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R。 L。 S。







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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