THE EBB-TIDE
A TRIO AND QUARTETTE
By Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyde Osbourne
'There is a tide in the affairs of men.'
Contents
| Chapter 1. | NIGHT ON THE BEACH |
| Chapter 2. | MORNING ON THE BEACH—THE THREE LETTERS |
| Chapter 3. | THE OLD CALABOOSE—DESTINY AT THE DOOR |
| Chapter 4. | THE YELLOW FLAG |
| Chapter 5. | THE CARGO OF CHAMPAGNE |
| Chapter 6. | THE PARTNERS |
| Chapter 7. | THE PEARL-FISHER |
| Chapter 8. | BETTER ACQUAINTANCE |
| Chapter 9. | THE DINNER PARTY |
| Chapter 10. | THE OPEN DOOR |
| Chapter 11. | DAVID AND GOLIATH |
| Chapter 12. | TAIL-PIECE |
DAVID BALFOUR
Being Memoirs of his Adventures at home and Abroad
THE SECOND PART: In which are set forth his Misfortunes anent the APPIN Murder; his Troubles with Lord Advocate GRANT; Captivity on the Bass Rock; Journey into Holland and France; and Singular Relations with JAMES MORE DRUMMOND or MACGREGOR, a Son of the notorious ROB ROY, and his Daughter CATRIONA
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
AND NOW SET FORTH BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1905
COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
VI.
UMQHILE THE MASTER OF LOVAT
VII.
I MAKE A FAULT IN HONOUR
VIII.
THE BRAVO
IX.
THE HEATHER ON FIRE
X.
THE RED-HEADED MAN
XI.
THE WOOD BY SILVERMILLS
XII.
ON THE MARCH AGAIN WITH ALAN
XIII.
GILLANE SANDS
XIV.
THE BASS
XV.
BLACK ANDIE'S TALE OF TOD LAPRAIK
XVI.
THE MISSING WITNESS
XVII.
THE MEMORIAL
XVIII.
THE TEE'D BALL
XIX.
I AM MUCH IN THE HANDS OF THE LADIES
XX.
I CONTINUE TO MOVE IN GOOD SOCIETY
Part
II
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
XXI.
THE VOYAGE INTO HOLLAND
XXII.
HELVOETSLUYS
XXIII.
TRAVELS IN HOLLAND
XXIV.
FULL STORY OF A COPY OF HEINECCIUS
XXV.
THE RETURN OF JAMES MORE
XXVI.
THE THREESOME
XXVII.
A TWOSOME
XXVIII.
IN WHICH I AM LEFT ALONE
XXIX.
WE MEET IN DUNKIRK
XXX.
THE LETTER FROM THE SHIP
XXXI.
CONCLUSION
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"SHE
DROPPED ME ONE OF HER CURTSEYS, WHICH WERE EXTRAORDINARY TAKING"
"'WHAT
DID THEY SUFFER FOR?' I ASKED?"
"'TIT
YOU EFFER HEAR WHERE ALAN GRIGOR FAND THE TANGS,' SAID HE"
"'THE
GOODMAN BROUGHT ME MY MEAT AND A DROP BRANDY, AND A CANDLE-DOWP TO EAT IT
BY, ABOUT ELEEVEN,' SAID HE"
"'THERE
HE SAT, A MUCKLE FAT, WHITE HASH OF A MAN LIKE CREISH'"
"'THERE
IS NOTHING HERE TO BE VIEWED BUT NAKED CAMPBELL SPITE AND SCURVY CAMPBELL
INTRIGUE'"
"UP
SHE STOOD ON THE BULWARKS AND HELD BY A STAY"
"'YOU
TELL ME SHE IS HERE?' SAID HE AGAIN"
"'KEEP
BACK, DAVIE! ARE YE DAFT?'"
