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Stevenson at Manasquan

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By Charlotte Eaton
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A personal recollection recounts the author's first encounter with Robert Louis Stevenson during a farewell visit to a coastal New Jersey village, portraying his frail yet radiant presence, refined manners, and magnetic conversational wit. It situates the meeting within memories of earlier friendships and artistic circles, recalling student days abroad and festive gatherings at Barbizon. Anecdotes describe his habits as a storyteller, his search for health in mountain retreats, and his habit of befriending ordinary people, while observers respond to his ready repartee. The account blends physical description, social portraiture, and brief notes on work produced around that period.

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Title: Stevenson at Manasquan

Author: Charlotte Eaton

Contributor: Francis Joseph Dickie

George Steele Seymour

Illustrator: Wyatt Eaton

Release date: October 9, 2017 [eBook #55714]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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Stevenson at Manasquan

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Stevenson at Manasquan

By
Charlotte Eaton

With a Note on the Fate of the Yacht "Casco" by Francis Dickie and Six Portraits from Stevenson by George Steele Seymour

CHICAGO
THE BOOKFELLOWS
1921

Three hundred copies of this book by Charlotte Eaton, Bookfellow No. 550, Francis Dickie, Bookfellow No. 716, and George Steele Seymour, Bookfellow No. 1, have been printed. Mrs. Eaton's memoir is an elaboration of one previously published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co. of New York under the title "A Last Memory of Robert Louis Stevenson"; Mr. Dickie's notes have appeared in the New York World, and Mr. Seymour's "Portraits" have appeared in "Contemporary Verse" and "The Star" of San Francisco.

Copyright, 1921, by
Flora Warren Seymour

THE TORCH PRESS
CEDAR RAPIDS
IOWA