I COME TO MY JOURNEY’S END
I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE
I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS
I GO TO THE QUEEN’S FERRY
WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN’S FERRY
I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG “COVENANT” OF DYSART
THE ROUND-HOUSE
THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD
THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE
THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER
I HEAR OF THE “RED FOX”
THE LOSS OF THE BRIG
THE ISLET
THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL
THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN
THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX
TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE
THE HOUSE OF FEAR
THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE ROCKS
THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE HEUGH OF CORRYNAKIEGH
THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE MOOR
CLUNY’S CAGE
THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER
THE QUARREL IN BALQUHIDDER
END OF THE FLIGHT: WE PASS THE FORTH
I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR
I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE
I COME INTO MY KINGDOM
GOOD-BYE
TALES AND FANTASIES
BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Decorative graphic
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1905
p. vCONTENTS
THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON
CHAP.
PAGE
I.
IN WHICH JOHN SOWS THE WIND
1
II.
IN WHICH JOHN REAPS THE WHIRLWIND
10
III.
IN WHICH JOHN ENJOYS THE HARVEST HOME
18
IV.
THE SECOND SOWING
27
V.
THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN
35
VI.
THE HOUSE AT MURRAYFIELD
45
VII.
A TRAGI-COMEDY IN A CAB
63
VIII.
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF THE UTILITY OF PASS-KEYS
78
IX.
IN WHICH MR. NICHOLSON ACCEPTS THE PRINCIPLE OF AN ALLOWANCE
95
THE BODY-SNATCHER
109
THE STORY OF A LIE
I.
INTRODUCES THE ADMIRAL
145
II.
A LETTER TO THE PAPERS
154
III.
IN THE ADMIRAL’S NAME
162
IV.
ESTHER ON THE FILIAL RELATION
172
V.
THE PRODIGAL FATHER MAKES HIS DEBUT AT HOME
178
VI.
THE PRODIGAL FATHER GOES ON FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
189
VII.
THE ELOPEMENT
204
VIII.
BATTLE ROYAL
219
IX.
IN WHICH THE LIBERAL EDITOR RE-APPEARS AS ‘DEUS EX MACHINA’
233
UNDERWOODS
BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
NINTH EDITION
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1898
p. xiiiCONTENTS
BOOK I.—In English
PAGE
I.
Envoy—Go, little book
1
II.
A Song of the Road—The gauger walked
2
III.
The Canoe Speaks—On the great streams
4
IV.
It is the season
7
V.
The House Beautiful—A naked house, a naked moor
9
VI.
A Visit from the Sea—Far from the loud sea beaches
12
VII.
To a Gardener—Friend, in my mountain-side demesne
14
VIII.
To Minnie—A picture frame for you to fill
16
IX.
To K. de M.—A lover of the moorland bare
17
X.
To N. V. de G. S.—The unfathomable sea
19
XI.
To Will. H. Low—Youth now flees
21
XII.
To Mrs. Will. H. Low—Even in the bluest noonday of July
24
XIII.
To H. F. Brown—I sit and wait
26
XIV.
To Andrew Lang—Dear Andrew
29
XV.
Et tu in Arcadia vixisti—In ancient tales, O friend
31
p. xivXVI.
To W. E. Henley—The year runs through her phases
36
XVII.
Henry James—Who comes to-night
38
XVIII.
The Mirror Speaks—Where the bells
39
XIX.
Katharine—We see you as we see a face
41
XX.
To F. J. S.—I read, dear friend
42
XXI.
Requiem—Under the wide and starry sky
43
XXII.
The Celestial Surgeon—If I have faltered
44
XXIII.
Our Lady of the Snows—Out of the sun
45
XXIV.
Not yet, my soul
50
XXV.
It is not yours, O mother, to complain
53
XXVI.
The Sick Child—O mother, lay your hand on my brow
56
XXVII.
In Memoriam F. A. S.—Yet, O stricken heart
58
XXVIII.
To my Father—Peace and her huge invasion
60
XXIX.
In the States—With half a heart
62
XXX.
A Portrait—I am a kind of farthing dip
63
XXXI.
Sing clearlier, Muse
65
XXXII.
A Camp—The bed was made
66
XXXIII.
The Country of the Camisards—We travelled in the print of olden wars
67
XXXIV.
Skerryvore—For love of lovely words
68
XXXV.
Skerryvore: The Parallel—Here all is sunny
69
XXXVI.
My house, I say
70
XXXVII.
My body which my dungeon is
71
XXXVIII.
Say not of me that weakly I declined
73
BOOK II.—In Scots
I.
The Maker to Posterity—Far ’yont amang the years to be
77
II.
Ille Terrarum—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ breeze
80
III.
When aince Aprile has fairly come
85
IV.
A Mile an’ a Bittock
87
V.
