Letter: to W. E. Henley

Name: Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson— Volume 1 - Letter: To W. E. Henley
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

[MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 1879.]

MY DEAR HENLEY, - Herewith the PAVILION ON THE LINKS, grand carpentry story in nine chapters, and I should hesitate to say how many tableaux. Where is it to go? God knows. It is the dibbs that are wanted. It is not bad, though I say it; carpentry, of course, but not bad at that; and who else can carpenter in England, now that Wilkie Collins is played out? It might be broken for magazine purposes at the end of Chapter IV. I send it to you, as I dare say Payn may help, if all else fails. Dibbs and speed are my mottoes.

Do acknowledge the PAVILION by return. I shall be so nervous till I hear, as of course I have no copy except of one or two places where the vein would not run. God prosper it, poor PAVILION! May it bring me money for myself and my sick one, who may read it, I do not know how soon.

Love to your wife, Anthony and all. I shall write to Colvin to-day or to-morrow. - Yours ever,

R. L. S.

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Chicago: Robert Louis Stevenson, "Letter: To W. E. Henley," Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson— Volume 1, ed. Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915 and trans. Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906 in Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson—Volume 1 Original Sources, accessed March 27, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=521ICVDLC6UNC54.

MLA: Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Letter: To W. E. Henley." Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson— Volume 1, edited by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915, and translated by Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906, in Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson—Volume 1, Original Sources. 27 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=521ICVDLC6UNC54.

Harvard: Stevenson, RL, 'Letter: To W. E. Henley' in Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson— Volume 1, ed. and trans. . cited in , Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson—Volume 1. Original Sources, retrieved 27 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=521ICVDLC6UNC54.