R. L. Stevenson

by Frank Swinnerton

BIBLIOGRAPHY

(The dates within brackets are those of composition or of first periodical publication.)

The Pentland Rising, 1866.

A New Form of Intermittent Light, 1871.

The Thermal Influence of Forests, 1873.

An Appeal to the Clergy of the Church of Scotland, 1875.

An Inland Voyage, 1878.

Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, 1879.

Travels with a Donkey, 1879.

Virginibus Puerisque, 1881.

Virginibus Puerisque: four parts (1876-1879); Crabbed Age and Youth (1878); An Apology for Idlers (1877); Ordered South (1874); Æs Triplex (1878); El Dorado (1878); The English Admirals (1878); Some Portraits by Raeburn; Child’s Play (1878); Walking Tours (1876); Pan’s Pipes (1878); A Plea for Gas Lamps (1878).

Familiar Studies of Men and Books, 1882.

Victor Hugo’s Romances (1874); Some Aspects of Robert Burns (1879); Walt Whitman (1878); Henry David Thoreau (1880); Yoshida Torajiro (1880); François Villon (1877); Charles of Orleans (1876); Samuel Pepys (1881); John Knox, and his Relations to Women (1875).

New Arabian Nights, 1882.

The Suicide Club and the Rajah’s Diamond (1878); The Pavilion on the Links (1880); A Lodging for the Night (1877); The Sire de Malétroit’s Door (1878); Providence and the Guitar (1878).

The Silverado Squatters, 1883.

Treasure Island, 1883.

Prince Otto, 1885.

A Child’s Garden of Verses, 1885.

The Dynamiter, 1885.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1886.

Kidnapped, 1886.

The Merry Men, 1887.

The Merry Men (1882); Will o’ the Mill (1878); Markheim (1885); Thrawn Janet (1881); Olalla (1885); The Treasure of Franchard (1883).

Memories and Portraits, 1887.

The Foreigner at Home (1882); Some College Memories (1886); Old Mortality (1884); A College Magazine; An Old Scotch Gardener (1871); Pastoral (1887); The Manse (1887); Memoirs of an Islet; Thomas Stevenson (1887); Talk and Talkers (1882); The Character of Dogs (1883); “A Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured” (1884); A Gossip on A Novel of Dumas’s; A Gossip on Romance (1882); A Humble Remonstrance (1884).

Underwoods, 1887.

Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (in “Papers Literary, Scientific, etc.,” by Fleeming Jenkin), 1887.

The Black Arrow, 1888.

The Master of Ballantrae, 1889.

The Wrong Box, 1889.

Father Damien, 1890.

Ballads, 1890.

Across the Plains, 1892.

Across the Plains (1883); The Old Pacific Capital (1880); Fontainebleau (1884); Epilogue to “An Inland Voyage” (1888); The Coast of Fife (1888); The Education of an Engineer (1888); The Lantern-Bearers (1888); A Chapter on Dreams (1888); Beggars (1888); Letter to a Young Gentleman (1888); Pulvis et Umbra (1888); A Christmas Sermon (1888).

The Wrecker, 1892.

A Footnote to History, 1892.

Three Plays, 1892.

Deacon Brodie (1880); Beau Austin (1884); Admiral Guinea (1884).

Island Nights Entertainments, 1893.

The Beach of Falesá (1892); The Bottle Imp (1891); The Isle of Voices (1893).

Catriona, 1893.

The Ebb Tide, 1894.

Vailima Letters, 1895.

[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and] Fables, 1896.

Weir of Hermiston, 1896.

Songs of Travel, 1896.

A Mountain Town in France, 1896.

Four Plays, 1896.

Deacon Brodie; Beau Austin; Admiral Guinea; Macaire (1885).

St. Ives, 1898.

Letters to His Family and Friends, 1899.

In the South Seas, 1900.

The Pocket R. L. S. (containing “Prayers”), 1902.

Essays in the Art of Writing, 1905.

On Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature (1885); The Morality of the Profession of Letters (1881); Books which have Influenced Me (1887); A Note on Realism (1883); My First Book: Treasure Island (1894); The Genesis of “The Master of Ballantrae” (1890); Preface to “The Master of Ballantrae” (1889).

Tales and Fantasies, 1905.

The Misadventures of John Nicholson (1887); The Body-Snatcher (1884); The Story of a Lie (1879).

Essays of Travel, 1905.

The Amateur Emigrant (1879); Cockermouth and Keswick (1871); An Autumn Effect (1875); A Winter’s Walk (1876); Forest Notes (1875-6); A Mountain Town in France (1879); Rosa quo Locorum (1890); The Ideal House; Davos in Winter (1881); Health and Mountains (1881); Alpine Diversions (1881); The Stimulation of the Alps (1881); Roads (1873); On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places (1874).

Poems, 1906.

Underwoods; Ballads; Songs of Travel.

Lay Morals and Other Papers, 1911.

Lay Morals (1879); Father Damien (1890); The Pentland Rising (1866); The Day after To-morrow (1887); [College Papers] Edinburgh Students in 1824 (1871); The Modern Student considered generally (1871); Debating Societies (1871); The Philosophy of Umbrellas (1871); The Philosophy of Nomenclature (1871); [Criticisms] Lord Lytton’s “Fables in Song” (1874); Salvini’s Macbeth (1876); Bagster’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” (1882); [Sketches] The Satirist (? 1870); Nuits Blanches (? 1870); The Wreath of Immortelles (? 1870); Nurses (1870); A Character (? 1870); The Great North Road (1895); The Young Chevalier (1892); Heathercat (1894).

Records of a Family of Engineers, 1912.

Poems, 1918.

Underwoods; Ballads; Songs of Travel; A Child’s Garden.

The Edinburgh Edition of the Works. 27 vols. 1894-97.

The Pentland Edition ” 20 vols. 1906-07.

The Swanston Edition ” 25 vols. 1911-12.

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PART I
INDEX OF AUTHORS

ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES

Speculative Dialogues. Wide Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

Thomas Hardy: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

The Epic (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

AFLALO, F. G.

Behind the Ranges. Wide Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

Regilding the Crescent. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

Birds in the Calendar. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

ALLSHORN, LIONEL

Stupor Mundi. Medium Octavo. 16s. net.

APPERSON, G. L.

The Social History of Smoking. Post 8vo. 6s. net.

ARMSTRONG, DONALD

The Marriage of Quixote. Crown 8vo. 6s.

BARRINGTON, MICHAEL

Grahame of Claverhouse. Imperial 8vo. 30s. net. Edition de Luxe 63s. net.

BENNETT, ARNOLD

Those United States. Post 8vo. 5s. net.

BLACK, CLEMENTINA

The Linleys of Bath. Medium 8vo. 16s. net.

The Cumberland Letters. Medium 8vo. 16s. net.

BOULGER, D. C.

The Battle of the Boyne. Med. 8vo. 21s. net.

The Irish Exiles at St. Germains. Med. 8vo. 21s. net.

BOTTOME, PHYLLIS

The Common Chord. Crown 8vo. 6s.

BURROW, C. KENNETT

Carmina Varia. F’cap 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

CALDERON, GEORGE (With St. John Hankin)

Thompson: A Comedy. Sq. Cr. 8vo. 2s. net.

CANNAN, GILBERT

Round the Corner. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Old Mole. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Samuel Butler: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

Satire (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

CHESTERTON, G. K.

Magic: A Fantastic Comedy. Sq. Cr. 8vo. 2s. net.

CLAYTON, JOSEPH

The Underman. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Leaders of the People. Demy 8vo. 12s, 6d. net.

Robert Kett and the Norfolk Rising. Demy 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.

COKE, DESMOND

The Art of Silhouette. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

CRAVEN, A. SCOTT

The Fool’s Tragedy. F’cap 8vo. 6s.

