STEVENSON'S PROTOTYPES.
FRIENDS COBTE OUT THIRD BEST. LONDON". -July 1. A lar«e"lnnu.ber of unpublished letters of the Into R. 1.. Stpvnnson. the property of his stepson. .Mr Lluyd Osbcurne, will be sold at Sotheby's on July 24. Writing to his father in 1878, Stevenson F.iiil: "It is a Strang- world indoed, hut. there is a manifest Cod for those who care to look for Him." He <ieseribe s James Chalmers, the missionary, as the only hero he ever met. Stevenson s!:itcs that Henley was the original John Silver, and. after detaili in;r the names of others who served as I prototypes for less reputable characters. I remarks, "My friends come out rnther I third liest in my literature. - '
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 156, 2 July 1914, Page 5
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118STEVENSON'S PROTOTYPES. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 156, 2 July 1914, Page 5
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