Robert Louis Stevenson

About this eBook

Author

Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay), 1839-1905

Title

Robert Louis Stevenson: A Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial

Credits

Transcribed from the Charles Scribner's Sons 1905 edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

590

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/590

Release Date

July 1, 1996

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON a record , an estimate , and a memorial
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTION AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER II— TREASURE ISLAND AND SOME REMINISCENCES
6. 6.CHAPTER III—THE CHILD FATHER OF THE MAN
7. 7.CHAPTER IV—HEREDITY ILLUSTRATED
8. 8.CHAPTER V—TRAVELS
9. 9.CHAPTER VI—SOME EARLIER LETTERS
10. 10.CHAPTER VII—THE VAILIMA LETTERS
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII—WORK OF LATER YEARS
12. 12.CHAPTER IX—SOME CHARACTERISTICS
13. 13.CHAPTER X—A SAMOAN MEMORIAL OF R. L. STEVENSON
14. 14.CHAPTER XI—MISS STUBBS’ RECORD OF A PILGRIMAGE
15. 15.CHAPTER XII—HIS GENIUS AND METHODS
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII—PREACHER AND MYSTIC FABULIST
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV—STEVENSON AS DRAMATIST
18. 18.CHAPTER XV—THEORY OF GOOD AND EVIL
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI—STEVENSON’S GLOOM
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII—PROOFS OF GROWTH
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII—EARLIER DETERMINATIONS AND RESULTS
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX—EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN’S ESTIMATE
23. 23.CHAPTER XX—EGOTISTIC ELEMENT AND ITS EFFECTS
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI—UNITY IN STEVENSON’S STORIES
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII—PERSONAL CHEERFULNESS AND INVENTED GLOOM
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII—EDINBURGH REVIEWERS’ DICTA INAPPLICABLE TO LATER WORK
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV—MR HENLEY’S SPITEFUL PERVERSIONS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV—MR CHRISTIE MURRAY’S IMPRESSIONS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI—HERO-VILLAINS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII—MR G. MOORE, MR MARRIOTT WATSON AND OTHERS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII—UNEXPECTED COMBINATIONS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX—LOVE OF VAGABONDS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX—LORD ROSEBERY’S CASE
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI—MR GOSSE AND MS. OF TREASURE ISLAND
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII—STEVENSON PORTRAITS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII—LAPSES AND ERRORS IN CRITICISM
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV—LETTERS AND POEMS IN TESTIMONY — GREETING — R. L. S., IN MEMORIAM.
38. 38.APPENDIX — THE LAND OF STEVENSON, ON AN AFTERNOON’S WALK — THE TOP OF CAERKETTON CRAGS. — VISITED HIS FOREST OF PENTLAND. — HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR TO STEVENSON. — THE WESTLAND WHIGS WERE SCATTERED
39. 39.Footnotes:

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