STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu. London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. First published edition (reprinted from The Scots Observer), preceded by the Sydney edition in 25 copies and the Edinburgh edition in 30 copies. Publisher's brown wrappers in cloth slipcase and chemise. 7 1/2 x 5 inches (19 x 13 cm); 30 pp. Light wear to extremities, largely unopened. Stevenson wrote in protest to a letter by the Reverend Charles McEwen Hyde, a Presbyterian minister in Honolulu to the Reverend H. B. Gage of San Francisco, who published Hyde's letter in a San Francisco newspaper. Among other things, it accused Damien (unjustly) of immorality and of "coarseness." Stevenson's counter-argument suggests that Hyde's list of Father Damien de Veuster's supposed faults should instead be considered as a list of virtues, in the context of his work with the lepers; it is a brilliant polemic. C Property of a Gentleman
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu. London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. First published edition (reprinted from The Scots Observer), preceded by the Sydney edition in 25 copies and the Edinburgh edition in 30 copies. Publisher's brown wrappers in cloth slipcase and chemise. 7 1/2 x 5 inches (19 x 13 cm); 30 pp. Light wear to extremities, largely unopened. Stevenson wrote in protest to a letter by the Reverend Charles McEwen Hyde, a Presbyterian minister in Honolulu to the Reverend H. B. Gage of San Francisco, who published Hyde's letter in a San Francisco newspaper. Among other things, it accused Damien (unjustly) of immorality and of "coarseness." Stevenson's counter-argument suggests that Hyde's list of Father Damien de Veuster's supposed faults should instead be considered as a list of virtues, in the context of his work with the lepers; it is a brilliant polemic. C Property of a Gentleman
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