A Lowden Sabbath Morn—The clinkum-clank o’ Sabbath bells
89
VI.
The Spaewife—O, I wad like to ken
98
VII.
The Blast—1875—It’s rainin’. Weet’s the gairden sod
100
VIII.
The Counterblast—1886—My bonny man, the warld, it’s true
103
IX.
The Counterblast Ironical—It’s strange that God should fash to frame
108
X.
Their Laureate to an Academy Class Dinner Club—Dear Thamson class, whaure’er I gang
110
XI.
Embro Hie Kirk—The Lord Himsel’ in former days
114
XII.
The Scotsman’s Return from Abroad—In mony a foreign pairt I’ve been
118
XIII.
Late in the nicht
125
XIV.
My Conscience!—Of a’ the ills that flesh can fear
130
XV.
To Doctor John Brown—By Lyne and Tyne, by Thames and Tees
133
XVI.
It’s an owercome sooth for age an’ youth
138
NEW POEMS
AND VARIANT READINGS
BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1918
p. xiCONTENTS
PAGE
PRAYER
1
LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ
2
THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE
2
MY HEART, WHEN FIRST THE BLACKBIRD SINGS
3
I DREAMED OF FOREST ALLEYS FAIR
4
ST. MARTIN’S SUMMER
6
DEDICATION
7
THE OLD CHIMÆRAS, OLD RECEIPTS
8
PRELUDE
10
THE VANQUISHED KNIGHT
11
TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS
11
THE RELIC TAKEN, WHAT AVAILS THE SHRINE?
13
ABOUT THE SHELTERED GARDEN GROUND
14
AFTER READING “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA”
15
I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT
15
SPRING SONG
16
THE SUMMER SUN SHONE ROUND ME
16
YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW
17
LOVE’S VICISSITUDES
18
DUDDINGSTONE
18
STOUT MARCHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS
20
AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC
20
TO SYDNEY
21
HAD I THE POWER THAT HAVE THE WILL
23
O DULL COLD NORTHERN SKY
24
APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER
25
TO MARCUS
26
TO OTTILIE
27
THIS GLOOMY NORTHERN DAY
28
THE WIND IS WITHOUT THERE AND HOWLS IN THE TREES
29
A VALENTINE’S SONG
31
HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES
34
SWALLOWS TRAVEL TO AND FRO
36
p. xiiTO MESDAMES ZASSETSKY AND GARSCHINE
37
TO MADAME GARSCHINE
39
MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA
39
FEAR NOT, DEAR FRIEND, BUT FREELY LIVE YOUR DAYS
40
LET LOVE GO, IF GO SHE WILL
41
I DO NOT FEAR TO OWN ME KIN
42
I AM LIKE ONE THAT FOR LONG DAYS HAD SATE
44
VOLUNTARY
45
ON NOW, ALTHOUGH THE YEAR BE DONE
47
IN THE GREEN AND GALLANT SPRING
47
DEATH, TO THE DEAD FOR EVERMORE
48
TO CHARLES BAXTER
49
I WHO ALL THE WINTER THROUGH
52
LOVE, WHAT IS LOVE?
53
SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH
53
AS ONE WHO HAVING WANDERED ALL NIGHT LONG
53
STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN
55
THE WIND BLEW SHRILL AND SMART
56
MAN SAILS THE DEEP AWHILE
57
THE COCK’S CLEAR VOICE INTO THE CLEARER AIR
58
NOW WHEN THE NUMBER OF MY YEARS
59
WHAT MAN MAY LEARN, WHAT MAN MAY DO
60
SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN
61
KNOW YOU THE RIVER NEAR TO GREZ
62
IT’S FORTH ACROSS THE ROARING FOAM
63
AN ENGLISH BREEZE
65
AS IN THEIR FLIGHT THE BIRDS OF SONG
66
THE PIPER
67
TO MRS. MACMARLAND
58
TO MISS CORNISH
69
TALES OF ARABIA
71
BEHOLD, AS GOBLINS DARK OF MIEN
72
STILL I LOVE TO RHYME
73
LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE
74
FLOWER GOD, GOD OF THE SPRING
75
COME, MY BELOVED, HEAR FROM ME
76
SINCE YEARS AGO FOR EVERMORE
77
ENVOY FOR “A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES”
78
FOR RICHMOND’S GARDEN WALL
80
p. xiiiHAIL, GUEST, AND ENTER FREELY!
