LONDON

METHUEN AND CO.

36 ESSEX STREET

Seventh Edition

First Published November 1895
Second Edition December 1895
Third Edition February 1901
Fourth Edition October 1904
Fifth Edition March 1906
Sixth Edition October 1907
Seventh Edition December 1908

CONTENTS

PAGE

Editorial Note

[xi]

LETTER

I.

November 1890

[1]

II.

November 25—December 2, 1890

[22]

III.

December 1890

[33]

IV.

January 17, 1891

[46]

V.

February 1891

[51]

VI.

March 1891

[54]

VII.

April 1891

[65]

VIII.

April 29—May 19, 1891

[70]

IX.

June 1891

[77]

X.

September 1891

[82]

XI.

September 28—October 13, 1891

[94]

XII.

October 1891

[102]

XIII.

November 25—December 7, 1891

[110]

XIV.

December 1891—January 3, 1892

[119]

XV.

January 31—February 1892

[135]

XVI.

February—March 2, 1892

[139]

XVII.

March 9—March 30, 1892

[147]

XVIII.

May 1—May 27, 1892

[158]

XIX.

May 29—June 1892

[180]

XX.

July 2—July 12, 1892

[202]

XXI.

August—September 13, 1892

[205]

XXII.

September 15—October 8, 1892

[221]

XXIII.

October 28—November 8, 1892

[227]

XXIV.

December 1—December 5, 1892

[236]

XXV.

January—January 30, 1893

[239]

XXVI.

February 19—February 23, 1893

[247]

XXVII.

February 1893

[250]

XXVIII.

April—April 22, 1893

[252]

XXIX.

April 25—May 23, 1893

[260]

XXX.

May 29—June 15, 1893

[270]

XXXI.

June 24—July 18, 1893

[280]

XXXII.

August 1893

[296]

XXXIII.

August 23—September 12, 1893

[298]

XXXIV.

October 23—December 4, 1893

[306]

XXXV.

December 1893

[313]

XXXVI.

January 29, 1894

[320]

XXXVII.

February 1894

[322]

XXXVIII.

March 1894

[324]

XXXIX.

May 18, 1894

[330]

XL.

June 18, 1894

[333]

XLI.

July 1894

[336]

XLII.

August 7—August 13, 1894

[340]

XLIII.

September 1894

[343]

XLIV.

October 6, 1894

[348]

Epilogue

[355]

Appendix

[360]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of R. L. Stevenson; etched by W. Strang after a photograph by Falk of Sydney Frontispiece
Portrait of R. L. Stevenson on his Horse ‘Jack’ [119]
Portrait of R. L. Stevenson with the Native Chief Tui Malealiifano [320]

EDITORIAL NOTE.