A CHILD'S
GARDEN OF
VERSES

BY ROBERT LOVIS
STEVENSON

ILLVSTRATED—BY
CHARLES
ROBINSON.

NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S
SONS

LONDON:
IOHN LANE.

1895

Copyright 1895, by Charles Scribner's Sons

CONTENTS

Bed in Summer Page 3
A Thought 5
At the Seaside 6
Young Night Thought 7
Whole Duty of Children 9
Rain 10
Pirate Story 11
Foreign Lands 13
Windy Nights 15
Travel 17
Singing 20
Looking Forward 21
A Good Play 22
Where Go the Boats? 24
Auntie's Skirts Page 26
The Land of Counterpane 27
The Land of Nod 29
My Shadow 32
System 34
A Good Boy 36
Escape at Bedtime 38
Marching Song 40
The Cow 42
Happy Thought 44
The Wind 45
Keepsake Mill 47
Good and Bad Children 49
Foreign Children 51
The Sun's Travels 53
The Lamplighter 55
My Bed is a Boat 57
The Moon 59
The Swing 62
Time to Rise 64
Looking-Glass River 65
Fairy Bread 67
From a Railway Carriage 68
Winter-Time 70
The Hayloft 72
Farewell to the Farm 74
North-West Passage
1. Good Night Page  76
2. Shadow March 77
3. In Port 78
THE CHILD ALONE
The Unseen Playmate 81
My Ship and I 83
My Kingdom 85
Picture Books in Winter 87
My Treasures 89
Block City 91
The Land of Story-Books 93
Armies in the Fire 95
The Little Land 97
GARDEN DAYS
Night and Day Page 103
Nest Eggs 107
The Flowers 110
Summer Sun 112
The Dumb Soldier 114
Autumn Fires 117
The Gardener 119
Historical Associations 121
ENVOYS
To Willie and Henrietta 125
To my Mother 127
To Auntie 128
To Minnie 129
To my Name-Child 133
To any Reader 136





A CHILD'S
GARDEN
of VERSES

Copyright, 1900, by
Robert Howard Russell
Copyright, 1902, by
Rand McNally & Company
All rights reserved
Edition of 1928

PAGE
By Way of Introduction 5
To Alison Cunningham 8
Bed in Summer 13
Young Night Thought 15
Rain 16
My Shadow 17
Time To Rise 20
At the Seaside 21
Windy Nights 22
Pirate Story 24
Whole Duty of Children 27
Foreign Lands 28
System 30
A Good Play 32
The Land of Counterpane 33
A Good Boy 34
Looking Forward 36
The Swing 37
Good and Bad Children 38
Marching Song 40
Travel 42
Where Go the Boats? 46
Escape at Bedtime 48
From a Railway Carriage 50
The Wind 52
Auntie's Skirts 54
Happy Thought 55
The Cow 56
My Bed Is a Boat 58
The Land of Nod 60
Fairy Bread 61
Keepsake Mill 62
Winter-time 64
Looking-glass River 66
The Sun's Travels 69
The Lamplighter 70
Foreign Children 73
The Moon 74
The Hayloft 77
Farewell To the Farm 78
A Thought 80
Singing 81
North-west Passage
I. Good-night 82
II. Shadow March 84
III. In Port 86
To My Mother 88
Guide To Pronunciation 89
A Word List 90





TREASURE ISLAND

Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrated by
Milo Winter

CONTENTS

PAGE
To the Hesitating Purchaser viii
List of Color Plates ix
Dedication x
PART I
The Old Buccaneer
CHAPTER
I. At the "Admiral Benbow" 3
II. Black Dog Appears and Disappears 11
III. The Black Spot 19
IV. The Sea-Chest 26
V. The Last of the Blind Man 33
VI. The Captain's Papers 40
PART II
The Sea-Cook
VII. I Go to Bristol 49
VIII. At the Sign of the "Spy-Glass" 55
IX. Powder and Arms 62
X. The Voyage 69
XI. What I Heard in the Apple Barrel 76
XII. Council of War 83
PART III
My Shore Adventure
XIII. How My Shore Adventure Began 93
XIV. The First Blow 99
XV. The Man of the Island 106
PART IV
The Stockade
XVI. Narrative Continued by the Doctor—How the Ship was Abandoned 117
XVII. Narrative Continued by the Doctor—The Jolly-Boat's Last Trip 123
XVIII. Narrative Continued by the Doctor—End of the First Day's Fighting 129
XIX. Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins—The Garrison in the Stockade 135
XX. Silver's Embassy 142
XXI. The Attack 149
PART V
My Sea Adventure
XXII. How My Sea Adventure Began 159
XXIII. The Ebb-Tide Runs 166
XXIV. The Cruise of the Coracle 172
XXV. I Strike the Jolly Roger 179
XXVI. Israel Hands 185
XXVII. "Pieces of Eight" 195
PART VI
Captain Silver
XXVIII. In the Enemy's Camp 205
XXIX. The Black Spot Again 214
XXX. On Parole 222
XXXI. The Treasure-Hunt—Flint's Pointer 230
XXXII. The Treasure-Hunt—The Voice among the Trees 238
XXXIII. The Fall of a Chieftain 245
XXXIV. And Last 252





THE BLACK ARROW

A TALE OF THE TWO ROSES


ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

ILLUSTRATED BY N. C. WYETH




NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
MCMXXXIII


Copyright, 1916, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

CONTENTS

Prologue

Book I

THE TWO LADS

  1. At the Sign of the Sun in Kettley 25
  2. In the Fen 36
  3. The Fen Ferry 44
  4. A Greenwood Company 54
  5. “Bloody as the Hunter” 64
  6. To the Day’s End 75
  7. The Hooded Face 84

Book II

THE MOAT HOUSE

  1. Dick Asks Questions 97
  2. The Two Oaths 108
  3. The Room Over the Chapel 118
  4. The Passage 127
  5. How Dick Changed Sides 133

Book III

MY LORD FOXHAM

  1. The House by the Shore 147
  2. A Skirmish in the Dark 156
  3. St. Bride’s Cross 164
  4. The “Good Hope” 169
  5. The “Good Hope” (Continued) 180
  6. The “Good Hope” (Concluded) 188

Book IV

THE DISGUISE

  1. The Den 197
  2. “In Mine Enemies’ House” 206
  3. The Dead Spy 218
  4. In the Abbey Church 228
  5. Earl Risingham 240
  6. Arblaster Again 245

Book V

CROOKBACK

  1. The Shrill Trumpet 261
  2. The Battle of Shoreby 270
  3. The Battle of Shoreby (Concluded) 279
  4. The Sack of Shoreby 285
  5. Night in the Woods: Alicia Risingham 298
  6. Night in the Woods (Concluded): Dick and Joan 308
  7. Dick’s Revenge 320
  8. Conclusion 325

ILLUSTRATIONS