80
LO, NOW, MY GUEST
81
SO LIVE, SO LOVE, SO USE THAT FRAGILE HOUR
81
AD SE IPSUM
82
BEFORE THIS LITTLE GIFT WAS COME
82
GO, LITTLE BOOK—THE ANCIENT PHRASE
83
MY LOVE WAS WARM
84
DEDICATORY POEM FOR “UNDERWOODS”
85
FAREWELL
86
THE FAR-FARERS
87
COME, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, HERE ARE SONGS FOR YOU
87
HOME FROM THE DAISIED MEADOWS
88
EARLY IN THE MORNING I HEAR ON YOUR PIANO
88
FAIR ISLE AT SEA
89
LOUD AND LOW IN THE CHIMNEY
89
I LOVE TO BE WARM BY THE RED FIRESIDE
90
AT LAST SHE COMES
90
MINE EYES WERE SWIFT TO KNOW THEE
90
FIXED IS THE DOOM
91
MEN ARE HEAVEN’S PIERS
92
THE ANGLER ROSE, HE TOOK HIS ROD
93
SPRING CAROL
94
TO WHAT SHALL I COMPARE HER
95
WHEN THE SUN COMES AFTER RAIN
96
LATE, O MILLER
97
TO FRIENDS AT HOME
97
I, WHOM APOLLO SOMETIME VISITED
98
TEMPEST TOSSED AND SORE AFFLICTED
98
VARIANT FORM OF THE PRECEDING POEM
99
I NOW, O FRIEND, WHOM NOISELESSLY THE SNOWS
100
SINCE THOU HAST GIVEN ME THIS GOOD HOPE, O GOD
103
GOD GAVE TO ME A CHILD IN PART
104
OVER THE LAND IS APRIL
105
LIGHT AS THE LINNET ON MY WAY I START
106
COMIC, HERE IS ADIEU TO THE CITY
106
IT BLOWS A SNOWING GALE
107
NE SIT ANCILLÆ TIBI AMOR PUDOR
107
TO ALL THAT LOVE THE FAR AND BLUE
108
THOU STRAINEST THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN FERN
110
p. xivTO ROSABELLE
111
NOW BARE TO THE BEHOLDER’S EYE
112
THE BOUR-TREE DEN
114
SONNETS
118
FRAGMENTS
123
AIR OF DIABELLI’S
128
EPITAPHIUM EROTII
132
DE M. ANTONIO
133
AD MAGISTRUM LUDI
133
AD NEPOTEM
134
IN CHARIDEMUM
135
DE LIGURRA
135
IN LUPUM
136
AD QUINTILIANUM
137
DE HORTIS JULII MARTIALIS
137
AD MARTIALEM
139
IN MAXIMUM
139
AD OLUM
140
DE CŒNATIONE MICÆ
140
DE EROTIO PUELLA
141
AD PISCATOREM
141
THE
SILVERADO SQUATTERS
BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY JOSEPH D. STRONG
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1906
CONTENTS
In the Valley:
I.
Calistoga
13
II.
The Petrified Forest
24
III.
Napa Wine
34
IV.
The Scot Abroad
48
With the Children of Israel:
I.
To Introduce Mr. Kelmar
59
II.
First Impressions of Silverado
68
III.
The Return
92
The Act of Squatting
103
The Hunter’s Family
127
The Sea Fogs
153
The Toll House
171
A Starry Drive
185
Episodes in the Story of a Mine
197
Toils And Pleasures
223
AN INLAND VOYAGE
BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
A NEW EDITION
WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY WALTER CRANE
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1904
‘Thus sang they in the English boat.’
Marvell.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Antwerp to Boom
1
On the Willebroek Canal
8
The Royal Sport Nautique
16
At Maubeuge
25
On the Sambre Canalised: to Quartes
33
Pont-sur-Sambre:
We are Pedlars
42
The Travelling Merchant
51
On the Sambre Canalised: to Landrecies
59
At Landrecies
67
Sambre and Oise Canal: Canal boats
75
The Oise in Flood
83
Origny Sainte-Benoîte
A By-day
95
The Company at Table
105
Down the Oise: to Moy
116
La Fère of Cursed Memory
124
Down the Oise: Through the Golden Valley
133
Noyon Cathedral
137
Down the Oise: to Compiègne
145
Changed Times
157
Down the Oise: Church interiors
167
Précy and the Marionnettes
177
Back to the world
194
ESSAYS OF TRAVEL
by
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1905
second impression
Contents
page
I.
The Amateur Emigrant: From The Clyde To Sandy Hook—
The Second Cabin
3
Early Impressions
11
Steerage Scenes
21
Steerage Types
30
The Sick Man
42
The Stowaways
53
Personal Experience And Review
69
New York
81
II.
Cockermouth And Keswick
93
Cockermouth
94
An Evangelist
97
Another
100
Last Of Smethurst
102
III.
An Autumn Effect
106
IV.
A Winter’s Walk In Carrick And Galloway
131
V.
Forest Notes—
On The Plains
144
In The Season
149
Idle Hours
153
A Pleasure-Party
157
The Woods In Spring
164
Morality
169
VI.
A Mountain Town In France
175
VII.
