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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
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