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Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson: Memoirs, Travel Sketches & Island Studies
Robert Louis Stevenson: Memoirs, Travel Sketches & Island Studies
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An Inland Voyage
DEDICATION
ANTWERP TO BOOM
ON THE WILLEBROEK CANAL
THE ROYAL SPORT NAUTIQUE
AT MAUBEUGE
ON THE SAMBRE CANALISED - TO QUARTES
PONT-SUR-SAMBRE - WE ARE PEDLARS
PONT-SUR-SAMBRE - THE TRAVELLING MERCHANT
ON THE SAMBRE CANALISED TO LANDRECIES
AT LANDRECIES
SAMBRE AND OISE CANAL
CANAL BOATS
THE OISE IN FLOOD
ORIGNY SAINTE-BENOÎTE – A BY-DAY
ORIGNY SAINTE-BENOÎTE THE COMPANY AT TABLE
DOWN THE OISE TO MOY
LA FÈRE OF CURSED MEMORY
DOWN THE OISE THROUGH THE GOLDEN VALLEY
NOYON CATHEDRAL
DOWN THE OISE TO COMPIÈGNE
AT COMPIÈGNE
CHANGED TIMES
DOWN THE OISE CHURCH INTERIORS
PRÉCY AND THE MARIONNETTES
BACK TO THE WORLD
EPILOGUE
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
THE DONKEY, THE PACK, AND THE PACK-SADDLE
THE GREEN DONKEY-DRIVER
I HAVE A GOAD
UPPER GÉVAUDAN
A CAMP IN THE DARK
CHEYLARD AND LUC
OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS
FATHER APOLLONARIS
THE MONKS
THE BOARDERS
UPPER GÉVAUDAN
ACROSS THE GOULET
A NIGHT AMONG THE PINES
THE COUNTRY OF THE CAMISARDS
ACROSS THE LOZÈRE
PONT DE MONTVERT
IN THE VALLEY OF THE TARN
FLORAC
IN THE VALLEY OF THE MIMENTE
THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY
THE LAST DAY
FAREWELL, MODESTINE!
Edinburgh – Picturesque Notes
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. OLD TOWN: THE LANDS
CHAPTER III. THE PARLIAMENT CLOSE
CHAPTER IV. LEGENDS
CHAPTER V. GREYFRIARS
CHAPTER VI. NEW TOWN: TOWN AND COUNTRY
CHAPTER VII. THE VILLA QUARTERS
CHAPTER VIII. THE CALTON HILL
CHAPTER IX. WINTER AND NEW YEAR
CHAPTER X. TO THE PENTLAND HILLS
Random Memoirs and Portraits
I. RANDOM MEMORIES
I. THE COAST OF FIFE
II. RANDOM MEMORIES
II. THE EDUCATION OF AN ENGINEER
III. A CHAPTER ON DREAMS
IV. BEGGARS
I
II
III
IV
V
V. THE LANTERN-BEARERS
I
II
III
IV
The Old and New Pacific Capitals
I. MONTEREY
MEXICANS, AMERICANS, AND INDIANS
II. SAN FRANCISCO
The Amateur Emigrant
PART I. FROM THE CLYDE TO SANDY HOOK
THE SECOND CABIN
EARLY IMPRESSIONS
STEERAGE SCENES
STEERAGE TYPES
THE SICK MAN
THE STOWAWAYS
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND REVIEW
NEW YORK
PART II. ACROSS THE PLAINS
NOTES BY THE WAY TO COUNCIL BLUFFS
THE EMIGRANT TRAIN
THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKA
THE DESERT OF WYOMING
FELLOW PASSENGERS
DESPISED RACES
TO THE GOLDEN GATES
Across the Plains
CHAPTER I. ACROSS THE PLAINS
LEAVES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO
THE EMIGRANT TRAIN
THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKA
THE DESERT OF WYOMING
FELLOW-PASSENGERS
DESPISED RACES
TO THE GOLDEN GATES
CHAPTER II. THE OLD PACIFIC CAPITAL
THE WOODS AND THE PACIFIC
MEXICANS, AMERICANS, AND INDIANS
CHAPTER III. FONTAINEBLEAU - VILLAGE COMMUNITIES OF PAINTERS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
CHAPTER IV. EPILOGUE TO “AN INLAND VOYAGE”
CHAPTER V. RANDOM MEMORIES
I. - THE COAST OF FIFE
CHAPTER VI. RANDOM MEMORIES
II. - THE EDUCATION OF AN ENGINEER
CHAPTER VII. THE LANTERN-BEARERS
I
II
III
IV
CHAPTER VIII. A CHAPTER ON DREAMS
CHAPTER IX. BEGGARS
II
III
IV
V
CHAPTER X. LETTER TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO PROPOSES TO EMBRACE THE CAREER OF ART
CHAPTER XI. PULVIS ET UMBRA
I
II
CHAPTER XII. A CHRISTMAS SERMON
I
II
III
IV
The Silverado Squatters
THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS
IN THE VALLEY
I. CALISTOGA
II. THE PETRIFIED FOREST
III. NAPA WINE
IV. THE SCOT ABROAD
WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
I. TO INTRODUCE MR. KELMAR
II. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SILVERADO
III. THE RETURN
THE ACT OF SQUATTING
