saddening Depreciation of Stevenson which has been published over

his name.



What openings there are for reprisals let Mr Henley's conscience

tell him; but permit me to remind him of two or three things which



R. L. Stevenson has written concerning W. E. Henley.

First this scene in the infirmary at Edinburgh:



"(Leslie) Stephen and I sat on a couple of chairs, and the poor

fellow (Henley) sat up in his bed with his hair and beard all



tangled, and talked as cheerfully" target="_blank" title="ad.高兴地，愉快地">cheerfully as if he had been in a king's

palace, or the great King's palace of the blue air. He has taught



himself two languages since he has been lying there. I SHALL TRY

TO BE OF USE TO HIM."



Secondly, this passage from Stevenson's dedication of VIRGINIBUS

PUERISQUE to "My dear William Ernest Henley":



"These papers are like milestones on the wayside of my life; and as

I look back in memory, there is hardly a stage of that distance but



I see you present with advice, reproof, or praise. Meanwhile, many

things have changed, you and I among the rest; but I hope that our



sympathy, founded on the love of our art, and nourished by mutual

assistance, shall survive these little revolutions, undiminished,



and, with God's help, unite us to the end."

Thirdly, two scraps from letters from Stevenson to Henley, to show



that the latter was not always a depreciator of R. L. Stevenson's

work:



"1. I'm glad to think I owe you the review that pleased me best of

all the reviews I ever had.... To live reading such reviews and die



eating ortolans - sich is my aspiration.

"2. Dear lad, - If there was any more praise in what you wrote, I



think - (the editor who had pruned down Mr Henley's review of

Stevenson's PRINCE OTTO) has done us both a service; some of it



stops my throat. . . . Whether (considering our intimate relations)

you would not do better to refrain from reviewing me, I will leave



to yourself."

And, lastly, this extract from the very last of Stevenson's letters



to Henley, published in the two volumes of LETTERS:

"It is impossible to let your new volume pass in silence. I have



not received the same thrill of poetry since G. M.'s JOY OF EARTH

volume, and LOVE IN A VALLEY; and I do not know that even that was



so intimate and deep. . . . I thank you for the joy you have given

me, and remain your old friend and present huge admirer, R. L. S."



It is difficult to decide on which side in this literary friendship

lies the true modesty and magnanimity? I had rather be the author



of the last message of R. L. Stevenson to W. E. Henley, than of the

last words of W. E. Henley concerning R. L. Stevenson.



CHAPTER XXV - MR CHRISTIE MURRAY'S IMPRESSIONS

MR CHRISTIE MURRAY, writing as "Merlin" in our handbook in the



REFEREE at the time, thus disposed of some of the points just dealt

with by us:



"Here is libel on a large scale, and I have purposely refrained

from approaching it until I could show my readers something of the



spirit in which the whole attack is conceived. 'If he wanted a

thing he went after it with an entire contempt for consequences.



For these, indeed, the Shorter Catechist was ever prepared to

answer; so that whether he did well or ill, he was safe to come out



unabashed and cheerful.' Now if Mr Henley does not mean that for

the very express picture of a rascal without a conscience he has



been most strangely infelicitous in his choice of terms, and he is

one of those who make so strong a profession of duty towards mere



vocables that we are obliged to take him AU PIED DE LA LETTRE. A

man who goes after whatever he wants with an entire contempt of



consequences is a scoundrel, and the man who emerges from such an

enterprise unabashed and cheerful, whatever his conduct may have



been, and justifies himself on the principles of the Shorter

Catechism, is a hypocrite to boot. This is not the report we have

• unfortunate [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunit] a.不幸的，运气差的 (初中英语单词)


• contact [´kɔntækt] n.接触；联系 v.联络 (初中英语单词)


• recognition [,rekəg´niʃən] n.认出；认识；承认 (初中英语单词)


• essential [i´senʃəl] a.必需的 n.要素，要点 (初中英语单词)


• sympathy [´simpəθi] n.同情，怜悯 (初中英语单词)


• reverse [ri´və:s] v.颠倒；(使)反向 (初中英语单词)


