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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 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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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged amazement, Anaho Bay, beachcombers, Bob Stevenson, captain, Casco, chief, climate, cook, cruise, Dangerous Archipelago, dreams, eternity, Fanny, Hawaii, health, helm, Honolulu, hurricane, incident, Isobel Strong, Lloyd Osbourne, luck, Marquesas, masts, men, money, Moorea, mother, natives, Old Louis, perils, pilot, profit, reefs, risk, Robert Louis Stevenson, rum, sails, San Francisco, scenery, schooner, sea, sea-life, shore, songs, South Seas, squalls, stories, surf, Tahiti, voyage, weather, wife, wind, women, world, yacht | 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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“You should have seen us counting over the ship’s specie today: Treasure Island wasn’t a circumstance”

Posted on April 2, 2019 by mafalda

RLS, his mother, stepson Lloyd and servant Valentine left New York on 2 June 1888 and travelled by train to San Francisco, where Fanny joined them. The agreement to charter the schooner Casco was signed on 21 June with her … Continue reading →

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“I have found a yacht and we are going the full pitch for seven months”

Posted on March 12, 2019 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2082.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, 1956, pp. 220-1, at http://www.hathitrust.org] Union House, Manasquan, N.J., but address to Scribner’s [11 May 1888] My dear Charles, I have found a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged Baxter, Casco, correspondence, friendship, health, Henley, hope, Latin, Manasquan, money, New York, Paton, quarrel, Robert Louis Stevenson, San Francisco, South Seas, telegraph, transfer agents, yacht | Leave a comment

“R.L.S., the house-bond, prop, pillar, bread-winner, and bully of the establishment”

Posted on December 1, 2018 by mafalda

Elizabeth Anne Ferrier ‘Coggie’ (1844-1917) was the elder sister of Walter Ferrier, who had been one of RLS’s closest friends and in fact died of alcoholism in 1883. RLS and Coggie began communicating after Walter’s death. [As usual, dots between … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged Arctic, Bournemouth, bread-winner, bully, California, climate, Coggie, Cogia Hassan, cold, doctor, Fanny, Ferrier, Game of Bluff, greyness, health, heavens, house-bond, letters, Lloyd, money, mother, news, pillar, RLS, Robert Louis Stevenson, Saranac Lake, St. Andrews, sun, voyages, wind, winter, Wrong Box, yacht | 1 Comment

“Fame is nothing to a yacht; experto crede”

Posted on March 25, 2018 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1892.] To Sir Walter Simpson [Colvin 1912, pp. 231-233] [Saranac Lake, Early October, 1887.l My dear Simpson, the address is c/o Charles Scribner’s Sons, 743 Broadway, N.Y., … Continue reading →

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“I had literally forgotten what happiness was, and the full mind”

Posted on March 18, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1891.] To Bob Stevenson [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 10-12] Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, New York, U.S.A. [Early October 1887] … Continue reading →

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The keenest artistic pleasure I know

Posted on May 23, 2014 by mafalda

A strain of anxiety has given a shake to Stevenson’s own health, and it is agreed that he shall go for a yachting tour in the Inner Hebrides with Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson (1843–1898), 2nd baronet of Strathavon and the … Continue reading →

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

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“I never knew the world was so amusing”

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“The night was as warm as milk…”

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“You should have seen us counting over the ship’s specie today: Treasure Island wasn’t a circumstance”

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“I have found a yacht and we are going the full pitch for seven months”

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“R.L.S., the house-bond, prop, pillar, bread-winner, and bully of the establishment”

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“Fame is nothing to a yacht; experto crede”

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“I had literally forgotten what happiness was, and the full mind”

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The keenest artistic pleasure I know

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