The poem, signed and dated 16-20/12/75, is an early version of 'Apparition', first published as number XXV of 'In Hospital' in ‘A book of verses’ (London, 1888). It is discussed in the review by Henley in the ‘Pall Mall magazine’, December 1901, of Graham Balfour's ‘Life of Robert Louis Stevenson’ (London, 1901). The letters include four to Marriott Watson, 1891-1892, concerning the 'National Observer', and one to Lord Curzon, 1898, congratulating him on his appointment as viceroy of India.