At last - a complete new edition of the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. During his lifetime Stevenson published A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Penny Whistles, Underwoods (1887) and Ballads (1890). There were also various private press adventures in poetry with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, and the posthumous Songs of Travel (1895), and New Poems (1918). This new edition contains these collections and also some of Stevenson's printed and manuscript poems that have never been published in any collection. The edition also identifies and restores various poems assembled by Stevenson in his...

In 1899 a chartered yacht, the Casco, brought to Honolulu Robert Louis Stevenson and his family. The writer was then already at the height of his popularity in Europe and the United States. He spent the next six months and another, shorter period in 1893 in the Hawaiian Islands, participating in the life of the royal crowd and enjoying the best health of a lifetime plagued with illness. Travels in Hawaii brings together many of the diverse works from a romantic interlude in the career of this famous writer.

This volume contains a collection of essays and memoirs by Robert Louis Stevenson, including "Across the Plains" (1892). "Across the Plains" forms the middle section of Stevenson's three-part travel memoir, that begins with "The Amateur Emigrant" and ends with "The Silverado Squatters." The other essays of this collection include: Across the Plains, The Old Pacific Capital, Fontainebleau, Epilogue to an Inland Voyage, Random Memories, The Lantern-Bearers, A Chapter on Dreams, Beggars, Letters to a Young Gentleman, and more. This book is highly recommended for fans of Stevenson s work, and it...

"Kidnapped" is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is a historical fiction adventure piece, written as a 'boys novel' and based around nineteenth century Scottish events. These most prominently include the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising in 1752. A large majority of the characters are based on real people, and the contemporary political landscape is explored from various authentic viewpoints. This interesting and insightful volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in Scottish history, and is not to be missed by fans of Stevenson s work. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 -...

This volume contains Robert Louis Stevenson s "Familiar Studies of Men and Books," being a fascinating exploration of the life and work of a number of seminal authors from across the globe. It contains a wealth of interesting historical and biographical information, and is highly recommended for those with a keen interest in the written word. The chapters of this volume include: Victor Hugo s Romances, Some Aspects of Robert Burns, Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau: His Characters and Opinions, Yoshida-Tyorajiro, Francois Villon, Student, Poet, and House-breaker, etcetera. Robert Louis...

The Wrong Box is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's strangest works. Written with his stepson Lloyd Osborne, it is a masterpiece of black comedy, turning on mistaken identity, the disappearance of a corpse, and several makeshift coffins. V. S. Pritchett described it as "a farce that slips down the throat with the nicety of an oyster," and, according to E. F. Benson, it is "perhaps the most superb extravaganza in the language." In this intriguing work, the Finsbury family has long been involved in a Tontine - a scheme in which subscribers invest money in a fund which them falls to the last...

From the creator of Treasure Island and Kidnapped, and written while he lived in Samoa, this was the author's last title. Stevenson had written all but the very conclusion of this work at the time of his death. His stepdaughter had been serving as his secretary and was in possession of an outline for the ending. In order to conclude the story the publisher enlisted the talents of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch who supplied the last few chapters.

CONTENTS On Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature The Morality of the Profession of Letters Books Which Have Influenced Me A Note On Realism My First Book: "Treasure Island" The Genesis of "The Master of Ballantrae" Preface to "The Master of Ballantrae"