The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls

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Page 1: OVERTON NEW YORK...
Page 2: Lloyd Osbourne] TO THE BOYS AT THE YORKVILLE LIBRARY AND T...
Page 3: THE LIGHTHOUSE BUILDERS 3 II. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 16...
Page 4: THE LANTERN BEARER 31 IV. EDINBURGH DAYS 47 V. AMATEUR EMI...
Page 5: Lloyd Osbourne FACING PAGE No. 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, ...
Page 6: The Treasure Island map 100 Facsimile of letter sent to Cu...
Page 7: THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FOR BOYS AND GIRLS "Wri...
Page 8: For the sake Of these, my kinsmen and my countrymen, Who e...
Page 9: When Robert Stevenson, his grandfather, received his appoi...
Page 10: The seas into which his labors carried him were still scar...
Page 11: had to be called out of nothing; and a new trade (that of ...
Page 12: Under such conditions the men were able to stay on the sit...
Page 13: In spite of all the obstacles, the work was completed at t...
Page 14: His thought for the keepers was continual.... When a keepe...
Page 15: Throughout the rank and file of his men he was adored. "I ...
Page 16: The ridge runs like a broken backbone for a distance of so...
Page 17: It was a house on stilts, the legs being sunk firmly into ...
Page 18: They had had a surfeit of such experience ... while the ba...
Page 19: The engineer relates that the work was 'a good lesson in t...
Page 20: It was he who brought to perfection the revolving light no...
Page 21: CHAPTER II ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON "As from the house your ...
Page 22: 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, November 13, 1850. In...
Page 23: Those who have read the "Child's Garden of Verses" already...
Page 24: Illustration: No. 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Stevenson's b...
Page 25: She sang for him, danced for him, spun fine tales of pirat...
Page 26: In the Grassmarket, stiff-necked covenanting heroes offere...
Page 27: There is an old story of the subterranean passage between ...
Page 28: Stevenson, "Essay on Edinburgh.") Long before Louis could ...
Page 29: Her devotion to him had its reward in the love he gave her...
Page 30: He was not able to write himself, but dictated to his moth...
Page 31: Bob ate his with sugar and said it was an island covered w...
Page 32: Alan Stevenson, Henrietta and Willie Traquair seem to have...
Page 33: When I was once sent in to say a psalm to my grandfather, ...
Page 34: Even out of the 'witches' walk' you saw the Manse facing t...
Page 35: Opposite the study was the parlor, a small room crammed fu...
Page 36: Willie had a crossbow, but up to this date I had never env...
Page 37: LONGFELLOW. School days began for Louis in 1859, but were ...
Page 38: Certain books were his prime favorites at this time. "Robi...
Page 39: I knew them almost by heart ... and I remember my surprise...
Page 40: Toward the end of September," he says, "when school time w...
Page 41: The essence of this bliss was to walk by yourself in the b...
Page 42: The stories were illustrated with much color and the magaz...
Page 43: Cummie had told him of the Covenanters and the fact that t...
Page 44: The following Christmas found Louis and his mother again i...
Page 45: Even then he knew what he wanted to do was to write. He ha...
Page 46: The summer of 1868 he was sent with an engineering party t...
Page 47: though I haunted the breakwater by day, and even loved the...
Page 48: The roaring skerry and the tossing boat," appealed to him ...
Page 49: Stevenson was a constant visitor at their home, joining he...
Page 50: He describes himself as a "lean, ugly, unpopular student,"...
Page 51: At Swanston he first began to really write, "bad poetry," ...
Page 52: All this time Louis was idling through the university, kno...
Page 53: After much debate it was finally decided that he should gi...
Page 54: There's a schooner in the offing, With her topsails shot w...
Page 55: But his father was still more troubled by certain independ...
Page 56: He longed to go with them "to that Somewhere-else of the i...
Page 57: I was done with the sullens for good.... I had got a frien...
Page 58: Sir Walter Simpson, son of the famous doctor, Sir James Si...
Page 59: One summer he and Sir Walter yachted off the west coast of...
Page 60: The Cigarette and I could not sufficiently congratulate ea...
Page 61: There was no doubt about the landlady however; there she w...
Page 62: This was not the first time that I have been refused a lod...
Page 63: Footnote: This incident is told in the "Epilogue to An Inl...
Page 64: As I walked my mind was busy fitting what I saw with appro...
Page 65: He may take his afternoon walk in some foreign country on ...
Page 66: now these historic vessels fly the tricolor and are known ...
Page 67: His illness and absence seemed to have smoothed out some o...
Page 68: he is often referred to. He was free now to roam as he cho...
