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fall in talk about James Payn himself。  I am wishing you could have 

heard that talk�  �I think that would make you smile。  We had mixed 

you up with John Payne�察�for one thing�察�and stood amazed at your 

extraordinary�察�even painful�察�versatility�察�and for another�察�we found 

ourselves each students so well prepared for examinations on the 

novels of the real Mackay。  Perhaps�察�after all�察�this is worth 

something in life ´ to have given so much pleasure to a pair so 

different in every way as were Henley and I�察�and to be talked of 

with so much interest by two such ��beg pardon�� clever lads��



The cheerful Lang has neglected to tell me what is the matter with 

you�察�so�察�I'm sorry to say�察�I am cut off from all the customary 

consolations。  I can't say�察�'Think how much worse it would be if 

you had a broken leg��' when you may have the crushing repartee up 

your sleeve�察�'But it is my leg that is broken。'  This is a pity。  

But there are consolations。  You are an Englishman ��I believe���察�you 

are a man of letters�察�you have never been made C。B。�察�your hair was 

not red�察�you have played cribbage and whist�察�you did not play 

either the fiddle or the banjo�察�you were never an aesthete�察�you 

never contributed to ´'S JOURNAL�察�your name is not Jabez Balfour�察�

you are totally unconnected with the Army and Navy departments�察�I 

understand you to have lived within your income ´ why�察�cheer up� �

here are many legitimate causes of congratulation。  I seem to be 

writing an obituary notice。  ABSIT OMEN�  �But I feel very sure that 

these considerations will have done you more good than medicine。



By the by�察�did you ever play piquet�拭 �I have fallen a victim to 

this debilitating game。  It is supposed to be scientific�察�God save 

the mark�察�what self´deceivers men are�  �It is distinctly less so 

than cribbage。  But how fascinating�  �There is such material 

opulence about it�察�such vast ambitions may be realised ´ and are 

not�察�it may be called the Monte Cristo of games。  And the thrill 

with which you take five cards partakes of the nature of lust ´ and 

you draw four sevens and a nine�察�and the seven and nine of a suit 

that you discarded�察�and O� �but the world is a desert�  �You may see 

traces of discouragement in my letter�此 �all due to piquet�  �There 

has been a disastrous turn of the luck against me�察�a month or two 

ago I was two thousand ahead�察�now�察�and for a week back�察�I have been 

anything from four thousand eight hundred to five thousand two 

hundred astern。  If I have a sixieme�察�my beast of a partner has a 

septieme�察�and if I have three aces�察�three kings�察�three queens�察�and 

three knaves ��excuse the slight exaggeration���察�the devil holds 

quatorze of tens�  � I remain�察�my dear James Payn�察�your sincere and 

obliged friend ´ old friend let me say��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。







