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“Try to believe in our continued existence”

Posted on December 26, 2019 by mafalda

[For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2184.] To Lady Taylor [Colvin 1912, pp. 260-1] Honolulu, June 19th, 1889. My dear Lady Taylor, Our new home, the Equator, trading schooner, rides at the buoy to-night, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged atlas, coral, Equator, existence, Fanny, fun, Gilberts, health, Honolulu, life, Lloyd, Pacific, phantoms, Robert Louis Stevenson, roost, schooner, sea, shores, South Seas, Sydney, Taylor, Towns & Co. | Leave a comment

"Aita te pahi – no ship"

Posted on December 21, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2181.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 250-1; http://www.hathitrust.org%5D Honolulu, 16 June 1889 My dear Charles, Herewith a certified copy of my new will necessitated by fresh … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged anxiety, assets, Austin, £, Baxter, Belle, bills, buoy, chronies, correspondence, cruise, debts, doctor, eagerness, Equator, expences, Fanny, friends, Hawaiian Hotel, health, Honolulu, lanai, lecture, letters, nurse, panorama, Robert Louis Stevenson, salutations, schooner, sea, South Seas, strong, superstition, Sydney, Tahitian, testament, Towns & Co., visions, voyage | Leave a comment

“The whole tale of my life is better to me than any poem”

Posted on December 14, 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, 2180.] To James Payn [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 154-6] Honolulu, H.I., June 13th, 1889 My dear James Payn, … Continue reading →

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"I have a perfect right to object to the publication of private letters"

Posted on December 9, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2178.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 249-50 http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Envelope marked “Private”] [Honolulu, ? 6 June 1889] My dear Charles, The last mail we are likely to … Continue reading →

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“I have seen sights that cannot be told, and heard stories that cannot be repeated”

Posted on November 28, 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, 2176.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 151-4] Honolulu, [early] June 1889 My dear Colvin, I am … Continue reading →

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“It is always darkest before dawn”

Posted on October 5, 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, 2153.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 132-4] [Honolulu, c. 2 April 1889] My dear Burlingame, … Continue reading →

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“Think of me sea-bathing and walking about, as jolly as a sandboy”

Posted on September 28, 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, 2152.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 129-32] Honolulu, April 2nd, 1889 My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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“Try to believe in our continued existence”

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"Aita te pahi – no ship"

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“The whole tale of my life is better to me than any poem”

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"I have a perfect right to object to the publication of private letters"

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“I have seen sights that cannot be told, and heard stories that cannot be repeated”

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“It is always darkest before dawn”

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“Think of me sea-bathing and walking about, as jolly as a sandboy”

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