THE HUNTER’S FAMILY
THE SEA-FOGS
THE TOLL HOUSE
A STARRY DRIVE
EPISODES IN THE STORY OF A MINE
TOILS AND PLEASURES
A Mountain Town in France
A FRAGMENT
The Island Literature
A Footnote to History, Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE ELEMENTS OF DISCORD: NATIVE
CHAPTER II. THE ELEMENTS OF DISCORD: FOREIGN
CHAPTER III. THE SORROWS OF LAUPEPA, 1883 TO 1887
CHAPTER IV. BRANDEIS
CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF MATAUTU
CHAPTER VI. LAST EXPLOITS OF BECKER
CHAPTER VII. THE SAMOAN CAMPS
CHAPTER VIII. AFFAIRS OF LAULII AND FANGALII
CHAPTER IX “FUROR CONSULARIS”
CHAPTER X. THE HURRICANE
CHAPTER XI. LAUPEPA AND MATAAFA
In the South Seas
PART 1: THE MARQUESAS
CHAPTER I. AN ISLAND LANDFALL
CHAPTER II. MAKING FRIENDS
CHAPTER III. THE MAROON
CHAPTER IV. DEATH
CHAPTER V. DEPOPULATION
CHAPTER VI. CHIEFS AND TAPUS
CHAPTER VII. HATIHEU
CHAPTER VIII. THE PORT OF ENTRY
CHAPTER IX. THE HOUSE OF TEMOANA
CHAPTER X. A PORTRAIT AND A STORY
CHAPTER XI. LONG-PIG - A CANNIBAL HIGH PLACE
CHAPTER XII. THE STORY OF A PLANTATION
CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTERS
CHAPTER XIV. IN A CANNIBAL VALLEY
CHAPTER XV. THE TWO CHIEFS OF ATUONA
PART II: THE PAUMOTUS
CHAPTER I. THE DANGEROUS ARCHIPELAGO - ATOLLS AT A DISTANCE
CHAPTER II. FAKARAVA: AN ATOLL AT HAND
CHAPTER III. A HOUSE TO LET IN A LOW ISLAND
CHAPTER IV. TRAITS AND SECTS IN THE PAUMOTUS
CHAPTER V. A PAUMOTUAN FUNERAL
CHAPTER VI. GRAVEYARD STORIES
PART III: THE GILBERTS
CHAPTER I. BUTARITARI
CHAPTER II. THE FOUR BROTHERS
CHAPTER III. AROUND OUR HOUSE
CHAPTER IV. A TALE OF A TAPU
CHAPTER V. A TALE OF A TAPU - continued
CHAPTER VI. THE FIVE DAYS’ FESTIVAL
CHAPTER VII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
PART IV: THE GILBERTS - APEMAMA
CHAPTER I. THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE ROYAL TRADER
CHAPTER II. THE KING OF APEMAMA: FOUNDATION OF EQUATOR TOWN
CHAPTER III. THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE PALACE OF MANY WOMEN
CHAPTER IV. THE KING OF APEMAMA: EQUATOR TOWN AND THE PALACE
CHAPTER V. KING AND COMMONS
CHAPTER VI. THE KING OF APEMAMA: DEVIL-WORK
CHAPTER VII. THE KING OF APEMAMA
Biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by Alexander Japp. A Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial
Preface
Chapter I. Introduction and First Impressions
Chapter II. Treasure Island and some Reminiscences
Chapter III. The Child Father of the Man
Chapter IV. Heredity Illustrated
Chapter V. Travels
Chapter VI. Some Earlier Letters
Chapter VII. The Vailima Letters
Chapter VIII. Work of Later Years
Chapter IX. Some Characteristics
Chapter X. A Samoan Memorial of R. L. Stevenson
Chapter XI. Miss Stubbs’ Record of a Pilgrimage
Chapter XII. His Genius and Methods
Chapter XIII. Preacher and Mystic Fabulist
Chapter XIV. Stevenson as Dramatist
Chapter XV. Theory of Good and Evil
Chapter XVI. Stevenson’s Gloom
Chapter XVII. Proofs of Growth
Chapter XVIII. Earlier Determinations and Results
Chapter XIX. Edmund Clarence Stedman’s Estimate
Chapter XX. Egotistic Element and its Effects
Chapter XXI. Unity in Stevenson’s Stories
Chapter XXII. Personal Cheerfulness and Invented Gloom
Chapter XXIII. Edinburgh Reviewers’ Dicta Inapplicable to Later Work
Chapter XXIV. Mr Henley’s Spiteful Perversions
Chapter XXV. Mr Christie Murray’s Impressions
Chapter XXVI. Hero-Villains
Chapter XXVII. Mr G. Moore, Mr Marriott Watson and Others
Chapter XXVIII. Unexpected Combinations
Chapter XXIX. Love of Vagabonds
Chapter XXX. Lord Rosebery’s Case
Chapter XXXI. Mr Gosse and Ms. of Treasure Island
Chapter XXXII. Stevenson Portraits
Chapter XXXIII. Lapses and Errors in Criticism
Chapter XXXIV. Letters and Poems in Testimony
GREETING
R. L. S., IN MEMORIAM
Appendix
THE LAND OF STEVENSON, ON AN AFTERNOON’S WALK
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