ROBERT LOUIS

STEVENSON

VOLUME SIXTEEN
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS
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Introduction: The Surname of Stevenson[3]
I.Domestic Annals[12]
II.The Service of the Northern Lights[34]
III.The Building of the Bell Rock[62]
ADDITIONAL MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS
I.Random Memories
i. The Coast of Fife[155]
II.Random Memories
ii. The Education of an Engineer[167]
III.A Chapter on Dreams[177]
IV.Beggars[190]
V.The Lantern-bearers[200]
LATER ESSAYS
I.Fontainebleau: Village Communities of Painters[215]
II.A Note on Realism[234]
III.On some Technical Elements of Style in Literature[241]
IV.The Morality of the Profession of Letters[260]
V.Books which have Influenced Me[272]
VI.The Day after To-morrow[279]
VII.Letter to t Young Gentleman who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art[290]
VIII.Pulvis et Umbra[299]
IX.A Christmas Sermon[306]
X.Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu[315]
XI.My First Book—“treasure Island”[331]
XII.The Genesis of “the Master of Ballantrae”[341]
XIII.Random Memories: rosa Quo Locorum[345]
XIV.Reflections and Remarks on Human Life[354]
XV.The Ideal House[370]
LAY MORALS[379]
PRAYERS WRITTEN FOR FAMILY USE AT VAILIMA[431]