Robert Louis Stevenson

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxi

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2. Smout’s Favourite Occupation

   • Margaret Stevenson

   Pages 1-5

3. A Taste for Adventurous Tales

   • E. Blantyre Simpson

   Pages 6-10

4. ‘Cummy, I Was Just Telling Myself a Story!’

   • Charles J. Guthrie

   Pages 10-14

5. A Playmate beyond Compare

   • R. C. Terry

   Pages 14-20

6. Quick and Bright but Somewhat Desultory Scholar

   • H. B. Baildon

   Pages 20-24

7. I Have Seen a Young Poet

   • E. M. Sellar

   Pages 24-27

8. A Poseur, Prone to Exaggerate Himself, Even to Himself

   • Rosaline Masson

   Pages 27-31

9. The Very Worst Ten Minutes I Ever Experienced

   • Flora Masson

   Pages 32-38

10. Delightfully and Fearlessly Boyish

    • Margaret Black

    Pages 38-42

11. Edinburgh Ale and Cold Meat Pies

    • Charles Lowe

    Pages 42-45

12. A Wonderful Talker

    • George Lisle

    Pages 45-49

13. I Do Not Remember an Ill-natured Remark

    • Charles J. Guthrie

    Pages 49-52

14. As Restless and Questing as a Spaniel

    • Edmund Gosse

    Pages 52-57

15. Sealed of the Tribe of Louis

    • Andrew Lang

    Pages 57-61

16. A Touch of the Elfin and Unearthly

    • Sidney Colvin

    Pages 62-67

17. The Best of All Good Times at Grez

    • Isobel Field

    Pages 67-72

18. Industrious Idleness

    • Will Low

    Pages 72-76

19. Study the Masters

    • Birge Harrison

    Pages 76-80

20. The Scotch Literary Mediocrity

    • Lloyd Osbourne

    Pages 81-84

Amongst the classics of children's literature, Treasure Island and Kidnapped remain as popular today as ever. And in recent years, there has been a wave of fresh enthusiasm for the author of these novels, with the publication of several new biographies and collections of his letters. Stevenson's reputation has soared and his travel writing is now thought to be of particular interest, providing a unique insight into life on the South Sea islands. This fascinating volume brings together the most memorable interviews and recollections from a wealth of material, portraying the life and times of one of the nineteenth-century's most successful writers.

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• children''s literature
• chronology
• English literature
• enthusiasm
• interview
• literature
• novel
• Robert Louis Stevenson
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