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A curated selection of personal and professional letters by Robert Louis Stevenson, arranged in six parts with editorial introductions, follows his development from student life through travels, literary beginnings, emigration, marriage, and later seasons in alpine and highland settings. Correspondence to family, friends, and literary acquaintances records everyday detail, reflections on health and craft, accounts of journeys, and the evolving friendships and networks that shaped his work. Editorial notes provide context, selection rationale, and chronological framing, while the arrangement emphasizes thematic phases and recurring subjects rather than a continuous narrative.

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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 23

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

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THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XXIII
 

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. ............

 

THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS

STEVENSON

 
VOLUME TWENTY-THREE
 
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII

For permission to use the Letters in the
Swanston Edition of Stevenson’s Works
the Publishers are indebted to the kindness of
Messrs. Methuen & Co., Ltd.

 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
 

THE LETTERS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

EDITED BY

SIDNEY COLVIN

PARTS I—VI
 

CONTENTS

  PAGE
Introductory xvii

I.—STUDENT DAYS AT EDINBURGH

TRAVELS AND EXCURSIONS
Introductory 3
Letters—  
To Thomas Stevenson 13
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 14
To the Same 15
To the Same 17
To the Same 19
To the Same 21
To the Same
To Mrs. Churchill Babington 30
To Alison Cunningham 32
To Charles Baxter 33
To the Same 35
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 36
To the Same 38
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 39
To Thomas Stevenson 42
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 44
To Charles Baxter 46
To Charles Baxter 49
To the Same 52

II.—STUDENT DAYS—continued

NEW FRIENDSHIPS—ORDERED SOUTH
Introductory 54
Letters—  
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 56
To Mrs. Sitwell 57
To the Same 58
To the Same 61
To the Same 63
To the Same 66
To the Same 68
To the Same 71
To the Same 74
To Sidney Colvin 76
To the Same 76
To Mrs. Sitwell 77
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 81
To Mrs. Sitwell 83
To the Same 83
To the Same 86
To Charles Baxter 89
To Mrs. Sitwell 91
To the Same 93
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 94
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 96
To the Same 97
To the Same 99
To Mrs. Sitwell 101
To the Same 103
To the Same 104
To Sidney Colvin 105
To the Same 106
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 107
To Sidney Colvin 108
To Mrs. Sitwell 110
To Thomas Stevenson 111
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 112
To Thomas Stevenson 113
To Mrs. Sitwell 115
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 116
To the Same 117
To the Same 118
To the Same 118
To the Same 120
To Mrs. Sitwell 121

III.—STUDENT DAYS—concluded

HOME AGAIN—LITERATURE AND LAW
Introductory 123
Letters—  
To Sidney Colvin 124
To Mrs. Sitwell 125
To Sidney Colvin 127
To Mrs. Sitwell 127
To Sidney Colvin 129
To Mrs. Sitwell 131
To the Same 133
To the Same 137
To the Same 139
To Sidney Colvin 140
To Mrs. Sitwell 140
To Sidney Colvin 141
To the Same 143
To Mrs. Sitwell 144
To the Same 148
To the Same 149
To the Same 151
To the Same 153
To the Same 155
To the Same 156
To Sidney Colvin 157
To Mrs. Sitwell 158
To the Same 161
To the Same 164
To the Same 166
To Sidney Colvin 167
To Mrs. Sitwell 168
To Sidney Colvin 169
To Mrs. Sitwell 171
To Sidney Colvin 173
To Mrs. Sitwell 174
To the Same 174
To the Same 175
To the Same 177
To Sidney Colvin 178
To the Same 178
To Mrs. Sitwell 179
To the Same 180
To the Same 181

