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“Is it what the English people understand by the sovereignty of the seas?”

Posted on August 17, 2019 by mafalda

This letter about the First Samoan Civil War was to be published on The Times, 11 March 1889, under the heading ‘Recent German Doings in Samoa’. Cf. for details RLS’s essay A Footnote to History, 1892. [As usual, for correct … Continue reading →

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“I am strangely disquieted on all political matters”

Posted on July 7, 2018 by mafalda

In September 1887 Mrs Jenkin had sent Fanny Stevenson an opal ring, in gratitude for RLS’s writing of the ‘Memoir’ of her husband, died in 1885. [As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1958.] … Continue reading →

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And now – I find I have only got a pair of walking-shoes and not yet begun to travel

Posted on September 24, 2015 by mafalda

The paper referred to at the beginning of the second paragraph is one on RLS in the Century Magazine, the first seriously critical notice, says Low, which appeared of him in the States. Henry Holt advertised New Arabian Nights as … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: times

“Is it what the English people understand by the sovereignty of the seas?”

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“I am strangely disquieted on all political matters”

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And now – I find I have only got a pair of walking-shoes and not yet begun to travel

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