DE SÉLINCOURT, BASIL

Walt Whitman: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

DRINKWATER, JOHN

William Morris: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

D. G. Rossetti: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

The Lyric (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

DOUGLAS, NORMAN

Fountains in the Sand. Wide Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

Old Calabria. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

DOUGLAS, THEO

White Webs. Crown 8vo. 6s.

FEA, ALLAN

Old English Houses. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

Nooks and Corners of Old England. Small Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

The Real Captain Cleveland. Demy 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.

FRANCIS, RENÉ

Egyptian Æsthetics. Wide Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

FREEMAN, A. M.

Thomas Love Peacock: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

GRETTON, R. H.

History (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

HANKIN, ST. JOHN

The Dramatic Works, with an Introduction by John Drinkwater. Small 4to. Definitive Limited Edition in Three Volumes. 25s. net.

The Return of the Prodigal. Sq. Cr. 8vo. 2s. net.

The Cassilis Engagement. Sq. Cr. 8vo. 2s. net.

The Charity that Began at Home. Sq. Cr. 8vo. 2s. net.

The Constant Lover, etc. Sq. Cr. 8vo. 2s. net.

HAUPTMANN, GERHART

The Complete Dramatic Works. 6 vols. Crown 8vo. 5s. net per volume.

HEWLETT, WILLIAM

Telling the Truth. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Uncle’s Advice: A Novel in Letters. Cr. 8vo. 6s.

HORSNELL, HORACE

The Bankrupt. Crown 8vo. 6s.

HOWE, P.P.

The Repertory Theatre. Cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

Dramatic Portraits. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

Bernard Shaw: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

J. M. Synge: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

Criticism (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

HUEFFER, FORD MADOX

Henry James: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

IBSEN, HENRIK

Peer Gynt. A New Translation by R. Ellis Roberts. Wide Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

JACOB, HAROLD

Perfumes of Araby. Wide Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

LAMONT, L. M.

A Coronal: An Anthology. F’cap 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

Thomas Armstrong, C.B.: A Memoir. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

LLUELLYN, RICHARD

The Imperfect Branch. Crown 8vo. 6s.

LOW, IVY

The Questing Beast. Crown 8vo. 6s.

MACHEN, ARTHUR

Hieroglyphics: A Note upon Ecstasy in Literature. F’cap 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

MACKENZIE, COMPTON

Carnival. Crown 8vo. 6s. and 1s. net.

Sinister Street. I. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Sinister Street. II. Crown 8vo. 6s.

The Passionate Elopement. Crown 8vo. 6s. and 2s. net.

Poems. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

Kensington Rhymes. Crown 4to. 5s. net.

MAKOWER, S. V.

The Outward Appearance. Crown 8vo. 6s.

MAVROGORDATO, JOHN

Letters from Greece. F’cap 8vo. 2s. net.

MELVILLE, LEWIS

Some Eccentrics and a Woman. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

METHLEY, VIOLET

Camille Desmoulins: A Biography. Demy 8vo. 15s. net.

MEYNELL, VIOLA

Lot Barrow. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Modern Lovers. Crown 8vo. 6s.

NIVEN, FREDERICK

A Wilderness of Monkeys. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Above Your Heads. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Dead Men’s Bells. Crown 8vo. 6s.

The Porcelain Lady. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Hands Up! Crown 8vo. 6s.

NORTH, LAURENCE

Impatient Griselda. Crown 8vo. 6s.

The Golightlys: Father and Son. Cr. 8vo. 6s.

ONIONS, OLIVER

Widdershins. Crown 8vo. 6s.

In Accordance with the Evidence. Cr. 8vo. 6s.

The Debit Account. Crown 8vo. 6s.

The Story of Louie. Crown 8vo. 6s.

PAIN, BARRY

One Kind and Another. Crown 8vo. 6s.

The Short Story (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

PALMER, JOHN

Comedy (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

PERUGINI, MARK

The Art of Ballet. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

PRESTON, ANNA

The Record of a Silent Life. Cr. 8vo. 6s.

