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not love this health´tending�察�housekeeping life of mine。  I have a 

taste for danger�察�which is human�察�like the fear of it。  Here is a 

fair cause�察�a just cause�察�no knight ever set lance in rest for a 

juster。  Yet it needs not the strength I have not�察�only the passive 

courage that I hope I could muster�察�and the watchfulness that I am 

sure I could learn。



Here is a long midnight dissertation�察�with myself�察�with you。  

Please let me hear。  But I charge you this�此 �if you see in this 

idea of mine the finger of duty�察�do not dissuade me。  I am nearing 

forty�察�I begin to love my ease and my home and my habits�察�I never 

knew how much till this arose�察�do not falsely counsel me to put my 

head under the bed´clothes。  And I will say this to you�此 �my wife�察�

who hates the idea�察�does not refuse。  'It is nonsense��' says she�察�

'but if you go�察�I will go。'  Poor girl�察�and her home and her garden 

that she was so proud of�  �I feel her garden most of all�察�because 

it is a pleasure ��I suppose�� that I do not feel myself to share。



1。 Here is a great wrong。

2。 ; growing wrong。

3。 ; wrong founded on crime。

4。 ; crime that the Government cannot prevent。

5。 ; crime that it occurs to no man to defy。

6。 But it has occurred to me。

7。 Being a known person�察�some will notice my defiance。

8。 Being a writer�察�I can MAKE people notice it。

9。 And�察�I think�察�MAKE people imitate me。

10。 Which would destroy in time this whole scaffolding of 

oppression。

11。 And if I fail�察�however ignominiously�察�that is not my concern。  

It is�察�with an odd mixture of reverence and humorous remembrances 

of Dickens�察�be it said ´ it is A´nother's。



And here�察�at I cannot think what hour of the morning�察�I shall dry 

up�察�and remain�察 � Yours�察�really in want of a little help��



R。 L S。



Sleepless at midnight's dewy hour。

     ;          ;       witching ;

     ;          ;       maudlin ;

