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“I never knew the world was so amusing”

Posted on August 25, 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, 2137.] To Bob Stevenson [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 114-8] Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, February 1889 My dear Bob, My … Continue reading →

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“We cam’ so near gaun heels ower hurdies”

Posted on April 29, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2111.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, 1956, pp. 236-7, at http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Envelope marked “Private”] Taiti (as ever was) [? 9 October 1888] But then, my dear Charles, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged American Mairchant Marine, Baxter, beastlinesses, Casco, cruise, curious, Dana, deck, drawbacks, Fakarava, health, Henley, illiness, In the South Seas, isles, journal, Low Archipelago, pacience, Pacific Ocean, photographs, pleasure, private, public, recover, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish, sea, squall, Tahiti, Two Years Before the Mast, weather | Leave a comment

“The night was as warm as milk…”

Posted on April 18, 2019 by mafalda

RLS sailed from Hiva-oa in the Marquesas Islands on a dangerous voyage through many coral atolls bound for Fakarava in the Paumotu (or Tuamotu) Archipelago, also known as the Dangerous Archipelago. See RLS’s diary in ‘In the South Seas’, Pt. … Continue reading →

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“This, dear James, is a valedictory”

Posted on March 29, 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, 2098.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 70-7] Manasquan (ahem!), New Jersey [28 May 1888] … Continue reading →

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“This harsh, grey, glum, doleful climate has done me good”

Posted on November 10, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2009.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 54-55] [Saranac Lake, 6 or 7 February 1888] My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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“It howls and blows and rains and snows in a pleasant medley of ill weather; and I am from the midst of it”

Posted on August 1, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Caro Lloyd. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1966.] To George Iles [C. Lloyd, Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1912, I, p. 71] Saranak Lake, Dec. 14, 1887 … Continue reading →

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“The place does not suit her – it is my private opinion that no place does”

Posted on July 21, 2018 by mafalda

Miss Adelaide Ann Boodle (1858-1934), the lady at Bournemouth, had been trusted to keep an eye on RLS’s interests in connection with his house (Skerryvore Cottage), which had been let, and other matters, and to report thereon from time to … Continue reading →

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“I never knew the world was so amusing”

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“We cam’ so near gaun heels ower hurdies”

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“The night was as warm as milk…”

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“This, dear James, is a valedictory”

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“This harsh, grey, glum, doleful climate has done me good”

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“It howls and blows and rains and snows in a pleasant medley of ill weather; and I am from the midst of it”

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“The place does not suit her – it is my private opinion that no place does”

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