Random Memories: Rosa Quo Locorum
189
VII.
The Ideal House
199
IX.
Davos In Winter
207
X.
Health And Mountains
212
XI.
Alpine Diversion
217
XII.
The Stimulation Of The Alps
222
XIII.
Roads
227
XIV.
On The Enjoyment Of Unpleasant Places
237
MORE NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS
THE DYNAMITER
by
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
and
FANNY VAN de GRIFT STEVENSON
new impression
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 paternoster row, london
new york and bombay
1903
THE DYNAMITER
page
Prologue of the Cigar Divan
1
Challoner’s Adventure:
The Squire of Dames
13
Story of the Destroying Angel
27
The Squire of Dames (continued)
76
Summerset’s Adventure:
The Superfluous Mansion
100
Narrative of the Spirited Old Lady
108
The Superfluous Mansion (continued)
145
Zero’s Tale of the Explosive Bomb
195
Desborough’s Adventure:
The Brown Box
209
Story of the Fair Cuban
219
The Brown Box (continued)
269
The Superfluous Mansion (continued)
286
Epilogue of the Cigar Divan
299
NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS
BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1920
CONTENTS
THE SUICIDE CLUB:
PAGE
Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts
1
Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk
35
The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs
65
THE RAJAH’S DIAMOND:
Story of the Bandbox
88
Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders
116
Story of the House with the Green Blinds
133
The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective
168
THE PAVILION ON THE LINKS:
CHAP.
I.
Tells how I Camped in Graden Sea-wood, and beheld a Light in the Pavilion
171
II.
Tells of the Nocturnal Landing from the Yacht
184
III.
Tells how I became acquainted with my Wife
191
IV.
Tells in what a startling manner I learned that I was not alone in Graden Sea-wood
200
V.
Tells of an Interview between Northmour, Clara, and Myself
209
VI.
Tells of my Introduction to the Tall Man
215
VII.
Tells how a Word was Cried through the Pavilion Window
221
VIII.
Tells the Last of the Tall Man
228
IX.
Tells how Northmour carried out his Threat
235
A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT
242
THE SIRE DE MALÊTROIT’S DOOR
267
PROVIDENCE AND THE GUITAR
292
THE WRECKER
by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE.
IN THE MARQUESAS.
THE YARN.
CHAPTER I A SOUND COMMERCIAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER II ROUSSILLON WINE
CHAPTER III TO INTRODUCE MR. PINKERTON
CHAPTER IV IN WHICH I EXPERIENCE EXTREMES OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER V IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS
CHAPTER VI IN WHICH I GO WEST
CHAPTER VII IRONS IN THE FIRE
CHAPTER VIII FACES ON THE CITY FRONT
CHAPTER IX THE WRECK OF THE “FLYING SCUD.
CHAPTER X IN WHICH THE CREW VANISH
CHAPTER XI IN WHICH JIM AND I TAKE DIFFERENT WAYS
CHAPTER XII THE “NORAH CREINA.
CHAPTER XIII THE ISLAND AND THE WRECK
CHAPTER XIV THE CABIN OF THE “FLYING SCUD"
CHAPTER XV THE CARGO OF THE “FLYING SCUD"
CHAPTER XVI IN WHICH I TURN SMUGGLER, AND THE CAPTAIN CASUIS
CHAPTER XVII LIGHT FROM THE MAN OF WAR
CHAPTER XVIII CROSS-QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS
CHAPTER XIX TRAVELS WITH A SHYSTER
CHAPTER XX STALLBRIDGE-LE-CARTHEW
CHAPTER XXI FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XXII THE REMITTANCE MAN
CHAPTER XXIII THE BUDGET OF THE “CURRENCY LASS"
CHAPTER XXIV A HARD BARGAIN
CHAPTER XXV A BAD BARGAIN
EPILOGUE
THE WRONG BOX
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
and
LLOYD OSBOURNE
Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. In Which Morris Suspects
CHAPTER II. In Which Morris takes Action
CHAPTER III. The Lecturer at Large
CHAPTER IV. The Magistrate in the Luggage Van
CHAPTER V. Mr Gideon Forsyth and the Gigantic Box
CHAPTER VI. The Tribulations of Morris: Part the First
CHAPTER VII. In Which William Dent Pitman takes Legal Advice
CHAPTER VIII. In Which Michael Finsbury Enjoys a Holiday
CHAPTER IX. Glorious Conclusion of Michael Finsbury’s Holiday
CHAPTER X. Gideon Forsyth and the Broadwood Grand
CHAPTER XI. The Maestro Jimson
CHAPTER XII. Positively the Last Appearance of the Broadwood Grand
CHAPTER XIII. The Tribulations of Morris: Part the Second
CHAPTER XIV. William Bent Pitman Hears of Something to his Advantage
CHAPTER XV. The Return of the Great Vance
CHAPTER XVI. Final Adjustment of the Leather Business
THE EBB-TIDE
A TRIO AND QUARTETTE
By Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyde Osbourne
'There is a tide in the affairs of men.'
