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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson�察�Volume II









CHAPTER VIII ´ LIFE AT BOURNEMOUTH�察�CONTINUED�察�JANUARY 1886´JULY 1887











Letter�此 �TO MRS。 DE MATTOS







��SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�В察�JANUARY 1ST�察�1886。



DEAREST KATHARINE�察 � Here�察�on a very little book and accompanied 

with lame verses�察�I have put your name。  Our kindness is now 

getting well on in years�察�it must be nearly of age�察�and it gets 

more valuable to me with every time I see you。  It is not possible 

to express any sentiment�察�and it is not necessary to try�察�at least 

between us。  You know very well that I love you dearly�察�and that I 

always will。  I only wish the verses were better�察�but at least you 

like the story�察�and it is sent to you by the one that loves you ´ 

Jekyll�察�and not Hyde。



R。 L。 S。



AVE��



Bells upon the city are ringing in the night��

High above the gardens are the houses full of light��

On the heathy Pentlands is the curlew flying free��

And the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie。



We cannae break the bonds that God decreed to bind��

Still we'll be the children of the heather and the wind��

Far away from home�察�O�察�it's still for you and me

That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie��



R。 L。 S。







Letter�此 �TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM







��SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�В察�1ST�察�1886。



MY DEAR KINNICUM�察 � I am a very bad dog�察�but not for the first 

time。  Your book�察�which is very interesting�察�came duly�察�and I 

immediately got a very bad cold indeed�察�and have been fit for 

nothing whatever。  I am a bit better now�察�and aye on the mend�察�so I 

write to tell you�察�I thought of you on New Year's Day�察�though�察�I 

own�察�it would have been more decent if I had thought in time for 

you to get my letter then。  Well�察�what can't be cured must be 

endured�察�Mr。 Lawrie�察�and you must be content with what I give。  If 

I wrote all the letters I ought to write�察�and at the proper time�察�I 

should be very good and very happy�察�but I doubt if I should do 

anything else。



I suppose you will be in town for the New Year�察�and I hope your 

health is pretty good。  What you want is diet�察�but it is as much 

use to tell you that as it is to tell my father。  And I quite admit 

a diet is a beastly thing。  I doubt�察�however�察�if it be as bad as 

not being allowed to speak�察�which I have tried fully�察�and do not 

like。  When�察�at the same time�察�I was not allowed to read�察�it passed 

a joke。  But these are troubles of the past�察�and on this day�察�at 

least�察�it is proper to suppose they won't return。  But we are not 

put here to enjoy ourselves�此 �it was not God's purpose�察�and I am 

prepared to argue�察�it is not our sincere wish。  As for our deserts�察�

the less said of them the better�察�for somebody might hear�察�and 

nobody cares to be laughed at。  A good man is a very noble thing to 

see�察�but not to himself�察�what he seems to God is�察�fortunately�察�not 

our business�察�that is the domain of faith�察�and whether on the first 

of January or the thirty´first of December�察�faith is a good word to 

end on。



My dear Cummy�察�many happy returns to you and my best love。 ´ The 

worst correspondent in the world��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。







