Transcribed from the 1896 Chatto & Windus edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
FAMILIAR STUDIES
OF
MEN AND BOOKS
BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
ELEVENTH EDITION
London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICADILLY
1896
TO
THOMAS STEVENSON
CIVIL ENGINEER
BY WHOSE DEVICES THE GREAT SEA LIGHTS IN EVERY QUARTER
OF THE WORLD NOW SHINE MORE BRIGHTLY