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Letter�此 �TO E。 L。 BURLINGAME
��VAILIMA�А�JAN 2ND�察�'92。
MY DEAR BURLINGAME�察 � Overjoyed you were pleased with WRECKER�察�and
shall consider your protests。 There is perhaps more art than you
think for in the peccant chapter�察�where I have succeeded in packing
into one a dedication�察�an explanation�察�and a termination。 Surely
you had not recognised the phrase about boodle�拭 �It was a quotation
from Jim Pinkerton�察�and seemed to me agreeably skittish。 However�察�
all shall be prayerfully considered。
To come to a more painful subject。 Herewith go three more chapters
of the wretched HISTORY�察�as you see�察�I approach the climax。 I
expect the book to be some 70��000 words�察�of which you have now 45。
Can I finish it for next mail�拭 �I am going to try� �'Tis a long
piece of journalism�察�and full of difficulties here and there�察�of
this kind and that�察�and will make me a power of friends to be sure。
There is one Becker who will probably put up a window to me in the
church where he was baptized�察�and I expect a testimonial from
Captain Hand。
Sorry to let the mail go without the Scott�察�this has been a bad
month with me�察�and I have been below myself。 I shall find a way to
have it come by next�察�or know the reason why。 The mail after�察�
anyway。
A bit of a sketch map appears to me necessary for my HISTORY�察�
perhaps two。 If I do not have any�察�'tis impossible any one should
follow�察�and I�察�even when not at all interested�察�demand that I shall
be able to follow�察�even a tourist book without a map is a cross to
me�察�and there must be others of my way of thinking。 I inclose the
very artless one that I think needful。 Vailima�察�in case you are
curious�察�is about as far again behind Tanugamanono as that is from
the sea。
M'Clure is publishing a short story of mine�察�some 50��000 words�察�I
think�察�THE BEACH OF FALESA�察�when he's done with it�察�I want you and
Cassell to bring it out in a little volume�察�I shall send you a
dedication for it�察�I believe it good�察�indeed�察�to be honest�察�very
good。 Good gear that pleases the merchant。
The other map that I half threaten is a chart for the hurricane。
Get me Kimberley's report of the hurricane�此 �not to be found here。
It is of most importance�察�I MUST have it with my proofs of that
part�察�if I cannot have it earlier�察�which now seems impossible。 ´
Yours in hot haste��
R。 L。 STEVENSON。
Letter�此 �TO J。 M。 BARRIE
VAILIMA�察�SAMOA�察�FEBRUARY 1892。
DEAR MR。 BARRIE�察 � This is at least the third letter I have written
you�察�but my correspondence has a bad habit of not getting so far as
the post。 That which I possess of manhood turns pale before the
business of the address and envelope。 But I hope to be more
fortunate with this�此 �for�察�besides the usual and often recurrent
desire to thank you for your work´you are one of four that have
come to the front since I was watching and had a corner of my own
to watch�察�and there is no reason�察�unless it be in these mysterious
tides that ebb and flow�察�and make and mar and murder the works of
poor scribblers�察�why you should not do work of the best order。 The
tides have borne away my sentence�察�of which I was weary at any
rate�察�and between authors I may allow myself so much freedom as to
leave it pending。 We are both Scots besides�察�and I suspect both
rather Scotty Scots�察�my own Scotchness tends to intermittency�察�but
is at times erisypelitous ´ if that be rightly spelt。 Lastly�察�I
have gathered we had both made our stages in the metropolis of the
winds�此 �our Virgil's 'grey metropolis��' and I count that a lasting
bond。 No place so brands a man。
Finally�察�I feel it a sort of duty to you to report progress。 This
may be an error�察�but I believed I detected your hand in an article
´ it may be an illusion�察�it may have been by one of those
industrious insects who catch up and reproduce the handling of each
emergent man ´ but I'll still hope it was yours ´ and hope it may
please you to hear that the continuation of KIDNAPPED is under way。
I have not yet got to Alan�察�so I do not know if he is still alive�察�
but David seems to have a kick or two in his shanks。 I was pleased
to see how the Anglo´Saxon theory fell into the trap�此 �I gave my
Lowlander a Gaelic name�察�and even commented on the fact in the
text�察�yet almost all critics recognised in Alan and David a Saxon
and a Celt。 I know not about England�察�in Scotland at least�察�where
