THE
SILVERADO SQUATTERS

BY

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY JOSEPH D. STRONG

 

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1906

CONTENTS

In the Valley:

I.

Calistoga

13

II.

The Petrified Forest

24

III.

Napa Wine

34

IV.

The Scot Abroad

48

With the Children of Israel:

I.

To Introduce Mr. Kelmar

59

II.

First Impressions of Silverado

68

III.

The Return

92

The Act of Squatting

103

The Hunter’s Family

127

The Sea Fogs

153

The Toll House

171

A Starry Drive

185

Episodes in the Story of a Mine

197

Toils And Pleasures

223






AN INLAND VOYAGE

BY

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

A NEW EDITION

WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY WALTER CRANE

 

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1904

 

‘Thus sang they in the English boat.’

Marvell.

CONTENTS

 

PAGE

Antwerp to Boom

1

On the Willebroek Canal

8

The Royal Sport Nautique

16

At Maubeuge

25

On the Sambre Canalised: to Quartes

33

Pont-sur-Sambre:

 

   We are Pedlars

42

   The Travelling Merchant

51

On the Sambre Canalised: to Landrecies

59

At Landrecies

67

Sambre and Oise Canal: Canal boats

75

The Oise in Flood

83

Origny Sainte-Benoîte

 

   A By-day

95

   The Company at Table

105

Down the Oise: to Moy

116

La Fère of Cursed Memory

124

Down the Oise: Through the Golden Valley

133

Noyon Cathedral

137

Down the Oise: to Compiègne

145

Changed Times

157

Down the Oise: Church interiors

167

Précy and the Marionnettes

177

Back to the world

194






ESSAYS OF TRAVEL

by

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1905

second impression

Contents

 

 

page

I.

The Amateur Emigrant: From The Clyde To Sandy Hook—

 

 

   The Second Cabin

3

 

   Early Impressions

11

 

   Steerage Scenes

21

 

   Steerage Types

30

 

   The Sick Man

42

 

   The Stowaways

53

 

   Personal Experience And Review

69

 

   New York

81

II.

Cockermouth And Keswick

93

 

   Cockermouth

94

 

   An Evangelist

97

 

   Another

100

 

   Last Of Smethurst

102

III.

An Autumn Effect

106

IV.

A Winter’s Walk In Carrick And Galloway

131

V.

Forest Notes—

 

 

   On The Plains

144

 

   In The Season

149

 

   Idle Hours

153

 

   A Pleasure-Party

157

 

   The Woods In Spring

164

 

   Morality

169

VI.

A Mountain Town In France

175

VII.

Random Memories: Rosa Quo Locorum

189

VII.

The Ideal House

199

IX.

Davos In Winter

207

X.

Health And Mountains

212

XI.

Alpine Diversion

217

XII.

The Stimulation Of The Alps

222

XIII.

Roads

227

XIV.

On The Enjoyment Of Unpleasant Places

237






MORE NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS

THE DYNAMITER

by

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
and
FANNY VAN de GRIFT STEVENSON

new impression

 

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 paternoster row, london
new york and bombay

1903

THE DYNAMITER

 

page

Prologue of the Cigar Divan

1

Challoner’s Adventure:

 

   The Squire of Dames

13

   Story of the Destroying Angel

27

The Squire of Dames (continued)

76

Summerset’s Adventure:

 

   The Superfluous Mansion

100

   Narrative of the Spirited Old Lady

108

The Superfluous Mansion (continued)

145

   Zero’s Tale of the Explosive Bomb

195

Desborough’s Adventure:

 

   The Brown Box

209

   Story of the Fair Cuban

219

The Brown Box (continued)

269

The Superfluous Mansion (continued)

286

Epilogue of the Cigar Divan

299






NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS

BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

 

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1920

CONTENTS

THE SUICIDE CLUB:

PAGE

 

Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts

1

 

Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk

35

 

The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs

65

THE RAJAH’S DIAMOND:

 

Story of the Bandbox

88

 

Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders

116

 

Story of the House with the Green Blinds

133

 

The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective

168

THE PAVILION ON THE LINKS:

 

CHAP.