Contents
Chapter 1. NIGHT ON THE BEACH
Chapter 2. MORNING ON THE BEACH—THE THREE LETTERS
Chapter 3. THE OLD CALABOOSE—DESTINY AT THE DOOR
Chapter 4. THE YELLOW FLAG
Chapter 5. THE CARGO OF CHAMPAGNE
Chapter 6. THE PARTNERS
Chapter 7. THE PEARL-FISHER
Chapter 8. BETTER ACQUAINTANCE
Chapter 9. THE DINNER PARTY
Chapter 10. THE OPEN DOOR
Chapter 11. DAVID AND GOLIATH
Chapter 12. TAIL-PIECE
DAVID BALFOUR
Being Memoirs of his Adventures at home and Abroad
THE SECOND PART: In which are set forth his Misfortunes anent the APPIN Murder; his Troubles with Lord Advocate GRANT; Captivity on the Bass Rock; Journey into Holland and France; and Singular Relations with JAMES MORE DRUMMOND or MACGREGOR, a Son of the notorious ROB ROY, and his Daughter CATRIONA
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
AND NOW SET FORTH BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1905
COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
VI. UMQHILE THE MASTER OF LOVAT
VII. I MAKE A FAULT IN HONOUR
VIII. THE BRAVO
IX. THE HEATHER ON FIRE
X. THE RED-HEADED MAN
XI. THE WOOD BY SILVERMILLS
XII. ON THE MARCH AGAIN WITH ALAN
XIII. GILLANE SANDS
XIV. THE BASS
XV. BLACK ANDIE'S TALE OF TOD LAPRAIK
XVI. THE MISSING WITNESS
XVII. THE MEMORIAL
XVIII. THE TEE'D BALL
XIX. I AM MUCH IN THE HANDS OF THE LADIES
XX. I CONTINUE TO MOVE IN GOOD SOCIETY
Part II
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
XXI. THE VOYAGE INTO HOLLAND
XXII. HELVOETSLUYS
XXIII. TRAVELS IN HOLLAND
XXIV. FULL STORY OF A COPY OF HEINECCIUS
XXV. THE RETURN OF JAMES MORE
XXVI. THE THREESOME
XXVII. A TWOSOME
XXVIII. IN WHICH I AM LEFT ALONE
XXIX. WE MEET IN DUNKIRK
XXX. THE LETTER FROM THE SHIP
XXXI. CONCLUSION
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"SHE DROPPED ME ONE OF HER CURTSEYS, WHICH WERE EXTRAORDINARY TAKING"
"'WHAT DID THEY SUFFER FOR?' I ASKED?"
"'TIT YOU EFFER HEAR WHERE ALAN GRIGOR FAND THE TANGS,' SAID HE"
"'THE GOODMAN BROUGHT ME MY MEAT AND A DROP BRANDY, AND A CANDLE-DOWP TO EAT IT BY, ABOUT ELEEVEN,' SAID HE"
"'THERE HE SAT, A MUCKLE FAT, WHITE HASH OF A MAN LIKE CREISH'"
"'THERE IS NOTHING HERE TO BE VIEWED BUT NAKED CAMPBELL SPITE AND SCURVY CAMPBELL INTRIGUE'"
"UP SHE STOOD ON THE BULWARKS AND HELD BY A STAY"
"'YOU TELL ME SHE IS HERE?' SAID HE AGAIN"
"'KEEP BACK, DAVIE! ARE YE DAFT?'"
