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“If I could die just now, or say in half a year, I should have had a splendid time of it on the whole!”

Posted on November 18, 2023 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2700.] To Henry Bellyse Baildon [Colvin 1911, 4, p. 288] Vailima, January 30th, 1894 My dear Baildon, ‘Call not … Continue reading →

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“I shall never see Auld Reekie. I shall never set my foot again upon the heather”

Posted on March 22, 2023 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2568.] To Samuel Rutherford Crockett [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 195-8] Vailima, Samoa, May 17th, 1893 Dear Mr Crockett, … Continue reading →

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“I could live and die with Adela – die, rather the better of the two”

Posted on January 28, 2022 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2411.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 348-50] [Vailima, ? 25 May 1892] My dear Henry James, From this perturbed and hunted being expect but a line, … Continue reading →

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“When I say ‘writing’ ― O, believe me, it is re-writing that I have chiefly in mind”

Posted on May 13, 2018 by mafalda

[As usual, for critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1925.] To Richard Harding Davis [Sangree, R.H. Davis, Ainslee’s Magazine 7, 1901, p. 9] [Saranac Lake, c. 24 October 1887] Dear Sir, Why, thank you very much for your … Continue reading →

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No man is any use until he has dared everything

Posted on October 25, 2014 by mafalda

RLS’s rail journey across America began from the New Jersey terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad on the evening of 18 August 1879. At Pittsburgh on 19 August evening he changed to the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad and travelled … Continue reading →

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