneliness has a certain pleasure”

Posted on May 10, 2020 by mafalda

[For critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2235.] To Charles Baxter [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 199-202] Hotel Sebastopol, Noumea [late July 1890] My dear Charles, I have stayed here a week while Lloyd and my wife continue to … Continue reading →

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“Is it possible for a man in Samoa to be in touch with the great heart of the People?”

Posted on May 1, 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, 2233.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 193-9] S.S. Janet Nicoll off Peru Island, Kingsmills … Continue reading →

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“There is no postal service; and schooners must take it, how they may and when”

Posted on March 3, 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, 2206.] To E.L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 181-5] S.S. Lübeck [between Apia and Sydney] [February] 1890 … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged Apemama, Apia, Burlingame, Crawford, Fanny, flag, French, Gilberts, Hapar, Home of Tembinoka, illustrations, In the South Seas, letters, Lloyd, Lubeck, mail, matted men, Melville, mystery, Pacific Ocean, Pearl Fisher, photographs, poem, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa, Samoan, San Francisco, schooners, Scribner's Magazine, South Sea Ballds, South Seas, South Seas Yarns, Sydney, Teñkoruti, Tembaitake, Tembinatake, Tembinoka, Tengkorootch, travel, verses, Wrecker | Leave a comment

“We are now about to rise, like whales, from this long dive”

Posted on January 10, 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, 2192.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 169-71] Schooner Equator, at sea, Wednesday, 4th … Continue reading →

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“I would give a leg that this were blotted out, and I could sit down with him as of yore”

Posted on March 18, 2019 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of these letters, see Mehew 6, 2090-2093.] W.E. Henley to RLS, with a note by RLS [Enclosed in letter 2093 to Baxter, see below] [Baxter Letters, 1956, pp. 216-7, at http://www.hathitrust.org] Merton Place, Chiswick W., … Continue reading →

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“From poking in a sick-room all winter to the deck of one’s own ship, is indeed a heavenly change”

Posted on March 15, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2084.] To Lady Taylor [Colvin 1912, p. 238] [Manasquan, c. 15 May 1888] My dear Lady Taylor, I have to announce our great news. On June 15th … Continue reading →

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“Lloyd and I have got breakfast, and my hand somewhat shakes after washing dishes”

Posted on October 25, 2018 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2006.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 52-53] [Saranac Lake, 6 February 1888] Dear Mr Burlingame, 1. Of course then don’t use it. Dear Man, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged America, articles, breakfast, Burlingame, Confessions of a Unionist, copyright, dishes, dollars, Fanny, Gentlemen, Master of Ballantrae, proof, Robert Louis Stevenson, Saranac Lake, Scribner's Magazine, serial, sum, tale, Valentine | Leave a comment

“I will not sit down under the name of a giver of White Elephants”

Posted on August 28, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1979.] To Adelaide Boodle [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 44-45] Saranac Lake, Christmas 1887. My dear Miss Boodle, And a … Continue reading →

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“And the wind swoops at me round the corner, like a lion, and fluffs the snow in my face”

Posted on June 4, 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, 1944.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 39-41] Saranac Lake [c. 20 December 1887] My dear Colvin,This … Continue reading →

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“To impress that obdurate dog, your reader”

Posted on May 19, 2018 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1938.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 27-28] [Saranac Lake, c. 15 November 1887] Dear Mr. Burlingame, The revise seemed all right, so I did not trouble … Continue reading →

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“My loneliness has a certain pleasure”

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“Is it possible for a man in Samoa to be in touch with the great heart of the People?”

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“There is no postal service; and schooners must take it, how they may and when”

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“We are now about to rise, like whales, from this long dive”

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“I would give a leg that this were blotted out, and I could sit down with him as of yore”

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“From poking in a sick-room all winter to the deck of one’s own ship, is indeed a heavenly change”

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“Lloyd and I have got breakfast, and my hand somewhat shakes after washing dishes”

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“I will not sit down under the name of a giver of White Elephants”

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“And the wind swoops at me round the corner, like a lion, and fluffs the snow in my face”

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“To impress that obdurate dog, your reader”

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