Autograph letters signed and initialled from William Ernest Henley, London and Worthing, to various people [manuscript], 1901-1903.

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Autograph letters signed and initialled from William Ernest Henley, London and Worthing, to various people [manuscript], 1901-1903.

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Correspondents: Blackwood & Sons, Mr. Brown and Mr. Richards. Also, a poem beginning, Thin legged & chested, slight unspeakably, written in 1875. A note by C. Baxter state that the subject was R.L. Stevenson and it was published as "Apparition." Poem listed in the Folger card index of first lines. (2) accompanied a gift of his Poems, 1898.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...

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Richards, Mr. (James Alexander Dudley), 1845-1911

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William Blackwood and Sons

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Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

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Brown, Mr

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