A CHILD'S
GARDEN
of VERSES
By
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSoN
ILLUSTRATED BY
MYRTLE SHELDON
M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
CHICAGO
Copyright 1916
By
M. A. DONOHUE
AND
COMPANY
CONTENTS
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
ROBERT LOVIS STEVENSON
WITH
ILLVSTRATIONS BY
JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK
MCMV
CONTENTS
| TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM | vii |
| BED IN SUMMER | 3 |
| A THOUGHT | 4 |
| AT THE SEA-SIDE | 5 |
| YOUNG NIGHT-THOUGHT | 6 |
| WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN | 7 |
| RAIN | 7 |
| PIRATE STORY | 8 |
| FOREIGN LANDS | 9 |
| WINDY NIGHTS | 10 |
| TRAVEL | 11 |
| SINGING | 13 |
| LOOKING FORWARD | 14 |
| A GOOD PLAY | 15 |
| WHERE GO THE BOATS? | 16 |
| AUNTIE'S SKIRTS | 17 |
| THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE | 18 |
| THE LAND OF NOD | 19 |
| MY SHADOW | 20 |
| SYSTEM | 22 |
| A GOOD BOY | 23 |
| ESCAPE AT BEDTIME | 24 |
| MARCHING SONG | 25 |
| THE COW | 26 |
| HAPPY THOUGHT | 27 |
| THE WIND | 28 |
| KEEPSAKE MILL | 29 |
| GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN | 31 |
| FOREIGN CHILDREN | 33 |
| THE SUN TRAVELS | 35 |
| THE LAMPLIGHTER | 36 |
| MY BED IS A BOAT | 37 |
| THE MOON | 39 |
| THE SWING | 40 |
| TIME TO RISE | 41 |
| LOOKING-GLASS RIVER | 42 |
| FAIRY BREAD | 44 |
| FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE | 45 |
| WINTER-TIME | 46 |
| THE HAYLOFT | 47 |
| FAREWELL TO THE FARM | 49 |
| NORTH-WEST PASSAGE | 50 |
| 1. Good-Night | 50 |
| 2. Shadow March | 51 |
| 3. In Port | 52 |
| THE CHILD ALONE | |
| THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE | 57 |
| MY SHIP AND I | 59 |
| MY KINGDOM | 61 |
| PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER | 63 |
| MY TREASURES | 65 |
| BLOCK CITY | 67 |
| THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS | 69 |
| ARMIES IN THE FIRE | 71 |
| THE LITTLE LAND | 73 |
| GARDEN DAYS | |
| NIGHT AND DAY | 79 |
| NEST EGGS | 82 |
| THE FLOWERS | 84 |
| SUMMER SUN | 86 |
| THE DUMB SOLDIER | 87 |
| AUTUMN FIRES | 89 |
| THE GARDENER | 90 |
| HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS | 92 |
| ENVOYS | |
| TO WILLIE AND HENRIETTA | 97 |
| TO MY MOTHER | 98 |
| TO AUNTIE | 99 |
| TO MINNIE | 100 |
| TO MY NAME-CHILD | 103 |
| TO ANY READER | 105 |
FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR
BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH
| FACING PAGE | ||
| Bed in Summer | 4 | |
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In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light. |
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| Foreign Lands | 10 | |
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I held the trunk with both my hands
And looked abroad on foreign lands. |
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| The Land of Counterpane | 18 | |
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I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow-hill, |
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| My Shadow | 20 | |
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He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you
can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! |
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| Foreign Children | 34 | |
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Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,
Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanee, Oh! don't you wish that you were me? |
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| Looking-glass River | 42 | |
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We can see our coloured faces
Floating on the shaken pool |
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| The Hayloft | 48 | |
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Oh, what a joy to clamber there,
Oh, what a place for play, With the sweet, the dim, the dusty air, The happy hills of hay! |
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| North-west Passage | 50 | |
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And face with an undaunted tread
The long black passage up to bed. |
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| Picture-books in Winter | 64 | |
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Water now is turned to stone
Nurse and I can walk upon; Still we find the flowing brooks In the picture story-books. |
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| The Little Land | 74 | |
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I have just to shut my eyes
To go sailing through the skies— To go sailing far away To the pleasant Land of Play; |
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| The Flowers | 84 | |
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All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse, Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock, And the Lady Hollyhock. |
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| To Auntie | 100 | |
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What did the other children do?
And what were childhood, wanting you? |
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