A CHILD'S
GARDEN
of VERSES
By
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSoN
ILLUSTRATED BY
MYRTLE SHELDON
M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
CHICAGO
Copyright 1916
By
M. A. DONOHUE
AND
COMPANY
CONTENTS
PAGE
Bed in Summer 10
Young Night Thought 11
Pirate Story 12-13
Farewell to the Farm 14-15
The Land of Counterpane 16
Fairy Bread 17
Escape at Bedtime 18-19
A Good Play 20
Marching Song 21
Where Go the Boats 22-23
The Hayloft 24
Auntie's Skirts 25
The Moon 26
The Cow 27
Foreign Lands 28-29
System 30
At the Seaside 31
Happy Thought 32
The Land of Nod 33
Windy Nights 34-35
Time to Rise 36
Rain 37
Foreign Children 38
Looking Forward 39
My Shadow 40-42
The Sun's Travels 43
Looking-Glass River 44-45
The Lamplighter 46-47
Singing 48
Travel 49-51
My Bed is a Boat 52-53
Keepsake Mill 54-55
The Unseen Playmate 56-57
My Ship and I 58-59
The Wind 60-61
A Good Boy 62-63
Good and Bad Children 64-65
Picture-Books in Winter 66-67
The Swing 68-69
A Thought 70
Armies in the Fire 71
My Kingdom 72-73
Shadow March 74-75
Winter-Time 76-77
The Little Land 78-81
In Port 82-83
Night and Day 84-86
Nest Eggs 87-88
The Flowers 89
From a Railway Carriage 90
My Treasures 91-92
Block City 93-94
The Gardener 95-96
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
ROBERT LOVIS STEVENSON
WITH ILLVSTRATIONS BY
JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK
MCMV
CONTENTS
TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM vii
BED IN SUMMER 3
A THOUGHT 4
AT THE SEA-SIDE 5
YOUNG NIGHT-THOUGHT 6
WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN 7
RAIN 7
PIRATE STORY 8
FOREIGN LANDS 9
WINDY NIGHTS 10
TRAVEL 11
SINGING 13
LOOKING FORWARD 14
A GOOD PLAY 15
WHERE GO THE BOATS? 16
AUNTIE'S SKIRTS 17
THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE 18
THE LAND OF NOD 19
MY SHADOW 20
SYSTEM 22
A GOOD BOY 23
ESCAPE AT BEDTIME 24
MARCHING SONG 25
[Pg xii]
THE COW 26
HAPPY THOUGHT 27
THE WIND 28
KEEPSAKE MILL 29
GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN 31
FOREIGN CHILDREN 33
THE SUN TRAVELS 35
THE LAMPLIGHTER 36
MY BED IS A BOAT 37
THE MOON 39
THE SWING 40
TIME TO RISE 41
LOOKING-GLASS RIVER 42
FAIRY BREAD 44
FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE 45
WINTER-TIME 46
THE HAYLOFT 47
FAREWELL TO THE FARM 49
NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 50
1. Good-Night 50
2. Shadow March 51
3. In Port 52
THE CHILD ALONE
THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE 57
MY SHIP AND I 59
MY KINGDOM 61
[Pg xiii]
PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER 63
MY TREASURES 65
BLOCK CITY 67
THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS 69
ARMIES IN THE FIRE 71
THE LITTLE LAND 73
GARDEN DAYS
NIGHT AND DAY 79
NEST EGGS 82
THE FLOWERS 84
SUMMER SUN 86
THE DUMB SOLDIER 87
AUTUMN FIRES 89
THE GARDENER 90
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 92
ENVOYS
TO WILLIE AND HENRIETTA 97
TO MY MOTHER 98
TO AUNTIE 99
TO MINNIE 100
TO MY NAME-CHILD 103
TO ANY READER 105
[Pg xv]
ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR
BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH
FACING PAGE
Bed in Summer 4
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
Foreign Lands 10
I held the trunk with both my hands
And looked abroad on foreign lands.
The Land of Counterpane 18
I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow-hill,
My Shadow 20
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!
Foreign Children 34
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,
Little frosty Eskimo,
Little Turk or Japanee,
Oh! don't you wish that you were me?
Looking-glass River 42
We can see our coloured faces
Floating on the shaken pool
[Pg xvi]
The Hayloft 48
Oh, what a joy to clamber there,
Oh, what a place for play,
With the sweet, the dim, the dusty air,
The happy hills of hay!
North-west Passage 50
And face with an undaunted tread
The long black passage up to bed.
Picture-books in Winter 64
Water now is turned to stone
Nurse and I can walk upon;
Still we find the flowing brooks
In the picture story-books.
The Little Land 74
I have just to shut my eyes
To go sailing through the skies—
To go sailing far away
To the pleasant Land of Play;
The Flowers 84
All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.
To Auntie 100
What did the other children do?
And what were childhood, wanting you?
A CHILD'S
GARDEN OF
VERSES
BY ROBERT LOVIS
STEVENSON
ILLVSTRATED—BY
CHARLES
ROBINSON.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S
SONS
LONDON:
IOHN LANE.