     ;          ;       etc。



NEXT MORNING。 ´ Eleventh Objection�此 �I have a father and mother。  

And who has not�拭 �Macduff's was a rare case�察�if we must wait for a 

Macduff。  Besides�察�my father will not perhaps be long here。  

Twelfth Objection�此 �The cause of England in Ireland is not worth 

supporting。  A QUI LE DITES´VOUS�拭 �And I am not supporting that。  

Home Rule�察�if you like。  Cause of decency�察�the idea that 

populations should not be taught to gain public ends by private 

crime�察�the idea that for all men to bow before a threat of crime is 

to loosen and degrade beyond redemption the whole fabric of man's 

decency。







Letter�此 �TO MRS。 FLEEMING JENKIN







��SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�察�APRIL 1886。��



MY DEAR MRS。 JENKIN�察 � The Book ´ It is all drafted�此 �I hope soon 

to send you for comments Chapters III。�察�IV。�察�and V。  Chapter VII。 

is roughly but satisfactorily drafted�此 �a very little work should 

put that to rights。  But Chapter VI。 is no joke�察�it is a MARE 

MAGNUM�此 �I swim and drown and come up again�察�and it is all broken 

ends and mystification�此 �moreover�察�I perceive I am in want of more 

matter。  I must have�察�first of all�察�a little letter from Mr。 Ewing 

about the phonograph work�此 �IF you think he would understand it is 

quite a matter of chance whether I use a word or a fact out of it。  

If you think he would not�此 �I will go without。  Also�察�could I have 

a look at Ewing's PRECIS�拭 �And lastly�察�I perceive I must interview 

you again about a few points�察�they are very few�察�and might come to 

little�察�and I propose to go on getting things as well together as I 

can in the meanwhile�察�and rather have a final time when all is 

ready and only to be criticised。  I do still think it will be good。  

I wonder if Trelat would let me cut�拭 �But no�察�I think I wouldn't 

after all�察�'tis so quaint and pretty and clever and simple and 

French�察�and gives such a good sight of Fleeming�此 �the plum of the 

book�察�I think。



You misunderstood me in one point�此 �I always hoped to found such a 

society�察�that was the outside of my dream�察�and would mean entire 

success。  BUT ´ I cannot play Peter the Hermit。  In these days of 

the Fleet Street journalist�察�I cannot send out better men than 

myself�察�with wives or mothers just as good as mine�察�and sisters ��I 

may at least say�� better�察�to a danger and a long´drawn dreariness 

that I do not share。  My wife says it's cowardice�察�what brave men 

are the leader´writers�  �Call it cowardice�察�it is mine。  Mind you�察�

I may end by trying to do it by the pen only�此 �I shall not love 

myself if I do�察�and is it ever a good thing to do a thing for which 

you despise yourself�拭 � even in the doing�拭 �And if the thing you do 

is to call upon others to do the thing you neglect�拭 �I have never 

dared to say what I feel about men's lives�察�because my own was in 

the wrong�此 �shall I dare to send them to death�拭 �The physician must 

heal himself�察�he must honestly TRY the path he recommends�此 �if he 

does not even try�察�should he not be silent��



I thank you very heartily for your letter�察�and for the seriousness 

you brought to it。  You know�察�I think when a serious thing is your 

own�察�you keep a saner man by laughing at it and yourself as you go。  

So I do not write possibly with all the really somewhat sickened 

gravity I feel。  And indeed�察�what with the book�察�and this business 

to which I referred�察�and Ireland�察�I am scarcely in an enviable 

state。  Well�察�I ought to be glad�察�after ten years of the worst 

training on earth ´ valetudinarianism ´ that I can still be 

troubled by a duty。  You shall hear more in time�察�so far�察�I am at 

least decided�此 �I will go and see Balfour when I get to London。



We have all had a great pleasure�此 �a Mrs。 Rawlinson came and 

brought with her a nineteen´year´old daughter�察�simple�察�human�察�as 

beautiful as ´ herself�察�I never admired a girl before�察�you know it 

was my weakness�此 �we are all three dead in love with her。  How nice 

to be able to do so much good to harassed people by ´ yourself�  �

Ever yours��



R。 L。 S。







Letter�此 �TO MISS RAWLINSON







��SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�察�APRIL 1886。��



OF the many flowers you brought me��

Only some were meant to stay��

And the flower I thought the sweetest

Was the flower that went away。



Of the many flowers you brought me��

All were fair and fresh and gay��

But the flower I thought the sweetest

Was the blossom of the May。



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。







Letter�此 �TO MISS MONROE







SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�察�MAY 25TH�察�1886。



DEAR MISS MONROE�察 � ��I hope I have this rightly�� I must lose no 

time in thanking you for a letter singularly pleasant to receive。  

It may interest you to know that I read to the signature without 

suspecting my correspondent was a woman�察�though in one point ��a 

reference to the Countess�� I might have found a hint of the truth。  

You are not pleased with Otto�察�since I judge you do not like 

weakness�察�and no more do I。  And yet I have more than tolerance for 

Otto�察�whose faults are the faults of weakness�察�but never of ignoble 

weakness�察�and who seeks before all to be both kind and just。  

Seeks�察�not succeeds。  But what is man�拭 �So much of cynicism to 

recognise that nobody does right is the best equipment for those 

who do not wish to be cynics in good earnest。  Think better of 

Otto�察�if my plea can influence you�察�and this I mean for your own 

sake ´ not his�察�poor fellow�察�as he will never learn your opinion�察�

but for yours�察�because�察�as men go in this world ��and women too���察�

you will not go far wrong if you light upon so fine a fellow�察�and 

to light upon one and not perceive his merits is a calamity。  In 

the flesh�察�of course�察�I mean�察�in the book the fault�察�of course�察�is 

with my stumbling pen。  Seraphina made a mistake about her Otto�察�it 

begins to swim before me dimly that you may have some traits of 

Seraphina��



With true ingratitude you see me pitch upon your exception�察�but it 

is easier to defend oneself gracefully than to acknowledge praise。  

I am tru

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