Autograph letters signed from Robert Louis Stevenson to his mother [manuscript], 1874.

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Autograph letters signed from Robert Louis Stevenson to his mother [manuscript], 1874.

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(1) Dated March 23, 74. He writes, "You sometimes suffer it seems to me from Falstaff's malady of not-attending and make it a point of honour to misapprehend me... " He also discusses recent events. (2) On letterhead from the Great Northern Hotel, Kings Cross, London. Dated Saturday, Dec. 6, 74. Stevenson writes that he has seen Irving's Hamlet, "which is interesting (for it is really studied), but not good." Also discusses various people he has seen and dined with lately.

2 items ; 18 x 12 cm to 22 x 14 cm.

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