Gaelic was spoken in Fife little over the century ago�察�and in
Galloway not much earlier�察�I deny that there exists such a thing as
a pure Saxon�察�and I think it more than questionable if there be
such a thing as a pure Celt。
But what have you to do with this�拭�and what have I�拭 �Let us
continue to inscribe our little bits of tales�察�and let the heathen
rage� �Yours�察�with sincere interest in your career��
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。
Letter�此 �TO WILLIAM MORRIS
VAILIMA�察�SAMOA�察�FEB。 1892。
MASTER�察 � A plea from a place so distant should have some weight�察�
and from a heart so grateful should have some address。 I have been
long in your debt�察�Master�察�and I did not think it could be so much
increased as you have now increased it。 I was long in your debt
and deep in your debt for many poems that I shall never forget�察�and
for SIGURD before all�察�and now you have plunged me beyond payment
by the Saga Library。 And so now�察�true to human nature�察�being
plunged beyond payment�察�I come and bark at your heels。
For surely�察�Master�察�that tongue that we write�察�and that you have
illustrated so nobly�察�is yet alive。 She has her rights and laws�察�
and is our mother�察�our queen�察�and our instrument。 Now in that
living tongue WHERE has one sense�察�WHEREAS another。 In the
HEATHSLAYINGS STORY�察�p。 241�察�line 13�察�it bears one of its ordinary
senses。 Elsewhere and usually through the two volumes�察�which is
all that has yet reached me of this entrancing publication�察�WHEREAS
is made to figure for WHERE。
For the love of God�察�my dear and honoured Morris�察�use WHERE�察�and
let us know WHEREAS we are�察�wherefore our gratitude shall grow�察�
whereby you shall be the more honoured wherever men love clear
language�察�whereas now�察�although we honour�察�we are troubled。
Whereunder�察�please find inscribed to this very impudent but yet
very anxious document�察�the name of one of the most distant but not
the youngest or the coldest of those who honour you。
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。
Letter�此 �TO MRS。 CHARLES FAIRCHILD
��VAILIMA�察�MARCH 1892。��
MY DEAR MRS。 FAIRCHILD�察 � I am guilty in your sight�察�but my affairs
besiege me。 The chief´justiceship of a family of nineteen
persons is in itself no sinecure�察�and sometimes occupies me for
days�此 �two weeks ago for four days almost entirely�察�and for two
days entirely。 Besides which�察�I have in the last few months
written all but one chapter of a HISTORY OF SAMOA for the last
eight or nine years�察�and while I was unavoidably delayed in the
writing of this�察�awaiting material�察�put in one´half of DAVID
BALFOUR�察�the sequel to KIDNAPPED。 Add the ordinary impediments of
life�察�and admire my busyness。 I am now an old�察�but healthy
skeleton�察�and degenerate much towards the machine。 By six at work�此 �
stopped at half´past ten to give a history lesson to a step´
grandson�察�eleven�察�lunch�察�after lunch we have a musical performance
till two�察�then to work again�察�bath�察�4。40�察�dinner�察�five�察�cards in
the evening till eight�察�and then to bed ´ only I have no bed�察�only
a chest with a mat and blankets ´ and read myself to sleep。 This
is the routine�察�but often sadly interrupted。 Then you may see me
sitting on the floor of my verandah haranguing and being harangued
by squatting chiefs on a question of a road�察�or more privately
holding an inquiry into some dispute among our familiars�察�myself on
my bed�察�the boys on the floor ´ for when it comes to the judicial I
play dignity ´ or else going down to Apia on some more or less
unsatisfactory errand。 Altogether it is a life that suits me�察�but
it absorbs me like an ocean。 That is what I have always envied and
admired in Scott�察�with all that immensity of work and study�察�his
mind kept flexible�察�glancing to all points of natural interest。
But the lean hot spirits�察�such as mine�察�become hypnotised with
their bit occupations ´ if I may use Scotch to you ´ it is so far
more scornful than any English idiom。 Well�察�I can't help being a
skeleton�察�and you are to take this devious passage for an apology。
I thought ALADDIN capital fun�察�but why�察�in fortune�察�did he pretend
it was moral at the end�拭 �The so´called nineteenth century�察�OU VA´
T´IL SE NICHER�拭 �'Tis a trifle�察�but Pyle would do well to knock the
passage out�察�and leave his boguey tale a boguey tale�察�and a good
one at that。
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