 

 

 

I.

Tells how I Camped in Graden Sea-wood, and beheld a Light in the Pavilion

171

 

II.

Tells of the Nocturnal Landing from the Yacht

184

 

III.

Tells how I became acquainted with my Wife

191

 

IV.

Tells in what a startling manner I learned that I was not alone in Graden Sea-wood

200

 

V.

Tells of an Interview between Northmour, Clara, and Myself

209

 

VI.

Tells of my Introduction to the Tall Man

215

 

VII.

Tells how a Word was Cried through the Pavilion Window

221

 

VIII.

Tells the Last of the Tall Man

228

 

IX.

Tells how Northmour carried out his Threat

235

A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT

242

THE SIRE DE MALÊTROIT’S DOOR

267

PROVIDENCE AND THE GUITAR

292








THE WRECKER


by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne






CONTENTS


PROLOGUE.

IN THE MARQUESAS.

THE YARN.

CHAPTER I  A SOUND COMMERCIAL EDUCATION

CHAPTER II  ROUSSILLON WINE

CHAPTER III  TO INTRODUCE MR. PINKERTON

CHAPTER IV  IN WHICH I EXPERIENCE EXTREMES OF FORTUNE

CHAPTER V  IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS

CHAPTER VI  IN WHICH I GO WEST

CHAPTER VII  IRONS IN THE FIRE

CHAPTER VIII  FACES ON THE CITY FRONT

CHAPTER IX  THE WRECK OF THE “FLYING SCUD.

CHAPTER X  IN WHICH THE CREW VANISH

CHAPTER XI  IN WHICH JIM AND I TAKE DIFFERENT WAYS

CHAPTER XII  THE “NORAH CREINA.

CHAPTER XIII  THE ISLAND AND THE WRECK

CHAPTER XIV  THE CABIN OF THE “FLYING SCUD"

CHAPTER XV  THE CARGO OF THE “FLYING SCUD"

CHAPTER XVI  IN WHICH I TURN SMUGGLER, AND THE CAPTAIN CASUIS

CHAPTER XVII  LIGHT FROM THE MAN OF WAR

CHAPTER XVIII  CROSS-QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS

CHAPTER XIX  TRAVELS WITH A SHYSTER

CHAPTER XX  STALLBRIDGE-LE-CARTHEW

CHAPTER XXI  FACE TO FACE

CHAPTER XXII  THE REMITTANCE MAN

CHAPTER XXIII     THE BUDGET OF THE “CURRENCY LASS"

CHAPTER XXIV  A HARD BARGAIN

CHAPTER XXV  A BAD BARGAIN

EPILOGUE








THE WRONG BOX


BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
and
LLOYD OSBOURNE






Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. In Which Morris Suspects
CHAPTER II. In Which Morris takes Action
CHAPTER III. The Lecturer at Large
CHAPTER IV. The Magistrate in the Luggage Van
CHAPTER V. Mr Gideon Forsyth and the Gigantic Box
CHAPTER VI. The Tribulations of Morris: Part the First
CHAPTER VII. In Which William Dent Pitman takes Legal Advice
CHAPTER VIII. In Which Michael Finsbury Enjoys a Holiday
CHAPTER IX. Glorious Conclusion of Michael Finsbury’s Holiday
CHAPTER X. Gideon Forsyth and the Broadwood Grand
CHAPTER XI. The Maestro Jimson
CHAPTER XII. Positively the Last Appearance of the Broadwood Grand
CHAPTER XIII.     The Tribulations of Morris: Part the Second
CHAPTER XIV. William Bent Pitman Hears of Something to his Advantage
CHAPTER XV. The Return of the Great Vance
CHAPTER XVI. Final Adjustment of the Leather Business