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W。 Pinero ´ all that have appeared�察�and send me the rest in course
as they do appear�察�NOUGHTS AND CROSSES by Q。�察�Robertson's SCOTLAND
UNDER HER EARLY KINGS。
SUNDAY。
The deed is done�察�didst thou not hear a noise�拭 �'The end' has been
written to this endless yarn�察�and I am once more a free man。 What
will he do with it��
Letter�此 �TO W。 CRAIBE ANGUS
VAILIMA�察�SAMOA�察�NOVEMBER 1891。
MY DEAR MR。 ANGUS�察 � Herewith the invaluable sheets。 They came
months after your letter�察�and I trembled�察�but here they are�察�and I
have scrawled my vile name on them�察�and 'thocht shame' as I did it。
I am expecting the sheets of your catalogue�察�so that I may attack
the preface。 Please give me all the time you can。 The sooner the
better�察�you might even send me early proofs as they are sent out�察�
to give me more incubation。 I used to write as slow as judgment�察�
now I write rather fast�察�but I am still 'a slow study��' and sit a
long while silent on my eggs。 Unconscious thought�察�there is the
only method�此 �macerate your subject�察�let it boil slow�察�then take
the lid off and look in ´ and there your stuff is�察�good or bad。
But the journalist's method is the way to manufacture lies�察�it is
will´worship ´ if you know the luminous quaker phrase�察�and the will
is only to be brought in the field for study�察�and again for
revision。 The essential part of work is not an act�察�it is a state。
I do not know why I write you this trash。
Many thanks for your handsome dedication。 I have not yet had time
to do more than glance at Mrs。 Begg�察�it looks interesting。 ´ Yours
very truly��
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。
Letter�此 �TO MISS ANNIE H。 IDE
VAILIMA�察�SAMOA ��NOVEMBER 1891�А�
MY DEAR LOUISA�察 � Your picture of the church�察�the photograph of
yourself and your sister�察�and your very witty and pleasing letter�察�
came all in a bundle�察�and made me feel I had my money's worth for
that birthday。 I am now�察�I must be�察�one of your nearest relatives�察�
exactly what we are to each other�察�I do not know�察�I doubt if the
case has ever happened before ´ your papa ought to know�察�and I
don't believe he does�察�but I think I ought to call you in the
meanwhile�察�and until we get the advice of counsel learned in the
law�察�my name´daughter。 Well�察�I was extremely pleased to see by the
church that my name´daughter could draw�察�by the letter�察�that she
was no fool�察�and by the photograph�察�that she was a pretty girl�察�
which hurts nothing。 See how virtues are rewarded� �My first idea
of adopting you was entirely charitable�察�and here I find that I am
quite proud of it�察�and of you�察�and that I chose just the kind of
name´daughter I wanted。 For I can draw too�察�or rather I mean to
say I could before I forgot how�察�and I am very far from being a
fool myself�察�however much I may look it�察�and I am as beautiful as
the day�察�or at least I once hoped that perhaps I might be going to
be。 And so I might。 So that you see we are well met�察�and peers on
these important points。 I am VERY glad also that you are older
than your sister。 So should I have been�察�if I had had one。 So
that the number of points and virtues which you have inherited from
your name´father is already quite surprising。
I wish you would tell your father ´ not that I like to encourage my
rival ´ that we have had a wonderful time here of late�察�and that
they are having a cold day on Mulinuu�察�and the consuls are writing
reports�察�and I am writing to the TIMES�察�and if we don't get rid of
our friends this time I shall begin to despair of everything but my
name´daughter。
You are quite wrong as to the effect of the birthday on your age。
From the moment the deed was registered ��as it was in the public
press with every solemnity���察�the 13th of November became your own
AND ONLY birthday�察�and you ceased to have been born on Christmas
Day。 Ask your father�此 �I am sure he will tell you this is sound
law。 You are thus become a month and twelve days younger than you
were�察�but will go on growing older for the future in the regular
and human manner from one 13th November to the next。 The effect on
me is more doubtful�察�I may�察�as you suggest�察�live for ever�察�I might�察�
on the other hand�察�come to pieces like the one´horse shay at a
moment's notice�察�doubtless the step was risky�察�but I do not the
least regret that which enables me to sign myself your revered and
delighted name´father��
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。
Letter�此 �TO FRED ORR
VAILIMA�察�UPOLU�察�SAMOA�察�NOVEMBER 28TH�察�1891。
DEAR SIR�察 � Your obliging communication is to hand。 I am glad to
find that you have read some of my books�察�and to see that you spell
my name right。 This is a point ��for some reason�� of great
difficulty�察�and I believe that a gentleman who can spell Stevenson
with a v at sixteen�察�should have a show for the Presidency before
fifty。 By that time
I�察�nearer to the wayside inn��
predict that you will have outgrown your taste for autographs�察�but
perhaps your son may have inherited the collection�察�and on the
morning of the great day will recall my prophecy to your mind。 And
in the papers of 1921 ��say�� this letter may arouse a smile。
Whatever you do�察�read something else besides novels and newspapers�察�
the first are good enough when they are good�察�the second�察�at their
best�察�are worth nothing。 Read great books of literature and
history�察�try to understand the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages�察�be
sure you do not understand when you dislike them�察�condemnation is
non´comprehension。 And if you know something of these two periods�察�
you will know a little more about to´day�察�and may be a good
President。
I send you my best wishes�察�and am yours��
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON��
AUTHOR OF A VAST QUANTITY OF LITTLE BOOKS。
Letter�此 �TO E。 L。 BURLINGAME
��VAILIMA�察�DECEMBER 1891。��
MY DEAR BURLINGAME�察 � The end of THE WRECKER having but just come
in�察�you will�察�I dare say�察�be appalled to receive three ��possibly
four�� chapters of a new book of the least attractive sort�此 �a
history of nowhere in a corner�察�for no time to mention�察�running to
a volume� �Well�察�it may very likely be an illusion�察�it is very
likely no one could possibly wish to read it�察�but I wish to publish
it。 If you don't cotton to the idea�察�kindly set it up at my
expense�察�and let me know your terms for publishing。 The great
affair to me is to have per return ��if it might be�� four or five ´
better say half a dozen ´ sets of the roughest proofs that can be
drawn。 There are a good many men here whom I want to read the
blessed thing�察�and not one would have the energy to read MS。 At
the same time�察�if you care to glance at it�察�and have the time�察�I
should be very glad of your opinion as to whether I have made any
step at all towards possibly inducing folk at home to read matter
so extraneous and outlandish。 I become heavy and owlish�察�years sit
upon me�察�it begins to seem to me to be a man's business to leave
off his damnable faces and say his say。 Else I could have made it
pungent and light and lively。 In considering�察�kindly forget that I
am R。 L。 S。�察�think of the four chapters as a book you are reading�察�
by an inhabitant of our 'lovely but fatil' islands�察�and see if it
could possibly amuse the hebetated public。 I have to publish
anyway�察�you understand�察�I have a purpose beyond�察�I am concerned for
some of the parties to this quarrel。 What I want to hear is from
curiosity�察�what I want you to judge of is what we are to do with
the book in a business sense。 To me it is not business at all�察�I
had meant originally to lay all the profits to the credit of Samoa�察�
when it comes to the pinch of writing�察�I judge this unfair ´ I give
too much ´ and I mean to keep ��if there be any profit at all�� one´
half for the artisan�察�the rest I shall hold over to give to the
Samoan