1895
Copyright 1895, by Charles Scribner's Sons
CONTENTS
Bed in Summer Page 3
A Thought 5
At the Seaside 6
Young Night Thought 7
Whole Duty of Children 9
Rain 10
Pirate Story 11
Foreign Lands 13
Windy Nights 15
Travel 17
Singing 20
Looking Forward 21
A Good Play 22
Where Go the Boats? 24
[Pg xii]
Auntie's Skirts Page 26
The Land of Counterpane 27
The Land of Nod 29
My Shadow 32
System 34
A Good Boy 36
Escape at Bedtime 38
Marching Song 40
The Cow 42
Happy Thought 44
The Wind 45
Keepsake Mill 47
Good and Bad Children 49
Foreign Children 51
The Sun's Travels 53
The Lamplighter 55
My Bed is a Boat 57
The Moon 59
The Swing 62
Time to Rise 64
Looking-Glass River 65
Fairy Bread 67
From a Railway Carriage 68
Winter-Time 70
The Hayloft 72
Farewell to the Farm 74
[Pg xiii]
North-West Passage
1. Good Night Page 76
2. Shadow March 77
3. In Port 78
THE CHILD ALONE
The Unseen Playmate 81
My Ship and I 83
My Kingdom 85
Picture Books in Winter 87
My Treasures 89
Block City 91
The Land of Story-Books 93
Armies in the Fire 95
The Little Land 97
[Pg xiv]
GARDEN DAYS
Night and Day Page 103
Nest Eggs 107
The Flowers 110
Summer Sun 112
The Dumb Soldier 114
Autumn Fires 117
The Gardener 119
Historical Associations 121
ENVOYS
To Willie and Henrietta 125
To my Mother 127
To Auntie 128
To Minnie 129
To my Name-Child 133
To any Reader 136
A CHILD'S
GARDEN
of VERSES
Copyright, 1900, by
Robert Howard Russell
Copyright, 1902, by
Rand McNally & Company
All rights reserved
Edition of 1928
PAGE
By Way of Introduction 5
To Alison Cunningham 8
Bed in Summer 13
Young Night Thought 15
Rain 16
My Shadow 17
Time To Rise 20
At the Seaside 21
Windy Nights 22
Pirate Story 24
Whole Duty of Children 27
Foreign Lands 28
System 30
A Good Play 32
The Land of Counterpane 33
A Good Boy 34
Looking Forward 36
The Swing 37
Good and Bad Children 38
Marching Song 40
Travel 42
Where Go the Boats? 46
Escape at Bedtime 48
[Pg 10]
From a Railway Carriage 50
The Wind 52
Auntie's Skirts 54
Happy Thought 55
The Cow 56
My Bed Is a Boat 58
The Land of Nod 60
Fairy Bread 61
Keepsake Mill 62
Winter-time 64
Looking-glass River 66
The Sun's Travels 69
The Lamplighter 70
Foreign Children 73
The Moon 74
The Hayloft 77
Farewell To the Farm 78
A Thought 80
Singing 81
North-west Passage
I. Good-night 82
II. Shadow March 84
III. In Port 86
To My Mother 88
Guide To Pronunciation 89
A Word List 90
TREASURE ISLAND
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrated by
Milo Winter
CONTENTS
PAGE
To the Hesitating Purchaser viii
List of Color Plates ix
Dedication x
PART I
The Old Buccaneer
CHAPTER
I. At the "Admiral Benbow" 3
II. Black Dog Appears and Disappears 11
III. The Black Spot 19
IV. The Sea-Chest 26
V. The Last of the Blind Man 33
VI. The Captain's Papers 40
PART II
The Sea-Cook
VII. I Go to Bristol 49
VIII. At the Sign of the "Spy-Glass" 55
IX. Powder and Arms 62
X. The Voyage 69
XI. What I Heard in the Apple Barrel 76
XII. Council of War 83
PART III[vi]
My Shore Adventure
XIII. How My Shore Adventure Began 93
XIV. The First Blow 99
XV. The Man of the Island 106
PART IV
The Stockade
XVI. Narrative Continued by the Doctor—How the Ship was Abandoned 117
XVII. Narrative Continued by the Doctor—The Jolly-Boat's Last Trip 123
XVIII. Narrative Continued by the Doctor—End of the First Day's Fighting 129
XIX. Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins—The Garrison in the Stockade 135
XX. Silver's Embassy 142
XXI. The Attack 149
PART V
My Sea Adventure
XXII. How My Sea Adventure Began 159
XXIII. The Ebb-Tide Runs 166
XXIV. The Cruise of the Coracle 172
XXV. I Strike the Jolly Roger 179
XXVI. Israel Hands 185
XXVII. "Pieces of Eight" 195
PART VI[vii]
Captain Silver
XXVIII. In the Enemy's Camp 205
XXIX. The Black Spot Again 214
XXX. On Parole 222
XXXI. The Treasure-Hunt—Flint's Pointer 230
XXXII. The Treasure-Hunt—The Voice among the Trees 238
XXXIII. The Fall of a Chieftain 245
XXXIV. And Last 252
THE BLACK ARROW
A TALE OF THE TWO ROSES
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
ILLUSTRATED BY N. C. WYETH
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
MCMXXXIII
Copyright, 1916, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
CONTENTS
Prologue
John Amend-all 3
Book I
THE TWO LADS
At the Sign of the Sun in Kettley 25
In the Fen 36
The Fen Ferry 44
A Greenwood Company 54
“Bloody as the Hunter” 64
To the Day’s End 75
The Hooded Face 84
Book II
THE MOAT HOUSE
Dick Asks Questions 97
The Two Oaths 108
The Room Over the Chapel 118
The Passage 127
How Dick Changed Sides 133
Book III
MY LORD FOXHAM
[viii]
The House by the Shore 147
