Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays

by Robert Louis Stevenson

ACROSS THE PLAINS
WITH
OTHER MEMORIES AND ESSAYS

BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1915

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

TO PAUL BOURGET

Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears. To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art. Let me take and change your own words: J’ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c’est avec vous que je me complais à vivre.

R. L. S.

Vailima,
Upolu,
Samoa.

LETTER TO THE AUTHOR

My dear Stevenson,