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you my compliments on your very ingenious and very interesting 

adventures of Sherlock Holmes。  That is the class of literature 

that I like when I have the toothache。  As a matter of fact�察�it was 

a pleurisy I was enjoying when I took the volume up�察�and it will 

interest you as a medical man to know that the cure was for the 

moment effectual。  Only the one thing troubles me�此 �can this be my 

old friend Joe Bell�拭 � I am�察�yours very truly��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。



P。S。 ´ And lo�察�here is your address supplied me here in Samoa�  �But 

do not take mine�察�O frolic fellow Spookist�察�from the same source�察�

mine is wrong。



R。 L。 S。







Letter�此 �TO S。 R。 CROCKETT







VAILIMA�察�SAMOA�察�MAY 17TH�察�1893。



DEAR MR。 CROCKETT�察 � I do not owe you two letters�察�nor yet nearly 

one�察�sir�  �The last time I heard of you�察�you wrote about an 

accident�察�and I sent you a letter to my lawyer�察�Charles Baxter�察�

which does not seem to have been presented�察�as I see nothing of it 

in his accounts。  Query�察�was that lost�拭 �I should not like you to 

think I had been so unmannerly and so inhuman。  If you have written 

since�察�your letter also has miscarried�察�as is much the rule in this 

part of the world�察�unless you register。



Your book is not yet to hand�察�but will probably follow next month。  

I detected you early in the BOOKMAN�察�which I usually see�察�and noted 

you in particular as displaying a monstrous ingratitude about the 

footnote。  Well�察�mankind is ungrateful�察�'Man's ingratitude to man 

makes countless thousands mourn��' quo' Rab ´ or words to that 

effect。  By the way�察�an anecdote of a cautious sailor�此 �'Bill�察�

Bill��' says I to him�察�'OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT。'



