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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