The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition, Volume 1
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Роберт Льюис Стивенсон. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition, Volume 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE SWANSTON EDITION
AN INLAND VOYAGE
DEDICATION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
AN INLAND VOYAGE
ANTWERP TO BOOM
ON THE WILLEBROEK CANAL
THE ROYAL SPORT NAUTIQUE
AT MAUBEUGE
ON THE SAMBRE CANALISED
PONT-SUR-SAMBRE
PONT-SUR-SAMBRE
ON THE SAMBRE CANALISED
AT LANDRECIES
SAMBRE AND OISE CANAL
THE OISE IN FLOOD
ORIGNY SAINTE-BENOÎTE
ORIGNY SAINTE-BENOÎTE
DOWN THE OISE
LA FÈRE OF CURSED MEMORY
DOWN THE OISE
NOYON CATHEDRAL
DOWN THE OISE
AT COMPIÈGNE
CHANGED TIMES
DOWN THE OISE
PRÉCY AND THE MARIONNETTES
BACK TO THE WORLD
EPILOGUE
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY
IN THE CEVENNES
VELAY
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY
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!
A MOUNTAIN TOWN IN FRANCE
EDINBURGH
PICTURESQUE NOTES. EDINBURGH
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
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To equip so small a book with a preface is, I am half afraid, to sin against proportion. But a preface is more than an author can resist, for it is the reward of his labours. When the foundation-stone is laid, the architect appears with his plans, and struts for an hour before the public eye. So with the writer in his preface: he may have never a word to say, but he must show himself for a moment in the portico, hat in hand, and with an urbane demeanour.
It is best, in such circumstances, to represent a delicate shade of manner between humility and superiority: as if the book had been written by someone else, and you had merely run over it and inserted what was good. But for my part I have not yet learned the trick to that perfection; I am not yet able to dissemble the warmth of my sentiments towards a reader; and if I meet him on the threshold, it is to invite him in with country cordiality.
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They were much impressed when they heard we came from England; and the little girl proffered the information that England was an island "and a far way from here—bien loin d'ici."
"Ay, you may say that,—a far way from here," said the lad with one arm.
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