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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25)
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Release Date: December 21, 2009 [EBook #30729]
Language: English
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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME III
_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: SWANSTON COTTAGE, THE HOME OF R.L.S. FROM 1868 TO 1876]
THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON
VOLUME THREE
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS
PAGE
PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM 5
I. VICTOR HUGO'S ROMANCES 19
II. SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS 43
III. WALT WHITMAN 77
IV. HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS 101
V. YOSHIDA-TORAJIRO 129
VI. FRANCOIS VILLON, STUDENT, POET, AND HOUSEBREAKER 142
VII. CHARLES OF ORLEANS 171
VIII. SAMUEL PEPYS 206
IX. JOHN KNOX AND HIS RELATIONS TO WOMEN 230
THE BODY-SNATCHER 277
FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS
TO
THOMAS STEVENSON
CIVIL ENGINEER
BY WHOSE DEVICES THE GREAT SEA LIGHTS
IN EVERY
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