A Skirmish in the Dark 156
St. Bride’s Cross 164
The “Good Hope” 169
The “Good Hope” (Continued) 180
The “Good Hope” (Concluded) 188
Book IV
THE DISGUISE
The Den 197
“In Mine Enemies’ House” 206
The Dead Spy 218
In the Abbey Church 228
Earl Risingham 240
Arblaster Again 245
Book V
CROOKBACK
The Shrill Trumpet 261
The Battle of Shoreby 270
The Battle of Shoreby (Concluded) 279
The Sack of Shoreby 285
Night in the Woods: Alicia Risingham 298
Night in the Woods (Concluded): Dick and Joan 308
Dick’s Revenge 320
Conclusion 325
[ix]
ILLUSTRATIONS
facing
page
“Now, mark me, mine host,” Sir Daniel said, “follow but mine
orders and I shall be your good lord ever” 26
In the fork, like a mastheaded seaman, there stood a man in a
green tabard, spying far and wide 56
Lastly, a little before dawn, a spearman had come staggering to
the moat side, pierced by arrows 98
“We must be in the dungeons,” Dick remarked 128
The little cockle dipped into the swell and staggered under every
gust of wind 174
And Lawless, keeping half a step in front of his companion and
holding his head forward like a hunting-dog upon the scent,
... studied out their path 198
First came the bride, a sorry sight, as pale as the winter, clinging
to Sir Daniel’s arm 234
There were seven or eight assailants, and but one to keep head
against them 262
“But be at rest; the Black Arrow flieth nevermore” 324
Contents.
List of Illustrations
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(etext transcriber's note)
KIDNAPPED
BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID
BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751
HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND CAST AWAY; HIS SUFFERINGS IN A
DESERT ISLE; HIS JOURNEY IN THE WILD HIGHLANDS; HIS AC-
QUAINTANCE WITH ALAN BRECK STEWART AND OTHER NOTORIOUS
HIGHLAND JACOBITES; WITH ALL THAT HE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS
OF HIS UNCLE, EBENEZER BALFOUR OF SHAWS, FALSELY SO CALLED
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
AND NOW SET FORTH BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Copyright, 1905, 1913, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. I Set off upon My Journey to the House of Shaws 3
II. I Come to My Journey’s End 9
III. I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle 16
IV. I Run a Great Danger in the House of Shaws 26
V. I Go to the Queen’s Ferry 37
VI. What Befell at the Queen’s Ferry 46
VII. I Go to Sea in the Brig “Covenant†of Dysart 53
VIII. The Round-House 63
IX. The Man with the Belt of Gold 70
X. The Siege of the Round-House 82
XI. The Captain Knuckles Under 91
XII. I Hear of the “Red Fox†97
XIII. The Loss of the Brig 108
XIV. The Islet 116
XV. The Lad with the Silver Button: Through the Isle of Mull 128
XVI. The Lad with the Silver Button: Across Morven 139
XVII. The Death of the Red Fox 149
XVIII. I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore 157
XIX. The House of Fear 168
XX. The Flight in the Heather: the Rocks 177
XXI. The Flight in the Heather: the Heugh of Corrynakiegh 188
XXII. The Flight in the Heather: the Moor 198
XXIII. Cluny’s Cage 208
XXIV. The Flight in the Heather: the Quarrel 219
XXV. In Balquhidder 232
XXVI. End of the Flight: We Pass the Forth 241
XXVII. I Come to Mr. Rankeillor 255
XXVIII. I Go in Quest of My Inheritance 266
XXIX. I Come into My Kingdom{xi} 276
XXX. Good-Bye 285
ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING
PAGE
Mr. Balfour, of the House of Shaws 18
What he was, whether by trade or birth, was more than I could fathom
At Queen’s Ferry 48
And the spirit of all that I beheld put me in thoughts of far voyages and foreign places
The Siege of the Round-House 84
It came all of a sudden when it did, with a rush of feet and a roar, and then a shout from Alan
The Wreck of the “Covenant†112
It was the spare yard I had got hold of, and I was amazed to see how far I had travelled from the brig
On the Island of Earraid 122
But the second day passed; and as long as the light lasted I kept a bright look-out for boats on the sound or men passing on the Boss
The Murderer of Roy Campbell of Glenure 154
At that the murderer gave a little, quick look over his shoulder, and began to run
At the Cards in Cluny’s Cage 214
But Alan and Cluny were most of the time at the cards
Two Pipers in Balquhidder 238
All night long the brose was going and the pipes changing hands
The Parting 286
For we both knew without a word said that we had come to where our ways parted
Map 3
Sketch of the Cruise of the Brig Covenant and the probable course of David Balfour’s Wanderings