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Gower Woodsere should have declined into the pantaloon TUSITALA。  

It is perhaps better so。  Let us continue to see each other as we 

were�察�and accept�察�my dear Meredith�察�my love and respect。



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。



P。S。 ´ My wife joins me in the kindest messages to yourself and 

Mariette。







Letter�此 �TO CHARLES BAXTER







��VAILIMA�В察�APRIL 17�察�'94。



MY DEAR CHARLES�察 � ST。 IVES is now well on its way into the second 

volume。  There remains no mortal doubt that it will reach the three 

volume standard。



I am very anxious that you should send me ´



1ST。  TOM AND JERRY�察�a cheap edition。



2nd。  The book by Ashton ´ the DAWN OF THE CENTURY�察�I think it was 

called ´ which Colvin sent me�察�and which has miscarried�察�and



3rd。  If it is possible�察�a file of the EDINBURGH COURANT for the 

years 1811�察�1812�察�1813�察�or 1814。  I should not care for a whole 

year。  If it were possible to find me three months�察�winter months 

by preference�察�it would do my business not only for ST。 IVES�察�but 

for the JUSTICE´CLERK as well。  Suppose this to be impossible�察�

perhaps I could get the loan of it from somebody�察�or perhaps it 

would be possible to have some one read a file for me and make 

notes。  This would be extremely bad�察�as unhappily one man's food is 

another man's poison�察�and the reader would probably leave out 

everything I should choose。  But if you are reduced to that�察�you 

might mention to the man who is to read for me that balloon 

ascensions are in the order of the day。



4th。  It might be as well to get a book on balloon ascension�察�

particularly in the early part of the century。



。 。 。 。 。



III。  At last this book has come from Scribner�察�and�察�alas�  �I have 

the first six or seven chapters of ST。 IVES to recast entirely。  

Who could foresee that they clothed the French prisoners in yellow�拭 �

But that one fatal fact ´ and also that they shaved them twice a 

week ´ damns the whole beginning。  If it had been sent in time�察�it 

would have saved me a deal of trouble。 。 。 。



I have had a long letter from Dr。 Scott Dalgleish�察�25 Mayfield 

Terrace�察�asking me to put my name down to the Ballantyne Memorial 

Committee。  I have sent him a pretty sharp answer in favour of 

cutting down the memorial and giving more to the widow and 

children。  If there is to be any foolery in the way of statues or 

other trash�察�please send them a guinea�察�but if they are going to 

take my advice and put up a simple tablet with a few heartfelt 

words�察�and really devote the bulk of the subscriptions to the wife 

and family�察�I will go to the length of twenty pounds�察�if you will 

allow me ��and if the case of the family be at all urgent���察�and at 

least I direct you to send ten pounds。  I suppose you had better 

see Scott Dalgleish himself on the matter。  I take the opportunity 

here to warn you that my head is simply spinning with a multitude 

of affairs�察�and I shall probably forget a half of my business at 

last。



R。 L。 S。







Letter�此 �TO MRS。 SITWELL







VAILIMA�察�APRIL 1894。



MY DEAR FRIEND�察 � I have at last got some photographs�察�and hasten 

to send you�察�as you asked�察�a portrait of Tusitala。  He is a strange 

person�察�not so lean�察�say experts�察�but infinitely battered�察�mighty 

active again on the whole�察�going up and down our break´neck road at 

all hours of the day and night on horseback�察�holding meetings with 

all manner of chiefs�察�quite a political personage ´ God save the 

mark�  � in a small way�察�but at heart very conscious of the 

inevitable flat failure that awaits every one。  I shall never do a 

better book than CATRIONA�察�that is my high´water mark�察�and the 

trouble of production increases on me at a great rate ´ and mighty 

anxious about how I am to leave my family�此 �an elderly man�察�with 

elderly preoccupations�察�whom I should be ashamed to show you for 

your old friend�察�but not a hope of my dying soon and cleanly�察�and 

'winning off the stage。'  Rather I am daily better in physical 

health。  I shall have to see this business out�察�after all�察�and I 

think�察�in that case�察�they should have ´ they might have ´ spared me 

all my ill´health this decade past�察�if it were not to unbar the 

doors。  I have no taste for old age�察�and my nose is to be rubbed in 

it in spite of my face。  I was meant to die young�察�and the gods do 

not love me。



This is very like an epitaph�察�bar the handwriting�察�which is 