• allowance [ə´lauəns] n.津贴；配给量；考虑 (初中英语单词)


• affection [ə´fekʃən] n.友爱；慈爱 (初中英语单词)


• genius [´dʒi:niəs] n.天才(人物)；天赋 (初中英语单词)


• acknowledge [ək´nɔlidʒ] vt.(公开)承认；感谢 (初中英语单词)


• amount [ə´maunt] n.总数；数量 v.合计 (初中英语单词)


• arrest [ə´rest] vt.逮捕 n.逮捕；停止 (初中英语单词)


• statue [´stætʃu:] n.塑像，雕像 (初中英语单词)


• instance [´instəns] n.例子，实例，例证 (初中英语单词)


• celebrated [´selibreitid] a.著名的 (初中英语单词)


• thrust [θrʌst] v.&n.猛推；冲；刺；挤进 (初中英语单词)


• earnest [´ə:nist] a.认真的 n.认真；诚恳 (初中英语单词)


• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)


• criminal [´kriminəl] a.犯罪的 n.罪犯 (初中英语单词)


• writing [´raitiŋ] n.书写；写作；书法 (初中英语单词)


• reading [´ri:diŋ] n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词)


• literary [´litərəri] a.文学(上)的 (初中英语单词)


• romance [rəu´mæns] n.中世纪骑士小说 (初中英语单词)


• appetite [´æpitait] n.欲望；食欲 (初中英语单词)


• shakespeare [´ʃeikspiə] n.莎士比亚 (初中英语单词)


• obvious [´ɔbviəs] a.明显的；显而易见的 (初中英语单词)


• achievement [ə´tʃi:vmənt] n.完成；成就，成绩 (初中英语单词)


• despite [di´spait] prep.尽管 (初中英语单词)


• wrought [rɔ:t] work 的过去式(分词) (初中英语单词)


• worthy [´wə:ði] a.有价值的；值得的 (初中英语单词)


• impression [im´preʃən] n.印刷；印象；效果 (初中英语单词)


• distinct [di´stiŋkt] a.清楚的；独特的 (初中英语单词)


• observer [əb´zə:və] n.遵守者；观察员 (初中英语单词)


• elsewhere [,elsweə] ad.在别处；向别处 (初中英语单词)


• intent [in´tent] a.专心致志的 n.意图 (初中英语单词)


• remind [ri´maind] vt.提醒；使记(想)起 (初中英语单词)


• meanwhile [´mi:n´wail] n.&ad.其间；同时 (初中英语单词)


• survive [sə´vaiv] vt.幸存；残存 (初中英语单词)


• review [ri´vju:] v.&n.复习；回顾；检查 (初中英语单词)


• prince [´prins] n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词)


• throat [θrəut] n.咽喉；嗓子；出入口 (初中英语单词)


• intimate [´intimit] a.亲密的 n.知己 (初中英语单词)


• volume [´vɔlju:m, ´vɑljəm] n.卷；书籍；体积；容量 (初中英语单词)


• thrill [θril] v.震惊；激动；刺激 (初中英语单词)


• poetry [´pəuitri] n.诗；诗意 (初中英语单词)


• valley [´væli] n.谷；河谷；流域 (初中英语单词)


• conscience [´kɔnʃəns] n.良心；道德心 (初中英语单词)


• strangely [´streindʒli] ad.奇怪地；陌生地 (初中英语单词)


• profession [prə´feʃən] n.职业；声明；表白 (初中英语单词)


• whatever [wɔt´evə] pron.&a.无论什么 (初中英语单词)


• cheerful [´tʃiəful] a.快乐的；高兴的 (初中英语单词)


• thoughtfully [´θɔ:tfuli] ad.深思地；体贴地 (高中英语单词)


• critical [´kritikəl] a.批评的；关键性的 (高中英语单词)


• deepen [´di:pən] v.加深；加浓 (高中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• unfortunately [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunitli] ad.不幸；不朽；可惜 (高中英语单词)


• finely [´fainli] ad.美好地；精细地 (高中英语单词)


• eternity [i´tə:niti] n.永恒，来世，无穷 (高中英语单词)