IV.—ADVOCATE AND AUTHOR

EDINBURGH—PARIS—FONTAINEBLEAU
Introductory 182
Letters—  
To Sidney Colvin 186
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 187
To Mrs. Sitwell 187
To the Same 189
To Sidney Colvin 191
To Charles Baxter 193
To Sidney Colvin 195
To the Same 196
To Mrs. Sitwell 197
To the Same 198
To Mrs. de Mattos 199
To Mrs. Sitwell 200
To Sidney Colvin 201
To the Same 202
To Mrs. Sitwell 203
To W. E. Henley 204
To Mrs. Sitwell 205
To Sidney Colvin 206
To Mrs. Sitwell 207
To A. Patchett Martin 208
To the Same 209
To Sidney Colvin 211
To the Same 212
To Thomas Stevenson 213
To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 215
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 215
To the Same 216
To W. E. Henley 217
To Charles Baxter 217
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 218
To W. E. Henley 219
To Edmund Gosse 219
To W. E. Henley 221
To Miss Jane Balfour 223
To Edmund Gosse 224
To Sidney Colvin 225
To Edmund Gosse 226

V.—THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT

S.S. DEVONIA—MONTEREY AND SAN FRANCISCO—MARRIAGE
Introductory 228
Letters—  
To Sidney Colvin 230
To the Same 232
To W. E. Henley 233
To Sidney Colvin 234
To the Same 235
To Edmund Gosse 236
To W. E. Henley 238
To the Same 238
To Sidney Colvin 241
To P. G. Hamerton 242
To Edmund Gosse 243
To Sidney Colvin 244
To Edmund Gosse 245
To Sidney Colvin 247
To W. E. Henley 249
To Sidney Colvin 251
To the Same 253
To W. E. Henley 255
To the Same 256
To Sidney Colvin 258
To Edmund Gosse 260
To Charles Baxter 262
To Professor Meiklejohn 263
To W. E. Henley 265
To Sidney Colvin 267
To the Same 269
To J. W. Ferrier 269
To Edmund Gosse 271
To Dr. W. Bamford 272
To Sidney Colvin 272
To the Same 273
To the Same 274
To C. W. Stoddard 275
To Sidney Colvin 276

VI.—ALPINE WINTERS AND HIGHLAND SUMMERS

Introductory 279
Letters—  
To Sidney Colvin 284
To Charles Baxter 285
To Isobel Strong 286
To A. G. Dew-Smith 287
To Thomas Stevenson 290
To Sidney Colvin 291
To Edmund Gosse 292
To the Same 293
To Charles Warren Stoddard 294
To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 296
To Sidney Colvin 297
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 298
To Sidney Colvin 300
To Horatio F. Brown 303
To the Same 303
To the Same 304
To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 305
To Edmund Gosse 306
To Sidney Colvin 308
To Professor Æneas Mackay 309
To the Same 309
To Sidney Colvin 310
To Edmund Gosse 311
To Charles J. Guthrie 312
To the Same 312
To Edmund Gosse 313
To P. G. Hamerton 314
To Sidney Colvin 316
To W. E. Henley 317
To the Same 319
To Sidney Colvin 320
To Dr. Alexander Japp 321
To Mrs. Sitwell 323
To Edmund Gosse 324
To the Same 325
To the Same 325
To W. E. Henley 326
To Dr. Alexander Japp 327
To W. E. Henley 328
To the Same 330
To Thomas Stevenson 331
To Edmund Gosse 332
To W. E. Henley 333
To P. G. Hamerton 335
To Charles Baxter 336
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 337
To Edmund Gosse 338
To Sidney Colvin 339
To Alison Cunningham 340
To Charles Baxter 341
To W. E. Henley 341
To the Same 342
To Alexander Ireland 345
To Mrs. Gosse 347
To Sidney Colvin 349
To Edmund Gosse 350
To Dr. Alexander Japp 351
To the Same 351
To W. E. Henley 352
To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 354
To R. A. M. Stevenson 356
To Trevor Haddon 357
To Edmund Gosse 359
To Trevor Haddon 360
To Edmund Gosse 360
To W. E. Henley 361