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From The Colvins and Their Friends, by E. V. Lucas

FROM FANNY STEVENSON

"You told me when we left England that if we found a place where Louis was really well, to stay there. It really seems that anywhere in the South Seas will do."

From a letter from Mrs. R. L. Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, dated Apia, January 20th, 1890

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From Vailima Letters: Being the Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, Volume One

STEVENSON'S LETTERS

"'Sordid facts,' as he called them, were almost never mentioned: date and place one could never infer except from the postmark."

From the Editorial Note

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From Vailima Letters: Being the Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, Volume One

A GREAT PART

"A great part of the floor is knee-deep in books, yet nearly all the shelves are filled, alas!"

From a Stevenson letter dated June 20th, 1891

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From Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor, arranged and edited by Sidney Colvin.

IV.

"Marvel. With the greatest rulers upon earth, head and crown drop together, and are overlooked. It is true, we read of them in history; but we also read in history of crocodiles and hyaenas. With great writers, whether in poetry or prose, what falls away is scarcely more or other than a vesture. The features of the man are imprinted on his works; and more lamps burn over them, and more religiously, than are lighted in temples or churches."

From Fame and True and False Greatness