The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls

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  For the wander-thirst is on me
  And my soul is in Cathay.

 "There's a schooner in the offing,
  With her topsails shot with fire,
  And my heart has gone aboard her
  For the island of Desire."

                     --RICHARD HOVEY.


In spite of the fact that his law studies now left him an opportunity
for the work he wanted so much to do, Louis was far from happy, for
between his parents and himself, who had always been the best of
friends, there were many misunderstandings.

Thomas Stevenson was bitterly disappointed that his only son should