Page 69: Osbourne and her young son and daughter. Their home in Cal...
Page 70: These were followed by his first books of travel, "An Inla...
Page 71: Stephen and I sat on a couple of chairs, and the poor fell...
Page 72: Many a citizen was proud to welcome the Deacon to supper, ...
Page 73: Illustration: Edinburgh Castle] This story of Brodie had a...
Page 74: Here he met several interesting men, among them Edmund Wil...
Page 75: In particular, a certain shelf with cupboards below, attac...
Page 76: His private thoughts and prospects must often have been of...
Page 77: Louis's long absences from home often troubled his mother ...
Page 78: I do not even know if I desire to live there, but let me h...
Page 79: In the summer of 1879 R.L.S. was once more seized with the...
Page 80: In his usual way he soon made acquaintance with his fellow...
Page 81: When the weather was good their spirits rose and there wer...
Page 82: I have never seen decorum pushed so far; and as this was n...
Page 83: We had beside, romps in plenty. Puss in the Corner, which ...
Page 84: The handwriting is not good because of the ship's miscondu...
Page 85: On reaching port he and a man named Jones, with whom he ha...
Page 86: It rained with potent fury; every now and then I had to ge...
Page 87: So in less than twenty-four hours after landing on one coa...
Page 88: Indeed, he was ill but kept cheerful in spite of all, and ...
Page 89: I reached N.Y. Sunday night, and by five o'clock Monday wa...
Page 90: This is a pause, as you may see from the writing. What hap...
Page 91: I confess I am not jolly, but mighty calm, in my distresse...
Page 92: Here is another curious start in my life," he wrote to Sid...
Page 93: I work at my notes of the voyage. It will not be very like...
Page 94: Monterey in those days was a small Mexican town; "a place ...
Page 95: About the middle of December he pushed on to San Francisco...
Page 96: I have great fun trying to be economical, which I find as ...
Page 97: Simpson did the other day, and it did me as much good as a...
Page 98: Later, in April, came a telegram from Thomas Stevenson say...
Page 99: Immediately after their marriage Stevenson and his wife an...
Page 100: This desire grew so from day to day that July found them b...
Page 101: On his return to Scotland the spell of his own land fell u...
Page 102: Switzerland never suited Stevenson. He disliked living amo...
Page 103: He accomplished little work at this time. Sometimes for da...
Page 104: When asked why he wrote so many stories of pirates and adv...
Page 105: This attic was a most chilly and dismal spot, reached by a...
Page 106: In the spring of 1885 Thomas Stevenson purchased a house a...
Page 107: He finished "Treasure Island," the book that gained him hi...
Page 108: It is horrid fun," he wrote, "and begins in the Admiral Be...
Page 109: He was writing it for one boy, but found he had more in hi...
Page 110: When he came to stand in the place of Silver you could alm...
Page 111: The Highland country where the scenes were laid, he had tr...
Page 112: It was called "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...
Page 113: First he called it "The Penny Whistle," but soon changed t...
Page 114: Of course," he said, speaking of this dedication when he w...
Page 115: Illustration: Facsimile of letter sent to Cummy with "An I...
Page 116: Thomas Stevenson remained at Skerryvore until April, 1887,...
Page 117: _Words spoken by Hendrik Hudson when he first brought his ...
Page 118: The _Ludgate Hill_ was not an up-to-date liner and she car...
Page 119: She arrived in the port of New York without beer, porter, ...
Page 120: Among those who were anxious to know Stevenson was the Ame...
Page 121: It was a lovely day and as I entered the room Stevenson la...
Page 122: Presently I finished and told him there was no necessity f...
Page 123: DEAR HOMER ST. GAUDENS--Your father has brought you this d...
Page 124: Your father's friend, "ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON." The portra...
Page 125: Disappointed," he exclaimed. "It was simply magnificent to...
Page 126: Their cottage was dubbed "Hunter's Home." It was far from ...
Page 127: His pen was kept busy also. A new novel, "The Master of Ba...
Page 128: Stevenson started for San Francisco to secure, if possible...
Page 129: It will be horrid fun," he said, "to be an invalid gentlem...
Page 130: His parting words to Mr. Low were: "There's England over t...
Page 131: Hence the long road my home I made; Tossed much in ships; ...
Page 132: From that time on a visit to that out-of-the-way corner of...
Page 133: Besides the family and a servant, Valentine Roch, who had ...
Page 134: At the bottom of the stairs on the right hand side is the ...
Page 135: Louis would fain cover it up if we could spare a flag with...
Page 136: bound round the Horn, we have not spied a sail, nor a land...
