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Title: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls

Author: Jacqueline M. Overton

Release Date: April 4, 2005 [EBook #15547]

Language: English

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THE LIFE OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

BY

JACQUELINE M. OVERTON

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1933

[Illustration: Robert Louis Stevenson, from a photograph by Mr. Lloyd
Osbourne]

TO THE BOYS AT THE YORKVILLE LIBRARY
AND
TO ALL OTHER BOYS
WHO LOVE TO TRAMP AND CAMP AND SEEK ADVENTURE
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
WITH THE HOPE OF MAKING THEM
BETTER FRIENDS WITH A MAN WHO ALSO
LOVED THESE THINGS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE LIGHTHOUSE BUILDERS 3

II. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 16

III. THE LANTERN BEARER 31

IV. EDINBURGH DAYS 47

V. AMATEUR EMIGRANT 72

VI. SCOTLAND AGAIN 93

VII. SECOND VISIT TO AMERICA 108

VIII. IN THE SOUTH SEAS 121

IX. VAILIMA 148

BIBLIOGRAPHY 175

ILLUSTRATIONS

Robert Louis Stevenson _Frontispiece_
From a photograph by Mr. Lloyd Osbourne
FACING
PAGE

No. 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Stevenson's birthplace 18

Col