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FAMOUS SCOTS SERIES The following Volumes are now ready: THOMAS CARLYLE. By HECTOR C. MACPHERSON. ALLAN RAMSAY. By OLIPHANT SMEATON. HUGH MILLER. By W. KEITH LEASK. JOHN KNOX. By A. TAYLOR INNES. ROBERT BURNS. By GABRIEL SETOUN. THE BALLADISTS. By JOHN GEDDIE. RICHARD CAMERON. By Professor HERKLESS. SIR JAMES Y. SIMPSON. By EVE BLANTYRE SIMPSON. THOMAS CHALMERS. By Professor W. GARDEN BLAIKIE. JAMES BOSWELL. By W. KEITH LEASK. TOBIAS SMOLLETT. By OLIPHANT SMEATON. FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. By G. W. T. OMOND. THE BLACKWOOD GROUP. By Sir GEORGE DOUGLAS. NORMAN MACLEOD. By JOHN WELLWOOD. SIR WALTER SCOTT. By Professor SAINTSBURY. KIRKCALDY OF GRANGE. By LOUIS A. BARBÉ. ROBERT FERGUSSON. By A. B. GROSART. JAMES THOMSON. By WILLIAM BAYNE. MUNGO PARK. By T. BANKS MACLACHLAN. DAVID HUME. By Professor CALDERWOOD. WILLIAM DUNBAR. By OLIPHANT SMEATON. SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. By Professor MURISON. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. By MARGARET MOYES BLACK. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON BY MARGARET MOYES BLACK FAMOUS SCOTS SERIES PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK PREFACE AND DEDICATION In so small a volume it would be somewhat hopeless to attempt an exhaustive notice of R. L. Stevenson, nor would it be desirable. The only possible full biography of him will be the Life in preparation by his intimate friend Mr Sydney Colvin, and for it his friends and his public look eagerly. This little book is only a reminiscence and an appreciation by one who, in the old days between 1869 and 1880, knew him and his home circle well. My earlier and later knowledge has been derived from his mother and those other members of his mother's family with whom it was a pleasure to talk of him, and to exchange news of his sayings and doings. In the actual writing of this volume, I have received most kind help for which I return grateful thanks to the givers. For the verification of dates and a few other particulars I am indebted to Mr Colvin's able article in the Dictionary of National Biography . It is dedicated, in the first instance, to the memory of Mr and Mrs Thomas Stevenson and their son, and, in the second, to all the dearly prized friends of the Balfour connection who have either, like the household at 17 Heriot Row, passed into the 'Silent Land,' or who are still here to gladden life with their friendship. MARGARET MOYES BLACK. August 1898. CONTENTS CHAPTER I Page HEREDITY AND ANTECEDENTS 9 CHAPTER II CHILDHOOD 22 CHAPTER III BOYHOOD AND COLLEGE DAYS 33 CHAPTER IV AS I FIRST KNEW HIM 45 CHAPTER V HIS HOME LIFE 57 CHAPTER VI HIS CHOICE OF A LITERARY LIFE AND HIS EARLY BOOKS 70 CHAPTER VII WANDERINGS IN SEARCH OF HEALTH 83 CHAPTER VIII HIS MARRIAGE AND FRIENDSHIPS 92 CHAPTER IX HIS ESSAYS AND VERSES 101 CHAPTER X HIS STORIES 117 CHAPTER XI HIS LIFE IN SAMOA 131 CHAPTER XII HIS DEATH 141 CHAPTER XIII HIS LIFE WORK 150 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON CHAPTER I HEREDITY AND ANTECEDENTS 'These are thy works, O father, these thy crown, Whether on high the air be pure they shine Along the yellowing sunset, and all night Among the unnumbered stars of God they shine. Or whether fogs arise, and far and wide The low sea level drown each finds a tongue, And all night long the tolling bell resounds... Continue reading book >>
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