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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 tells me you never received the very
long and careful letter that I sent you more than a year ago�察�or is
it two years��
I was indeed so much surprised at your silence that I wrote to
Henry James and begged him to inquire if you had received it�察�his
reply was an ��if possible�� higher power of the same silence�察�
whereupon I bowed my head and acquiesced。 But there is no doubt
the letter was written and sent�察�and I am sorry it was lost�察�for it
contained�察�among other things�察�an irrecoverable criticism of your
father's LIFE�察�with a number of suggestions for another edition�察�
which struck me at the time as excellent。
Well�察�suppose we call that cried off�察�and begin as before�拭 �It is
fortunate indeed that we can do so�察�being both for a while longer
in the day。 But�察�alas� �when I see 'works of the late J。 A。 S。��' I
can see no help and no reconciliation possible。 I wrote him a
letter�察�I think�察�three years ago�察�heard in some roundabout way that
he had received it�察�waited in vain for an answer ��which had
probably miscarried���察�and in a humour between frowns and smiles
wrote to him no more。 And now the strange�察�poignant�察�pathetic�察�
brilliant creature is gone into the night�察�and the voice is silent
that uttered so much excellent discourse�察�and I am sorry that I did
not write to him again。 Yet I am glad for him�察�light lie the turf� �
The SATURDAY is the only obituary I have seen�察�and I thought it
very good upon the whole。 I should be half tempted to write an IN
MEMORIAM�察�but I am submerged with other work。 Are you going to do
it�拭 �I very much admire your efforts that way�察�you are our only
academician。
So you have tried fiction�拭 �I will tell you the truth�此 �when I saw
it announced�察�I was so sure you would send it to me�察�that I did not
order it� �But the order goes this mail�察�and I will give you news
of it。 Yes�察�honestly�察�fiction is very difficult�察�it is a terrible
strain to CARRY your characters all that time。 And the difficulty
of according the narrative and the dialogue ��in a work in the third
person�� is extreme。 That is one reason out of half a dozen why I
so often prefer the first。 It is much in my mind just now�察�because
of my last work�察�just off the stocks three days ago�察�THE EBB TIDE�此 �
a dreadful�察�grimy business in the third person�察�where the strain
between a vilely realistic dialogue and a narrative style pitched
about ��in phrase�� 'four notes higher' than it should have been�察�has
sown my head with grey hairs�察�or I believe so ´ if my head escaped�察�
my heart has them。
The truth is�察�I have a little lost my way�察�and stand bemused at the
cross´roads。 A subject�拭 �Ay�察�I have dozens�察�I have at least four
novels begun�察�they are none good enough�察�and the mill waits�察�and
I'll have to take second best。 THE EBB TIDE I make the world a
present of�察�I expect�察�and�察�I suppose�察�deserve to be torn to pieces�察�
but there was all that good work lying useles