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* BLu;nD i OF ATJJ~lSd .
Tho hasto with whlch Sir Waltor Sooth
produeod tho greator number of hli
volumes doubtlles ncu-ounto for the
oumorons blcndors ouch us thoso arst
|mints(| out by his lltorur.y iinmacoU o
Irobert Louis Stovonson,
In "Rob Roy" two horsomoon rldino on
ursont busonoss, aro mado to taoio sli
days to cover o dlstatco of 100 miloes,
v/horoes, on anothor qccaclooc thho anms.
horses cover t0 miles In a 5lngb dyoy
Stovenaoon iao oallud ettontlon to Sir,
Woltar's glctrlng mlatfo inc The Aotl?
cquary," whore 'ths soc Is, attasll?y.casoed
to set In tho:c.aamorn heayovu?, IUt, ouro-.
tul workor as ho was, Stevenson hirosslg,
to uso his own words, "eomo to orle over
the moon" in "Prlnco Otto,"
Moro Lhn onoe writer hus dcerlbod tlb
moon as riding blht In mid-hoavbn Wchlld
in .the rceoceont stago, a aondltloci of tllncg
imposilblo on any nleict of' thtyoyar,, ~ '
Victor Itclgo ceta Into thoi licoicllc of
Charltemagc In t "Ayoccclllot" 'tho ,orda.
"Yocc drocm cc o 'cc sellolac q.' Sorianac,"
'Plct fcmooo Inolcctiloc rwi~sf'otlcIo d In
1254, 450 yearn ccafl tohu tllodyof "Churlo
rnngno, '',
tErrors of gaogrcpiy In' itlion arc nocmo;
rocc onocglhc Sir A. T, qcillor Cocch in
hId tirot publIlcllad otory, "Dfaod alnn'
Irocri," plaucd ·'ieomlcy on tho aic t coast
(c India In toie flay of iengul, wvhoreas
g'ographc grco in locating it on tis
'welHtor shore,
Itdcer lincg'nrd commltted a cicocr bhccno
dotr in "Joss," A cimplo matter oarltit
mctlo upou tlie iotac sccpplied by the novone
Iltclcf shcowvs tlcat a achantot'r thoreon hcd
gc'cvrcc up cnat become lcc titLcer oic two
acllidroa Imforo hi wace in Ia tacucn,
one tire noe cccvotlnt used a Icuccnpcr St
cctptopto, euthc Ihbellei ,lilc tiho Iclama ol 0
icharacter in c.ho dtory, WVhonovor en por
alonnaao dcid or wacc hilled icc Iho ccucccrad
o thle cnrrcthve thc doll' rroprcoinotlncci
Ilcat cllnrlotar w'ncc 'iooavd froa 1cco reSt
to novolc any crclidcntnl rtcllr to ilce,
A moot eioectvo Iinlchi' to' oco of' the
acctcor's novol Icac o bo rowrltocc wieoci
it "UIIH dlcCOvaccOrc tIlllt Homeacco icy caoi
dcicct or dcelg'n ]rcd ocixcid Lho ilooacd'S
1latis wllh tilc "lcivin," witll nrlartlnog
roenlt6~.
Iccd 'I'rcacioncy employed eomo cnch do.
viace Io "IIcnry Incmocid" hic mltht Ihnve
cevahloa tico roetcettccton of tho vonoornbci
I)cac oc Whhcccctor, whon wrltol cc Ion.tot
lic chonpior 'n ot, Semo In tao anlcr i l' da
conse Ihcd Iocn nnnoncoec in olnPt'r nlx1
'Whly, It It ain't mny ciln pil, Lnnm
HInrry. W'orn yetor |mot, I?[ruty'?" 'thr k
Ino IL r?nL wiv at ntdy, 1MKm.UJ" "tinrul
,whint'rt 'ml' inmlI?" 'ilinroic MnAnl, Mzoko,'i
"Yonl olnhi't l IIICIL t" itay you'vC left ol1l:
1C:n.r~ffy'?t ulfllloya/" "Ytru: ]h} nl Inn ,
mlulaln roilnmrl lin iy hiiliijn H.iat 1l0(1d1(
it lIlliTrly Irniipiiiiflol Inn muO tO rOmairi
Iharro aiy Ionificti." "1linlly? Whlnt did
ihn ilm?" . "lio ?nall. 'lCot OiOIP Olnlnry Iiti
cmlnr out.' "
"My hlibutm[ Is a porlon? ral.t"IC.' ""Al
hnuMnndo 11ro, mly d1O0r," ",l]lhlt btuOy t
101n 'lh oom01h0lne tlmht my, mntntrd:
plantunr Oro not n0 hl'Otp 00 'tliao.o l -I
10ot11o0 .,u to malol?r
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