• contempt [kən´tempt] n.轻蔑；受辱；不顾 (高中英语单词)


• edition [i´diʃən] n.版本；很相似的 (高中英语单词)


• perfectly [´pə:fiktli] ad.理想地；完美地 (高中英语单词)


• renowned [ri´naund] a.有名的，有声望的 (高中英语单词)


• certainty [´sə:tənti] n.确实(性)；确信 (高中英语单词)


• posterity [pɔ´steriti] n.子孙；后代 (高中英语单词)


• confession [kən´feʃən] n.招供；认错；交待 (高中英语单词)


• portrait [´pɔ:trit] n.肖像；相片；雕像 (高中英语单词)


• reconcile [´rekənsail] vt.调和；使和谐 (高中英语单词)


• concerning [kən´sə:niŋ] prep.关于 (高中英语单词)


• cheerfully [´tʃiəfuli] ad.高兴地，愉快地 (高中英语单词)


• refrain [ri´frein] v.抑制；忍住 n.迭句 (高中英语单词)


• extract [ik´strækt, ´ekstrækt] vt.取出；摘录 n.精华 (高中英语单词)


• rascal [´rɑ:skəl] n.流氓 (高中英语单词)


• graham [´greiəm] a.&n.用全麦粉做的 (英语四级单词)


• soberly [´səubəli] ad.严肃地；清醒地 (英语四级单词)


• edinburgh [´edinbərə] n.爱丁堡 (英语四级单词)


• grievance [´gri:vəns] n.不平；冤情；抱怨 (英语四级单词)


• unjust [ʌn´dʒʌst] a.不公平(正)的 (英语四级单词)


• passionately [´pæʃənitli] ad.多情地；热烈地 (英语四级单词)


• trivial [´triviəl] a.琐碎的；不重要的 (英语四级单词)


• irresistible [,iri´zistəbəl] a.不可抵抗的 (英语四级单词)


• withal [wi´ðɔ:l] ad.加之；同样；然而 (英语四级单词)


• varied [´veərid] a.各种各样的 (英语四级单词)


• enchantment [in´tʃɑ:ntmənt] n.迷惑；妖术；魅力 (英语四级单词)


• mortality [mɔ:´tæliti] n.致命性；死亡率 (英语四级单词)


• unmarried [,ʌn´mærid] a.未婚的，独身的 (英语四级单词)


• primarily [´praimərəli, prai´merəli] ad.首先；主要地 (英语四级单词)


• charitable [´tʃæritəbəl] a.仁爱的；慈善的 (英语四级单词)


• lastly [´lɑ:stli] ad.最后，终于 (英语四级单词)


• admirer [əd´maiərə] n.赞美者，羡慕者 (英语四级单词)


• modesty [´mɔdisti] n.谨慎；端庄；羞怯 (英语四级单词)


• memoir [´memwɑ:] n.回忆录；传记 (英语六级单词)


• insight [´insait] n.洞悉；洞察力；见识 (英语六级单词)


• justification [,dʒʌstifi´keiʃən] n.辩护；根据；缘故 (英语六级单词)


• mastery [´mɑ:stəri] n.精通；控制；优势 (英语六级单词)


• personnel [,pə:sə´nel] n人事(部门)；全体人员 (英语六级单词)


• admirably [´ædmərəbli] ad.令人钦佩地；极妙地 (英语六级单词)


• ethics [´eθiks] n.伦理学；道德标准 (英语六级单词)


• talker [´tɔ:kə] n.说话人；空谈家 (英语六级单词)


• prophetic [prə´fetik] a.预言(家)的；预示的 (英语六级单词)


• forecast [´fɔ:kɑ:st] vt.&n.预测；预报 (英语六级单词)


• depreciation [di,pri:ʃi´eiʃ(ə)n] n.贬值；轻视 (英语六级单词)


• wayside [´weisaid] n.&a.路边(的) (英语六级单词)


• reproof [ri´pru:f] n.谴责；责备 (英语六级单词)


• scoundrel [´skaundrəl] n.&a.无赖(的) (英语六级单词)


• hypocrite [´hipəkrit] n.伪善者；伪君子 (英语六级单词)