ROBERTS, R. ELLIS

Henrik Ibsen: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

Peer Gynt: A New Translation. Wide Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

SAND, MAURICE

The History of the Harlequinade. Two Volumes. Med. 8vo. 24s. net.

SCOTT-JAMES, R. A.

Personality in Literature. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

SIDGWICK, FRANK

The Ballad (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

STONE, CHRISTOPHER

The Burnt House. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Parody (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

STRAUS, RALPH

Carriages and Coaches. Med. 8vo. 18s. net.

STREET, G. S.

People and Questions. Wide Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.

SWINNERTON, FRANK

George Gissing: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

R. L. Stevenson: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

TAYLOR, G. R. STIRLING

Mary Wollstonecraft: A Study in Economics and Romance. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

TAYLOR, UNA

Maurice Maeterlinck: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

THOMAS, EDWARD

Feminine Influence on the Poets. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

A. C. Swinburne: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

Walter Pater: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

The Tenth Muse. F’cap 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

VAUGHAN, H. M.

An Australasian Wander-Year. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

WALPOLE, HUGH

Fortitude. Crown 8vo. 6s.

The Duchess of Wrexe. Crown 8vo. 6s.

WATT, L. M.

The House of Sands. Crown 8vo. 6s.

WILLIAMS, ORLO

Vie de Bohème. Demy 8vo. 15s. net.

George Meredith: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

The Essay (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

YOUNG, FILSON

New Leaves. Wide Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

A Christmas Card. Demy 16mo. 1s. net.

Punctuation (The Art and Craft of Letters). F’cap 8vo. 1s. net.

YOUNG, FRANCIS BRETT

Deep Sea. Crown 8vo. 6s.

YOUNG, F. & E. BRETT

Undergrowth. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Robert Bridges: A Critical Study. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

PART II
INDEX OF TITLES

General Literature

Armstrong, Thomas, C.B. A Memoir. Reminiscences of Du Maurier and Whistler. Edited by L. M. Lamont.

Art of Ballet, The. By Mark Perugini.

Art of Silhouette, The. By Desmond Coke.

Australasian Wander-Year, An. By H. M. Vaughan.

Ballad, The. By Frank Sidgwick.

Battle of the Boyne, The. By D. C. Boulger.

Behind the Ranges. By F. G. Aflalo.

Birds in the Calendar. By F. G. Aflalo.

Bridges: A Critical Study. By F. E. Brett Young.

Butler: A Critical Study. By Gilbert Cannan.

Camille Desmoulins. By Violet Methley.

Carmina Varia. By C. Kennett Burrow.

Carriages and Coaches: Their History and Their Evolution. By Ralph Straus.

Christmas Card, A. By Filson Young.

Comedy. By John Palmer.

Coronal, A. A New Anthology. By L. M. Lamont.

Criticism. By P. P. Howe.

Cumberland Letters, The. By Clementina Black.

D’Eon de Beaumont. Translated by Alfred Rieu.

Dramatic Portraits. By P. P. Howe.

Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann. 6 vols.

Dramatic Works of St. John Hankin. Introduction by John Drinkwater. 3 Vols.

Egyptian Æsthetics. By René Francis.

Epic, The. By Lascelles Abercrombie.

Essay, The. By Orlo Williams.

Feminine Influence on the Poets. By Edward Thomas.

Fountains in the Sand. By Norman Douglas.

Gissing: A Critical Study. By Frank Swinnerton.

Grahame of Claverhouse. By Michael Barrington.

Hardy: A Critical Study. By Lascelles Abercrombie.

Hieroglyphics. By Arthur Machen.

History. By R. H. Gretton.

History of the Harlequinade, The. By Maurice Sand.

Ibsen: A Critical Study. By R. Ellis Roberts.

Irish Exiles at St. Germains, The. By D. C. Boulger.

James: A Critical Study. By F. M. Hueffer.

Kensington Rhymes. By Compton Mackenzie.

Leaders of the People. By Joseph Clayton.

Letters From Greece. By John Mavrogordato.

Linleys of Bath, The. By Clementina Black.

Lyric, The. By John Drinkwater.