I shall never take that walk by the Fisher's Tryst and Glencorse。  

I shall never see Auld Reekie。  I shall never set my foot again 

upon the heather。  Here I am until I die�察�and here will I be 

buried。  The word is out and the doom written。  Or�察�if I do come�察�

it will be a voyage to a further goal�察�and in fact a suicide�察�

which�察�however�察�if I could get my family all fixed up in the money 

way�察�I might�察�perhaps�察�perform�察�or attempt。  But there is a plaguey 

risk of breaking down by the way�察�and I believe I shall stay here 

until the end comes like a good boy�察�as I am。  If I did it�察�I 

should put upon my trunks�此 �'Passenger to ´ Hades。'  How strangely 

wrong your information is�  �In the first place�察�I should never 

carry a novel to Sydney�察�I should post it from here。  In the second 

place�察�WEIR OF HERMISTON is as yet scarce begun。  It's going to be 

excellent�察�no doubt�察�but it consists of about twenty pages。  I have 

a tale�察�a shortish tale in length�察�but it has proved long to do�察�

THE EBB TIDE�察�some part of which goes home this mail。  It is by me 

and Mr。 Osbourne�察�and is really a singular work。  There are only 

four characters�察�and three of them are bandits ´ well�察�two of them 

are�察�and the third is their comrade and accomplice。  It sounds 

cheering�察�doesn't it�拭 �Barratry�察�and drunkenness�察�and vitriol�察�and 

I cannot tell you all what�察�are the beams of the roof。  And yet ´ I 

don't know ´ I sort of think there's something in it。  You'll see 

��which is more than I ever can�� whether Davis and Attwater come off 

or not。



WEIR OF HERMISTON is a much greater undertaking�察�and the plot is 

not good�察�I fear�察�but Lord Justice´Clerk Hermiston ought to be a 

plum。  Of other schemes�察�more or less executed�察�it skills not to 

speak。



I am glad to hear so good an account of your activity and 

interests�察�and shall always hear from you with pleasure�察�though I 

am�察�and must continue�察�a mere sprite of the inkbottle�察�unseen in 

the flesh。  Please remember me to your wife and to the four´year´

old sweetheart�察�if she be not too engrossed with higher matters。  

Do you know where the road crosses the burn under Glencorse Church�拭 �

Go there�察�and say a prayer for me�此 �MORITURUS SALUTAT。  See that 

it's a sunny day�察�I would like it to be a Sunday�察�but that's not 

possible in the premises�察�and stand on the right´hand bank just 

where the road goes down into the water�察�and shut your eyes�察�and if 

I don't appear to you� �well�察�it can't be helped�察�and will be 

extremely funny。



I have no concern here but to work and to keep an eye on this 

distracted people。  I live just now wholly alone in an upper room 

of my house�察�because the whole family are down with influenza�察�bar 

my wife and myself。  I get my horse up sometimes in the afternoon 

and have a ride in the woods�察�and I sit here and smoke and write�察�

and rewrite�察�and destroy�察�and rage at my own impotence�察�from six in 

the morning till eight at night�察�with trifling and not always 

agreeable intervals for meals。



I am sure you chose wisely to keep your country charge。  There a 

minister can be something�察�not in a town。  In a town�察�the most of 

them are empty houses ´ and public speakers。  Why should you 

suppose your book will be slated because you have no friends�拭 �A 

new writer�察�if he is any good�察�will be acclaimed generally with 

more noise than he deserves。  But by this time you will know for 

certain。 ´ I am�察�yours sincerely��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。



P。S。 ´ Be it known to this fluent generation that I R。 L。 S。�察�in 

the forty´third of my age and the twentieth of my professional 

life�察�wrote twenty´four pages in twenty´one days�察�working from six 

to eleven�察�and again in the afternoon from two to four or so�察�

without fail or interruption。  Such are the gifts the gods have 

endowed us withal�此 �such was the facility of this prolific writer��



R。 L。 S。







Letter�此 �TO AUGUSTUS ST。 GAUDENS







VAILIMA�察�SAMOA�察�MAY 29TH�察�1893



MY DEAR GOD´LIKE SCULPTOR�察 � I wish in the most delicate manner in 

the world to insinuate a few commissions�此�



No。 1。 Is for a couple of copies of my medallion�察�as gilt´edged and 

high´toned as it is possible to make them。  One is for our house 

here�察�and should be addressed as above。  The other is for my friend 

Sidney Colvin�察�and should be addressed ´ Sidney Colvin�察�Esq。�察�

Keeper of the Print Room�察�British Museum�察�London。



No。 2。 This is a rather large order�察�and demands some explanation。  

Our house is lined with varnished wood of a dark ruddy colour�察�very 

beautiful to see�察�at the same time�察�it calls very much for gold�察�

there is a limit to picture frames�察�and really you know there has 

to be a limit to the pictures you put inside of them。  Accordingly�察�

we have had an idea of a certain kind of decoration�察�which�察�I 

think�察�you might help us to make practical。  What we want is an 

alphabet of gilt letters ��very much such as people play with���察�and 

all mounted on spikes like drawing´pins�察�say two spikes to each 

letter�察�one at top�察�and one at bottom。  Say that they were this 

height��



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and that you chose a model of some really exquisitely fine�察�clear 

type from some Roman monument�察�and that they were made either of 

metal or some composition gilt ´ the point is�察�could not you�察�in 

your land of wooden houses�察�get a manufacturer to take the idea and 

manufacture them at a venture�察�so that I could get two or three 

hundred pieces or so at a moderate figure�拭 �You see�察�suppose you 

entertain an honoured guest�察�when he goes he leaves his name in 

gilt letters on your walls�察�an infinity of fun and decoration can 

be got out of hospitable and festive mottoes�察�and the doors of 

every room can be beautified by the legend of their names。  I 

really think there is something in the idea�察�and you might be able 

to push it with the brutal and licentious manufacturer�察�using my 

name if necessary�察�though I should think the name of the god´like 

sculptor would be more germane。  In case you should get it started�察�

I should tell you that we should require commas in order to write 

the Samoan language�察�which is full of words written thus�此 �la'u�察�

ti'e ti'e。  As the Samoan language uses but a very small proportion 

of the consonants�察�we should require a double or treble stock of 

all vowels and of F�察�G�察�L�察�U�察�N�察�P�察�S�察�T�察�and V。



The other day in Sydney�察�I think you might be interested to hear�察�I 

was sculpt a second time by a man called ´�察�as well as I can 

remember and read。  I mustn't criticise a present�察�and he had very 

little time to do it in。  It is thought by my family to be an 

excellent likeness of Mark Twain。  This poor fellow�察�by the by�察�met 

with the devil of an accident。  A model of a statue which he had 

just finished with a desperate effort was smashed to smithereens on 

its way to exhibition。



Please be sure and let me know if anything is likely to come of 

this letter business�察�and the exact cost of each letter�察�so that I 

may count the cost before ordering。 ´ Yours sincerely��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。







Letter�此 �TO EDMUND GOSSE







JUNE 10TH�察�1893。



MY DEAR GOSSE�察 � My mother te

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