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“My loneliness has a certain pleasure”

Posted on May 10, 2020 by

[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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“So long as I cruise in the South Seas, I shall be well and happy”

Posted on April 21, 2020 by

The S.S. Janet Nicoll took RLS, Fanny and Lloyd by a long and devious course among many groups of islands that he had not yet visited. Out of Auckland harbour the voyage nearly came to a premature end through the … Continue reading →

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“I am sure I shall never come back home except to die”

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

RLS had not been long at Sydney – just long enough to write and print the famous Letter to Dr. Hyde in defence of Father Damien – when he fell ill again with one of his old bad attacks of … Continue reading →

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“As this is like to be our metropolis…”

Posted on March 14, 2020 by

[For critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2214.] To his Mother [Colvin 1912, pp. 264-5] Union Club, Sydney, March 5, 1890. My dear Mother, I understand the family keeps you somewhat informed. For myself I am in such a … Continue reading →

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“As I write, the breeze is brisking up, doors are beginning to slam and shutters”

Posted on January 22, 2020 by

The following was written soon after the termination of the voyage of the Equator and RLS’s first landing in Samoa, where he was engaged in collecting materials for the account (then intended to be the concluding part of his great … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 10, 2020 by

[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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“To other lands and nights my fancy turned”

Posted on January 5, 2020 by

The following, written in the last days of the sail southwards from the Gilberts to Samoa, contains the full plan of the South Sea book as it had then been conceived. [Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney … Continue reading →

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