The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 23

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THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XXIII

Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale.

This is No. ............

THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS

STEVENSON

VOLUME TWENTY-THREE

LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
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AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII

For permission to use the Letters in the
Swanston Edition of Stevenson’s Works
the Publishers are indebted to the kindness of
Messrs. Methuen & Co., Ltd.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE LETTERS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

EDITED BY

SIDNEY COLVIN

PARTS I—VI

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CONTENTS

  PAGE Introductory xvii

I.—STUDENT DAYS AT EDINBURGH

TRAVELS AND EXCURSIONS

Introductory 3 Letters—   To Thomas Stevenson 13 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 14 To the Same 15 To the Same 17 To the Same 19 To the Same 21 To the Same To Mrs. Churchill Babington 30 To Alison Cunningham 32 To Charles Baxter 33 To the Same 35 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 36 To the Same 38 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 39 To Thomas Stevenson 42 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 44 To Charles Baxter 46 To Charles Baxter 49 To the Same 52

II.—STUDENT DAYS—continued

NEW FRIENDSHIPS—ORDERED SOUTH

Introductory 54 Letters—   To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 56 To Mrs. Sitwell

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">57 To the Same 58 To the Same 61 To the Same 63 To the Same 66 To the Same 68 To the Same 71 To the Same 74 To Sidney Colvin 76 To the Same 76 To Mrs. Sitwell 77 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 81 To Mrs. Sitwell 83 To the Same 83 To the Same 86 To Charles Baxter 89 To Mrs. Sitwell 91 To the Same 93 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 94 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 96 To the Same 97 To the Same 99 To Mrs. Sitwell 101 To the Same 103 To the Same 104 To Sidney Colvin 105 To the Same 106 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 107 To Sidney Colvin 108 To Mrs. Sitwell 110 To Thomas Stevenson 111 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 112 To Thomas Stevenson 113 To Mrs. Sitwell 115 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 116 To the Same 117 To the Same

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@30894@[email protected]#page118" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">118 To the Same 118 To the Same 120 To Mrs. Sitwell 121

III.—STUDENT DAYS—concluded

HOME AGAIN—LITERATURE AND LAW

Introductory 123 Letters—   To Sidney Colvin 124 To Mrs. Sitwell 125 To Sidney Colvin 127 To Mrs. Sitwell 127 To Sidney Colvin 129 To Mrs. Sitwell 131 To the Same 133 To the Same 137 To the Same 139 To Sidney Colvin 140 To Mrs. Sitwell 140 To Sidney Colvin 141 To the Same 143 To Mrs. Sitwell 144 To the Same 148 To the Same 149 To the Same 151 To the Same 153 To the Same 155 To the Same 156 To Sidney Colvin 157 To Mrs. Sitwell 158 To the Same 161 To the Same 164 To the Same 166 To Sidney Colvin 167 To Mrs. Sitwell 168 To Sidney Colvin 169 To Mrs. Sitwell 171 To Sidney Colvin 173 To Mrs.

Sitwell 174 To the Same 174 To the Same 175 To the Same 177 To Sidney Colvin 178 To the Same 178 To Mrs. Sitwell 179 To the Same 180 To the Same 181

IV.—ADVOCATE AND AUTHOR

EDINBURGH—PARIS—FONTAINEBLEAU

Introductory 182 Letters—   To Sidney Colvin 186 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 187 To Mrs. Sitwell 187 To the Same 189 To Sidney Colvin 191 To Charles Baxter 193 To Sidney Colvin 195 To the Same 196 To Mrs. Sitwell 197 To the Same 198 To Mrs. de Mattos 199 To Mrs. Sitwell 200 To Sidney Colvin 201 To the Same 202 To Mrs. Sitwell 203 To W. E. Henley 204 To Mrs. Sitwell 205 To Sidney Colvin 206 To Mrs. Sitwell 207 To A. Patchett Martin 208 To the Same 209 To Sidney Colvin 211 To the Same 212 To Thomas Stevenson 213 To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">215 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 215 To the Same 216 To W. E. Henley 217 To Charles Baxter 217 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 218 To W. E. Henley 219 To Edmund Gosse 219 To W. E. Henley 221 To Miss Jane Balfour 223 To Edmund Gosse 224 To Sidney Colvin 225 To Edmund Gosse 226

V.—THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT

S.S. DEVONIA—MONTEREY AND SAN FRANCISCO—MARRIAGE

Introductory 228 Letters—   To Sidney Colvin 230 To the Same 232 To W. E. Henley 233 To Sidney Colvin 234 To the Same 235 To Edmund Gosse 236 To W. E. Henley 238 To the Same 238 To Sidney Colvin 241 To P. G. Hamerton 242 To Edmund Gosse 243 To Sidney Colvin 244 To Edmund Gosse 245 To Sidney Colvin 247 To W. E. Henley 249 To Sidney Colvin 251 To the Same 253 To W. E. Henley 255 To the Same 256 To Sidney Colvin 258 To Edmund Gosse 260 To Charles

Baxter 262 To Professor Meiklejohn 263 To W. E. Henley 265 To Sidney Colvin 267 To the Same 269 To J. W. Ferrier 269 To Edmund Gosse 271 To Dr. W. Bamford 272 To Sidney Colvin 272 To the Same 273 To the Same 274 To C. W. Stoddard 275 To Sidney Colvin 276

VI.—ALPINE WINTERS AND HIGHLAND SUMMERS

Introductory 279 Letters—   To Sidney Colvin 284 To Charles Baxter 285 To Isobel Strong 286 To A. G. Dew-Smith 287 To Thomas Stevenson 290 To Sidney Colvin 291 To Edmund Gosse 292 To the Same 293 To Charles Warren Stoddard 294 To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 296 To Sidney Colvin 297 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 298 To Sidney Colvin 300 To Horatio F. Brown 303 To the Same 303 To the Same 304 To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 305 To Edmund Gosse 306 To Sidney Colvin 308 To Professor Æneas Mackay 309 To the Same

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@30894@[email protected]#page309" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">309 To Sidney Colvin 310 To Edmund Gosse 311 To Charles J. Guthrie 312 To the Same 312 To Edmund Gosse 313 To P. G. Hamerton 314 To Sidney Colvin 316 To W. E. Henley 317 To the Same 319 To Sidney Colvin 320 To Dr. Alexander Japp 321 To Mrs. Sitwell 323 To Edmund Gosse 324 To the Same 325 To the Same 325 To W. E. Henley 326 To Dr. Alexander Japp 327 To W. E. Henley 328 To the Same 330 To Thomas Stevenson 331 To Edmund Gosse 332 To W. E. Henley 333 To P. G. Hamerton 335 To Charles Baxter 336 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 337 To Edmund Gosse 338 To Sidney Colvin 339 To Alison Cunningham 340 To Charles Baxter 341 To W. E. Henley 341 To the Same 342 To Alexander Ireland 345 To Mrs. Gosse 347 To Sidney Colvin 349 To Edmund Gosse

class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">350 To Dr. Alexander Japp 351 To the Same 351 To W. E. Henley 352 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 354 To R. A. M. Stevenson 356 To Trevor Haddon 357 To Edmund Gosse 359 To Trevor Haddon 360 To Edmund Gosse 360 To W. E. Henley 361

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