Letter�此 �TO MISS MIDDLETON







VAILIMA�察�SAMOA�察�SEPTEMBER 9�察�1894。



DEAR MISS MIDDLETON�察 � Your letter has been like the drawing up of 

a curtain。  Of course I remember you very well�察�and the Skye 

terrier to which you refer ´ a heavy�察�dull�察�fatted�察�graceless 

creature he grew up to be ´ was my own particular pet。  It may 

amuse you�察�perhaps�察�as much as 'The Inn' amused me�察�if I tell you 

what made this dog particularly mine。  My father was the natural 

god of all the dogs in our house�察�and poor Jura took to him of 

course。  Jura was stolen�察�and kept in prison somewhere for more 

than a week�察�as I remember。  When he came back Smeoroch had come 

and taken my father's heart from him。  He took his stand like a 

man�察�and positively never spoke to my father again from that day 

until the day of his death。  It was the only sign of character he 

ever showed。  I took him up to my room and to be my dog in 

consequence�察�partly because I was sorry for him�察�and partly because 

I admired his dignity in misfortune。



With best regards and thanks for having reminded me of so many 

pleasant days�察�old acquaintances�察�dead friends�察�and ´ what is 

perhaps as pathetic as any of them ´ dead dogs�察�I remain�察�yours 

truly��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。







Letter�此 �TO A。 CONAN DOYLE







VAILIMA�察�SAMOA�察�SEPTEMBER 9�察�1894。



MY DEAR CONAN DOYLE�察 � If you found anything to entertain you in my 

TREASURE ISLAND article�察�it may amuse you to know that you owe it 

entirely to yourself。  YOUR 'First Book' was by some accident read 

aloud one night in my Baronial 'All。  I was consumedly amused by 

it�察�so was the whole family�察�and we proceeded to hunt up back 

IDLERS and read the whole series。  It is a rattling good series�察�

even people whom you would not expect came in quite the proper tone 

´ Miss Braddon�察�for instance�察�who was really one of the best where 

all are good ´ or all but one�  �。。  In short�察�I fell in love with 

'The First Book' series�察�and determined that it should be all our 

first books�察�and that I could not hold back where the white plume 

of Conan Doyle waved gallantly in the front。  I hope they will 

republish them�察�though it's a grievous thought to me that that 

effigy in the German cap ´ likewise the other effigy of the noisome 

old man with the long hair�察�telling indelicate stories to a couple 

of deformed negresses in a rancid shanty full of wreckage ´ should 

be perpetuated。  I may seem to speak in pleasantry ´ it is only a 

seeming ´ that German cap�察�sir�察�would be found�察�when I come to die�察�

imprinted on my heart。  Enough ´ my heart is too full。  Adieu。 ´ 

Yours very truly��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON



��in a German cap�察�damn 'em�。�







Letter�此 �TO CHARLES BAXTER







��VAILIMA�察�SEPTEMBER 1894。��



MY DEAR CHARLES�察 � 。 。 。 Well�察�there is no more Edmund Baxter now�察�

and I think I may say I know how you feel。  He was one of the best�察�

the kindest�察�and the most genial men I ever knew。  I shall always 

remember his brisk�察�cordial ways and the essential goodness which 

he showed me whenever we met with gratitude。  And the always is 

such a little while now�  �He is another of the landmarks gone�察�when 

it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down�察�I shall do so with 

thankfulness and fatigue�察�and whatever be my destiny afterward�察�I 

shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honour。  It is human 

at least�察�if not divine。  And these deaths make me think of it with 

an ever greater readiness。  Strange that you should be beginning a 

new life�察�when I�察�who am a little your junior�察�am thinking of the 

end of mine。  But I have had hard lines�察�I have been so long 

waiting for death�察�I have unwrapped my thoughts from about life so 

long�察�that I have not a filament left to hold by�察�I have done my 

fiddling so long under Vesuvius�察�that I have almost forgotten to 

play�察�and can only wait for the eruption�察�and think it long of 

coming。  Literally�察�no man has more wholly outlived life than I。  

And still it's good fun。



R。 L。 S。







Letter�此 �TO R。 A。 M。 STEVENSON







��VAILIMA�察�SEPTEMBER 1894。��



DEAR BOB�察 � You are in error about the Picts。  They were a Gaelic 

race�察�spoke a Celtic tongue�察�and we have no evidence that I know of 

that they were blacker than other Celts。  The Balfours�察�I take it�察�

were plainly Celts�察�their name shows it ´ the 'cold croft��' it 

means�察�so does their country。  Where the BLACK Scotch come from 

nobody knows�察�but I recognise with you the fact that the whole of 

Britain is rapidly and progressively becoming more pigmented�察�

already in one man's life I can decidedly trace a difference in the 

children about a school door。  But colour is not an essential part 

of a man or a race。  Take my Polynesians�察�an Asiatic people 

probably from the neighbourhood of the Persian gulf。  They range 

through any amount of shades�察�from the burnt hue of the Low 

Archipelago islander�察�which seems half negro�察�to the 'bleached' 

pretty women of the Marquesas ��close by on the map���察�who come out 

for a festival no darker than an Italian�察�their colour seems to 

vary directly with the degree of exposure to the sun。  And�察�as with 

negroes�察�the babes are born white�察�only it should seem a LITTLE 

SACK of pigment at the lower part of the spine�察�which presently 

spreads over the whole field。  Very puzzling。  But to return。  The 

Picts furnish to´day perhaps a third of the population of Scotland�察�

say another third for Scots and Britons�察�and the third for Norse 

and Angles is a bad third。  Edinburgh was a Pictish place。  But the 

fact is�察�we don't know their frontiers。  Tell some of your 

journalist friends with a good style to popularise old Skene�察�or 

say your prayers�察�and read him for yourself�察�he was a Great 

Historian�察�and I was his blessed clerk�察�and did not know it�察�and 

you will not be in a state of grace about the Picts till you have 

studied him。  J。 Horne Stevenson ��do you know him�殖� is working this 

up with me�察�and the fact is ´ it's not interesting to the public ´ 

but it's interesting�察�and very interesting�察�in itself�察�and j

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