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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Release Date: December 11, 2009 [EBook #30650]

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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XXI

_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._ ...........

[Illustration: R.L.S. ON THE FORWARD DECK OF THE SCHOONER "EQUATOR"]

THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME TWENTY-ONE

LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

THE STORY OF A LIE

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCES THE ADMIRAL 3

II. A LETTER TO THE PAPERS 8

III. IN THE ADMIRAL'S NAME 14

IV. ESTHER ON THE FILIAL RELATION 21

V. THE PRODIGAL FATHER MAKES HIS DEBUT AT HOME 24

VI. THE PRODIGAL FATHER GOES ON FROM STRENGTH TO
STRENGTH 31

VII. THE ELOPEMENT 41

VIII. BATTLE ROYAL 50

IX. IN WHICH THE LIBERAL EDITOR APPEARS AS
"DEUS EX MACHINA" 60

THE MERRY MEN

I. EILEAN AROS 69

II. WHAT THE WRECK HAD BROUGHT TO AROS 76

III. LAND AND SEA IN SANDAG BAY 89

IV. THE GALE 100

V. A MAN OUT OF THE SEA 112