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... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevens... ... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and... ...nia State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any w... ...: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 V ailima Lett... ...r book; but of course it didn’t set up to be a book, only a long tough yarn with some pictures of the manners of to-day in the greater world—not the s... ...e. Will any one ever read it?I fancy not; people don’t read history for reading, but for education and display—and who desires education in the histor... ...t Haggard’s. All our party dined there; Lloyd and I, in the absence of Haggard and Leigh, had to play aide-de-camp and host for about twenty minutes, ... ... a sort of Count Robert of Paris. But I hope rather a Dombey and Son, to be succeeded by Our Mutual Friend and Great Expectations and A Tale of 215 V... ...them for friendship’s sake, and try to find toler- able what is vital for your friend. I cannot forbear chal- 217 V ailima Letters lenging you to it,...

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