anything but monumental�察�and I dare say I had better stop。  Fanny 

is down at her own cottage planting or deplanting or replanting�察�I 

know not which�察�and she will not be home till dinner�察�by which time 

the mail will be all closed�察�else she would join me in all good 

messages and remembrances of love。  I hope you will congratulate 

Burne Jones from me on his baronetcy。  I cannot make out to be 

anything but raspingly�察�harrowingly sad�察�so I will close�察�and not 

affect levity which I cannot feel。  Do not altogether forget me�察�

keep a corner of your memory for the exile



LOUIS。







Letter�此 �TO CHARLES BAXTER







��VAILIMA�察�MAY 1894。��



MY DEAR CHARLES�察 � My dear fellow�察�I wish to assure you of the 

greatness of the pleasure that this Edinburgh Edition gives me。  I 

suppose it was your idea to give it that name。  No other would have 

affected me in the same manner。  Do you remember�察�how many years 

ago ´ I would be afraid to hazard a guess ´ one night when I 

communicated to you certain intimations of early death and 

aspirations after fame�拭 �I was particularly maudlin�察�and my remorse 

the next morning on a review of my folly has written the matter 

very deeply in my mind�察�from yours it may easily have fled。  If any 

one at that moment could have shown me the Edinburgh Edition�察�I 

suppose I should have died。  It is with gratitude and wonder that I 

consider 'the way in which I have been led。'  Could a more 

preposterous idea have occurred to us in those days when we used to 

search our pockets for coppers�察�too often in vain�察�and combine 

forces to produce the threepence necessary for two glasses of beer�察�

or wander down the Lothian Road without any�察�than that I should be 

strong and well at the age of forty´three in the island of Upolu�察�

and that you should be at home bringing out the Edinburgh Edition�拭 �

If it had been possible�察�I should almost have preferred the Lothian 

Road Edition�察�say�察�with a picture of the old Dutch smuggler on the 

covers。  I have now something heavy on my mind。  I had always a 

great sense of kinship with poor Robert Fergusson ´ so clever a 

boy�察�so wild�察�of such a mixed strain�察�so unfortunate�察�born in the 

same town with me�察�and�察�as I always felt�察�rather by express 

intimation than from evidence�察�so like myself。  Now the injustice 

with which the one Robert is rewarded and the other left out in the 

cold sits heavy on me�察�and I wish you could think of some way in 

which I could do honour to my unfortunate namesake。  Do you think 

it would look like affectation to dedicate the whole edition to his 

memory�拭 �I think it would。  The sentiment which would dictate it to 

me is too abstruse�察�and besides�察�I think my wife is the proper 

person to receive the dedication of my life's work。  At the same 

time�察�it is very odd ´ it really looks like the transmigration of 

souls ´ I feel that I must do something for Fergusson�察�Burns has 

been before me with the gravestone。  It occurs to me you might take 

a walk down the Canongate and see in what condition the stone is。  

If it be at all uncared for�察�we might repair it�察�and perhaps add a 

few words of inscription。



I must tell you�察�what I just remembered in a flash as I was walking 

about dictating this letter ´ there was in the original plan of the 

MASTER OF BALLANTRAE a sort of introduction describing my arrival 

in Edinburgh on a visit to yourself and your placing in my hands 

the papers of the story。  I actually wrote it�察�and then condemned 

the idea ´ as being a little too like Scott�察�I suppose。  Now I must 

really find the MS。 and try to finish it for the E。 E。  It will 

give you�察�what I should so much like you to have�察�another corner of 

your own in that lofty monument。



Suppose we do what I have proposed about Fergusson's monument�察�I 

wonder if an inscription like this would look arrogant ´





This stone originally erected

by Robert Burns has been

repaired at the

charges of Robert Louis Stevenson��

and is by him re´dedicated to

the memory of Robert Fergusson��

as the gift of one Edinburgh

lad to another。





In spacing this inscription I would detach the names of Fergusson 

and Burns�察�but leave mine in the text。



Or would that look like sham modesty�察�and is it better to bring out 

the three Roberts��







Letter�此 �TO R。 A。 M。 STEVENSON







VAILIMA�察�JUNE 1894。



MY DEAR BOB�察 � I must make out a letter this mail or perish in the 

attempt。  All the same�察�I am deeply st

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