Page 137: After twenty-two days at sea they sighted their first isla...
Page 138: It contained two men: one white, one brown and tattooed ac...
Page 139: All were eager to visit the schooner, which they called _P...
Page 140: The entire family fell quickly into the island mode of liv...
Page 141: Our Japanese cook and steward just sets out the table with...
Page 142: Louis has learned a good many words of the language, and w...
Page 143: None of the dancing-women appeared, but five men dressed i...
Page 144: White or half-caste priest, missionary, or trader, all wer...
Page 145: Tahiti, one of the group of Society Islands, was their nex...
Page 146: After much trouble a Chinaman with a team was secured, who...
Page 147: But he and his family gladly turned out to make room for t...
Page 148: A feast of such size necessitated much preparation. "The c...
Page 149: Lloyd was also in white, but barefoot.... The chief, who s...
Page 150: Among these smaller presents were many fish-hooks for larg...
Page 151: During their enforced stay Ori treated the entire family l...
Page 152: Bad weather attended the _Casco_ all the way. They were de...
Page 153: Strong, Stevenson's stepdaughter, and her family were wait...
Page 154: The Island of Molokai, the leper colony, lay not far off. ...
Page 155: And this precious deep is filled with islands which we may...
Page 156: So the _Casco_ was shipped back to San Francisco, Mrs. Ste...
Page 157: Afterwards I watched the ship as long as I could until the...
Page 158: not been writ in vain." CHAPTER IX VAILIMA "We thank Thee ...
Page 159: Bless us, if it may be, in all our innocent endeavors. If ...
Page 160: He seldom complained and it is rare to find even the brave...
Page 161: Why not turn traders? Often on starry nights, drifting amo...
Page 162: Samoa was a place he was eager to visit. King Kalakaua at ...
Page 163: The Samoans are true Polynesians; a strong and handsome ra...
Page 164: The monthly mail-steamers between San Francisco and Sydney...
Page 165: Louis often wondered if they reminded the old gentleman of...
Page 166: This is a hard and interesting and beautiful life we lead ...
Page 167: When the natives discovered he was its author they immedia...
Page 168: Sosimo was Stevenson's particular boy. He waited upon him ...
Page 169: His stories delighted them. They were never tired of looki...
Page 170: With his customary energy he threw himself heart and soul ...
Page 171: Parties would come to hear the latest news of the proposed...
Page 172: Strong were writing together they were interrupted by a wa...
Page 173: _Wallaroo_ on one Thanksgiving Day, when "the kitchen depa...
Page 174: Tusitala's birthday was always a special event to his isla...
Page 175: All the Samoans are great singers. They composed songs abo...
Page 176: Strong acted as his secretary and the majority of his writ...
Page 177: In his last book, "Weir of Hermiston," the one he left unf...
Page 178: How he longed to have them see Vailima with all its beauti...
Page 179: When the smell of the good wet earth" came to him it came ...
Page 180: On November 13 his birthday had been celebrated with the u...
Page 181: Little time was lost in bringing the doctors, Anderson of ...
Page 182: In it were the treasures of his far off Scottish home.... ...
Page 183: Nothing more picturesque can be imagined than the ledge th...
Page 184: No stranger hand touched him.... Those who loved him carri...
Page 185: were the traits that distinguished Stevenson." "They do no...
Page 186: Illustration: The tomb of Stevenson on Vaea Mountain] On t...
Page 187: ANDREW LANG. BIBLIOGRAPHY SOME WORKS IN RELATION TO STEVEN...
Page 188: Two vols. Colvin, Sidney, ed.: "Letters of Robert Louis St...
Page 189: A Family of Engineers." ----"Thomas Stevenson"--in "Memori...
Page 190: Child's Play"--in "Virginibus Puerisque." ----"The Lantern...
Page 191: Some College Memories"--in "Memories and Portraits." ----"...
Page 192: An Inland Voyage." ----"Travels with a Donkey in the Ceven...
Page 193: To Will H. Low." "To Andrew Lang." FIRST VISIT TO AMERICA ...
Page 194: 28, p. 447. Osbourne, Lloyd: "Stevenson at Play"--in _Scri...
Page 195: Hyde." Poems by Stevenson: "Skerryvore, the Parallel." "Be...
Page 196: Stevenson, Mrs. Margaret: "Letters--From Saranac to the Ma...
Page 197: Stevenson, R.L.: "Beach of Falesa," "Isle of Voices," "Bot...
Page 198: Isobel, and Osbourne, Lloyd: "Memories of Vailima." Steven...
Page 199: The Tropics Vanish." "To S.C." "To S.R. Crockett." "Evenso...
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