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

PAGE
Bed in Summer 10
Young Night Thought 11
Pirate Story 12-13
Farewell to the Farm 14-15
The Land of Counterpane 16
Fairy Bread 17
Escape at Bedtime 18-19
A Good Play 20
Marching Song 21
Where Go the Boats 22-23
The Hayloft 24
Auntie's Skirts 25
The Moon 26
The Cow 27
Foreign Lands 28-29
System 30
At the Seaside 31
Happy Thought 32
The Land of Nod 33
Windy Nights 34-35
Time to Rise 36
Rain 37
Foreign Children 38
Looking Forward 39
My Shadow 40-42
The Sun's Travels 43
Looking-Glass River 44-45
The Lamplighter 46-47
Singing 48
Travel 49-51
My Bed is a Boat 52-53
Keepsake Mill 54-55
The Unseen Playmate 56-57
My Ship and I 58-59
The Wind 60-61
A Good Boy 62-63
Good and Bad Children 64-65
Picture-Books in Winter 66-67
The Swing 68-69
A Thought 70
Armies in the Fire 71
My Kingdom 72-73
Shadow March 74-75
Winter-Time 76-77
The Little Land 78-81
In Port 82-83
Night and Day 84-86
Nest Eggs 87-88
The Flowers 89
From a Railway Carriage 90
My Treasures 91-92
Block City 93-94
The Gardener 95-96





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

ILLUSTRATIONS

FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR
BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH

FACING PAGE
Bed in Summer 4
In winter I get up at night
 And dress by yellow candle-light.
Foreign Lands 10
I held the trunk with both my hands
 And looked abroad on foreign lands.
The Land of Counterpane 18
I was the giant great and still
 That sits upon the pillow-hill,
My Shadow 20
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!
Foreign Children 34
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,
 Little frosty Eskimo,
 Little Turk or Japanee,
 Oh! don't you wish that you were me?
Looking-glass River 42
We can see our coloured faces
 Floating on the shaken pool
The Hayloft 48
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!
North-west Passage 50
And face with an undaunted tread
 The long black passage up to bed.
Picture-books in Winter 64
Water now is turned to stone
 Nurse and I can walk upon;
 Still we find the flowing brooks
 In the picture story-books.
The Little Land 74
I have just to shut my eyes
 To go sailing through the skies—
 To go sailing far away
 To the pleasant Land of Play;
The Flowers 84
All the names I know from nurse:
 Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
 Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
 And the Lady Hollyhock.
To Auntie 100
What did the other children do?
 And what were childhood, wanting you?