Maeterlinck: A Critical Study. By Una Taylor.

Magic. By G. K. Chesterton.

Mary Wollstonecraft. By G. R. Stirling Taylor.

Meredith: A Critical Study. By Orlo Williams.

Morris: A Critical Study. By John Drinkwater.

New Leaves. By Filson Young.

Nooks and Corners of Old England. By Allan Fea.

Old Calabria. By Norman Douglas.

Old English Houses. By Allan Fea.

Parody. By Christopher Stone.

Pater: A Critical Study. By Edward Thomas.

Peacock: A Critical Study. By A. Martin Freeman.

Peer Gynt. Translated by R. Ellis Roberts.

People and Questions. By G. S. Street.

Perfumes of Araby. By Harold Jacob.

Personality in Literature. By R. A. Scott-James.

Poems. By Compton Mackenzie.

Punctuation. By Filson Young.

Real Captain Cleveland, The. By Allan Fea.

Regilding the Crescent. By F. G. Aflalo.

Repertory Theatre, The. By P. P. Howe.

Robert Kett and the Norfolk Rising. By Joseph Clayton.

Rossetti: A Critical Study. By John Drinkwater.

Satire. By Gilbert Cannan.

Shaw: A Critical Study. By P. P. Howe.

Short Story, The. By Barry Pain.

Social History of Smoking, The. By G. L. Apperson.

Some Eccentrics and a Woman. By Lewis Melville.

Speculative Dialogues. By Lascelles Abercrombie.

Stevenson: A Critical Study. By Frank Swinnerton.

Stupor Mundi. By Lionel Allshorn.

Swinburne: A Critical Study. By Edward Thomas.

Synge: A Critical Study. By P. P. Howe.

Tenth Muse, The. By Edward Thomas.

Those United States. By Arnold Bennett.

Thompson. By St. John Hankin and G. Calderon.

Vie de Bohème. By Orlo Williams.

Whitman: A Critical Study. By Basil de Sélincourt.

Fiction

Above Your Heads. By Frederick Niven.

Bankrupt, The. By Horace Horsnell.

Burnt House, The. By Christopher Stone.

Carnival. By Compton Mackenzie.

Common Chord, The. By Phyllis Bottome.

Dead Men’s Bells. By Frederick Niven.

Debit Account, The. By Oliver Onions.

Deep Sea. By F. Brett Young.

Duchess of Wrexe, The. By Hugh Walpole.

Fool’s Tragedy, The. By A. Scott Craven.

Fortitude. By Hugh Walpole.

Golightlys, The. By Laurence North.

Hands Up! By Frederick Niven.

House of Sands, The. By L. M. Watt.

Impatient Griselda. By Laurence North.

Imperfect Branch, The. By Richard Lluellyn.

In Accordance with the Evidence. By Oliver Onions.

Lot Barrow. By Viola Meynell.

Marriage of Quixote, The. By Donald Armstrong.

Modern Lovers. By Viola Meynell.

Old Mole. By Gilbert Cannan.

One Kind and Another. By Barry Pain.

Outward Appearance, The. By Stanley V. Makower.

Passionate Elopement, The. By Compton Mackenzie.

Porcelain Lady, The. By Frederick Niven.

Questing Beast, The. By Ivy Low.

Record of a Silent Life, The. By Anna Preston.

Round the Corner. By Gilbert Cannan.

Sinister Street. I. By Compton Mackenzie.

Sinister Street. II. By Compton Mackenzie.

Story of Louie, The. By Oliver Onions.

Telling the Truth. By William Hewlett.

Uncle’s Advice. By William Hewlett.

Undergrowth. By F. & E. Brett Young.

Underman, The. By Joseph Clayton.

White Webs. By Theo Douglas.

Widdershins. By Oliver Onions.

Wilderness of Monkeys, A. By Frederick Niven.

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[1] I am not unaware that some parts of this book were written by Mr. Osbourne, and that Mr. Osbourne claims responsibility for several of the passages to which the above may seem directly to refer.

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Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.

Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.