Word: stevenson
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clock. The Freshmen, representing the University, will line up as follows: Singles--1. Captain R. C. Rand, 2d; 2. F. P. Ritchie; 3. C. J. Coulter; 4. R. H. Kissell; 5. F. M. Warburg; 6. L. K. Garrison. Doubles--1. Rand and Coulter; 2. Ritchie and Stevenson; 3. Kissel and Hatch...
...score of 6 to 3. The Freshmen will play in the following order: Singles--1. Captain R. C. Rand; 2. F. P. Ritchie; 3. C. J. Coulter; 4. R. H. Kissell; 5. F. M. Warburg; 6. L. K. Garrison. Doubles--1. Rand and Coulter; 2. Ritchie and Stevenson; 3. Kissel and Hatch...
...Ireland's gift to Widener is a letter Stevenson wrote her husband in reply to a note informing Stevenson of the source of some allusions in "A Gossip on Romance," a magazine article of 1883 written by the English literary man on his dim recollections of some stories his parents read to him when a boy. The third point he makes is more generally interesting and amusing than the first two. The point of the letter is that Mr. Ireland had, as he himself declared, addressed the epistle with "inspired stupidity" to "Mr. R. L. Stephenson." The letter reads...
...There are two names, Stephenson and Stevenson. The one is English, the other Scotch. The one may be the name of the devil for what I know; the other is mine. You know, by the Wellers, what immortal hatred may be kindled by a letter. And I own I grind under this which robs me, not only of my ancestors, but of my native country; and I grind the harder since I see an American publisher actually announcing my own books, and in type, under this travesty. I am, Dear Sir, Yours truly, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Not Steph...
...gift of Robert Louis Stevenson mementos just acquired by the Widener Library, an addition of unusual interest and value has been made to what is already one of the most valuable collections of old manuscripts, first editions, personal letters, and relics of great authors in this country. Too little attention is paid by undergraduates to these important and rare collections, which, despite the fact that they are kept in glass cases, are readily accessible for study and inspection by those who are sufficiently interested to take the pains to see them...