Letter�此 �TO MR。 AND MRS。 THOMAS STEVENSON







��SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�В察�JANUARY 1ST�察�1886。



MY DEAR PEOPLE�察 � Many happy returns of the day to you all�察�I am 

fairly well and in good spirits�察�and much and hopefully occupied 

with dear Jenkin's life。  The inquiry in every detail�察�every letter 

that I read�察�makes me think of him more nobly。  I cannot imagine 

how I got his friendship�察�I did not deserve it。  I believe the 

notice will be interesting and useful。



My father's last letter�察�owing to the use of a quill pen and the 

neglect of blotting´paper�察�was hopelessly illegible。  Every one 

tried�察�and every one failed to decipher an important word on which 

the interest of one whole clause ��and the letter consisted of two�� 

depended。



I find I can make little more of this�察�but I'll spare the blots。 ´ 

Dear people�察�ever your loving son��



R。 L。 S。



I will try again�察�being a giant refreshed by the house being empty。  

The presence of people is the great obstacle to letter´writing。  I 

deny that letters should contain news ��I mean mine�察�those of other 

people should��。  But mine should contain appropriate sentiments and 

humorous nonsense�察�or nonsense without the humour。  When the house 

is empty�察�the mind is seized with a desire ´ no�察�that is too strong 

´ a willingness to pour forth unmitigated rot�察�which constitutes 

��in me�� the true spirit of correspondence。  When I have no remarks 

to offer ��and nobody to offer them to���察�my pen flies�察�and you see 

the remarkable consequence of a page literally covered with words 

and genuinely devoid of sense。  I can always do that�察�if quite 

alone�察�and I like doing it�察�but I have yet to learn that it is 

beloved by correspondents。  The deuce of it is�察�that there is no 

end possible but the end of the paper�察�and as there is very little 

left of that ´ if I cannot stop writing ´ suppose you give up 

reading。  It would all come to the same thing�察�and I think we 

should all be happier。。。







Letter�此 �TO W。 H。 LOW







��SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�В察�JAN。 2ND�察�1886。



MY DEAR LOW�察 � LAMIA has come�察�and I do not know how to thank you�察�

not only for the beautiful art of the designs�察�but for the handsome 

and apt words of the dedication。  My favourite is 'Bathes unseen��' 

which is a masterpiece�察�and the next�察�'Into the green recessed 

woods��' is perhaps more remarkable�察�though it does not take my 

fancy so imperiously。  The night scene at Corinth pleases me also。  

The second part offers fewer opportunities。  I own I should like to 

see both ISABELLA and the EVE thus illustrated�察�and then there's 

HYPERION ´ O�察�yes�察�and ENDYMION�  �I should like to see the lot�此 �

beautiful pictures dance before me by hundreds�此 �I believe ENDYMION 

would suit you best。  It also is in faery´land�察�and I see a hundred 

opportunities�察�cloudy and flowery glories�察�things as delicate as 

the cobweb in the bush�察�actions�察�not in themselves of any mighty 

purport�察�but made for the pencil�此 �the feast of Pan�察�Peona's isle�察�

the 'slabbed margin of a well��' the chase of the butterfly�察�the 

nymph�察�Glaucus�察�Cybele�察�Sleep on his couch�察�a farrago of 

unconnected beauties。  But I divagate�察�and all this sits in the 

bosom of the publisher。



What is more important�察�I accept the terms of the dedication with a 

frank heart�察�and the terms of your Latin legend fairly。  The sight 

of your pictures has once more awakened me to my right mind�察�

something may come of it�察�yet one more bold push to get free of 

this prisonyard of the abominably ugly�察�where I take my daily 

exercise with my contemporaries。  I do not know�察�I have a feeling 

in my bones�察�a sentiment which may take on the forms of 

imagination�察�or may not。  If it does�察�I shall owe it to you�察�and 

the thing will thus descend from Keats even if on the wrong side of 

the blanket。  If it can be done in prose ´ that is the puzzle ´ I 

divagate again。  Thank you again�此 �you can draw and yet you do not 

love the ugly�此 �what are you doing in this age�拭 �Flee�察�while it is 

yet time�察�they will have your four limbs pinned upon a stable door 

to scare witches。  The ugly�察�my unhappy friend�察�is DE RIGUEUR�此 �it 

is the only wear�  �What a chance you threw away with the serpent�  �

Why had Apollonius no pimples�拭 �Heavens�察�my dear Low�察�you do not 

know your business。。。。



I send you herewith a Gothic gnome for your Greek nymph�察�but the 

gnome is interesting�察�I think�察�and he came out of a deep mine�察�

where he guards the fountain of tears。  It is not always the time 

to rejoice。 ´ Yours ever��



R。 L。 S。



The gnome's name is JEKYLL & HYDE�察�I believe you will find he is 

likewise quite willing to answer to the name of Low or Stevenson。



SAME DAY。 ´ I have copied out on the other sheet some bad verses�察�

which somehow your picture suggested�察�as a kind of image of things 

that I pursue and cannot reach�察�and that you seem ´ no�察�not to have 

reached ´ but to have come a thought nearer to than I。  This is the 

life we have chosen�此 �well�察�the choice was mad�察�but I should make 

it again。



What occurs to me is this�此 �perhaps they might be printed in ��say�� 

the CENTURY for the sake of my name�察�and if that were possible�察�

they might advertise your book。  It might be headed as sent in 

acknowledgment of your LAMIA。  Or perhaps it might be introduced by 

the phrases I have marked above。  I dare say they would stick it 

in�此 �I want no payment�察�being well paid by LAMIA。  If they are not�察�

keep them to yourself。





TO WILL H。 LOW





DAMNED BAD LINES IN RETURN FOR A BEAUTIFUL BOOK



Youth now flees on feathered foot。

Faint and fainter sounds the flute��

Rarer songs of Gods。

And still��

Somewhere on t

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