R. L. S. SPEARING FISH IN THE BOW OF THE SCHOONER “EQUATOR”
THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON
VOLUME TWENTY-TWO
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
JUVENILIA AND OTHER PAPERS | ||
THE PENTLAND RISING | ||
| PAGE | ||
| I. | The Causes of the Revolt | [3] |
| II. | The Beginning | [6] |
| III. | The March of the Rebels | [8] |
| IV. | Rullion Green | [13] |
| V. | A Record of Blood | [17] |
SKETCHES | ||
| I. | The Satirist | [25] |
| II. | Nuits Blanches | [27] |
| III. | The Wreath of Immortelles | [30] |
| IV. | Nurses | [34] |
| V. | A Character | [37] |
COLLEGE PAPERS | ||
| I. | Edinburgh Students in 1824 | [41] |
| II. | The Modern Student considered generally | [45] |
| III. | Debating Societies | [53] |
| IV. | The Philosophy of Umbrellas | [58] |
| V. | The Philosophy of Nomenclature | [63] |
NOTES AND ESSAYS CHIEFLY OF THE ROAD | ||
| I. | A Retrospect | [71] |
| II. | Cockermouth and Keswick | [80] |
| III. | Roads | [90] |
| IV. | Notes on the Movements of Young Children | [97] |
| V. | On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places | [103] |
| VI. | An Autumn Effect | [112] |
| VII. | A Winter’s Walk in Carrick and Galloway | [132] |
| VIII. | Forest Notes | [142] |
CRITICISMS | ||
| I. | Lord Lytton’s “Fables in Song” | [171] |
| II. | Salvini’s Macbeth | [180] |
| III. | Bagster’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” | [186] |
| AN APPEAL TO THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND | [199] | |
| THE CHARITY BAZAAR | [213] | |
| THE LIGHT-KEEPER | [217] | |
| ON A NEW FORM OF INTERMITTENT LIGHT FOR LIGHTHOUSES | [220] | |
| ON THE THERMAL INFLUENCE OF FORESTS | [225] | |
ESSAYS OF TRAVEL | ||
| I. | Davos in Winter | [241] |
| II. | Health and Mountains | [244] |
| III. | Alpine Diversions | [248] |
| IV. | The Stimulation of the Alps | [252] |
STEVENSON AT PLAY | ||
| Introduction by Lloyd Osbourne | [259] | |
| War Correspondence From Stevenson’s Note-Book | [263] | |
THE DAVOS PRESS | ||
| MORAL EMBLEMS, ETC.: FACSIMILES | ||
| Advertisement of Black Canyon | [283] | |
| Black Canyon, or Wild Adventures in the Far West | [285] | |
| Not I, and Other Poems | [293] | |
| Moral Emblems | [301] | |
| Advertisement of Moral Emblems: Edition de Luxe | [312] | |
| Advertisement of Moral Emblems: Second Collection | [315] | |
| Moral Emblems: Second Collection | [317] | |
| A Martial Elegy for Some Lead Soldiers | [329] | |
| Advertisement of the Graver and the Pen | [331] | |
| The Graver and the Pen | [333] | |
MORAL TALES | ||
| Robin and Ben; or, The Pirate and the Apothecary | [367] | |
| The Builder’s Doom | [375] | |