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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Other: Andrew Lang

Release Date: April 7, 2010 [EBook #31916]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME X

_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: SKETCH OF THE CRUISE OF THE BRIG "COVENANT" AND THE
PROBABLE COURSE OF DAVID BALFOUR'S WANDERINGS]

THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME TEN

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

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CONTENTS

THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON

CHAPTER PAGE
I. IN WHICH JOHN SOWS THE WIND 3

II. IN WHICH JOHN REAPS THE WHIRLWIND 9

III. IN WHICH JOHN ENJOYS THE HARVEST HOME 15

IV. THE SECOND SOWING 21

V. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN 26

VI. THE HOUSE AT MURRAYFIELD 32

VII. A TRAGI-COMEDY IN A CAB 44

VIII. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF THE UTILITY OF PASS-KEYS 54

IX. IN WHICH MR. NICHOLSON CONCEDES THE PRINCIPLE OF AN
ALLOWANCE 65

KIDNAPPED

I. I SET OF