banks of the Oder, 30 m. from its entrance into the Baltic, and 60
m. NE. of Berlin; lies contiguous to, and is continuous with, the smaller
towns of Bredow, Grabow, and Zuellchow; principal buildings are the royal
palace (16th century), the Gothic church of St. Peter (12th century), and
St. James's (14th century); is a busy hive of industry, turning out
ships, cement, sugar, spirits, &c., and carrying on a large export and
import trade.

STEUBEN, BARON VON, general in the American War of Independence,
born in Magdeburg; originally in the Prussian service under Frederick the
Great, and had distinguished himself at the siege of Prague and at
Rossbach; emigrating to America at the end of the Seven Years' War he
offered his services, which were readily welcomed, and contributed to
organise and discipline the army, to the success of the revolution
(1730-1794).

STEVENSON, ROBERT, an eminent Scottish engineer, born at Glasgow,
the son of a West India merchant; adopted the profession of his
stepfather Thomas Smith, and in 1796 succeeded him as first engineer to
the Board of Northern Lighthouses, a position he held for 47 years,
during which he planned and erected as many as 23 lighthouses round the
coasts of Scotland, his most noted erection being that on the Bell Rock;
introduced the catoptric system of illumination and other improvements;
was also much employed as a consulting engineer in connection with
bridge, harbour, canal, and railway construction (1772-1850).

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS BALFOUR, novelist and essayist, grandson of
the preceding, born at Edinburgh, where in 1875 he was called to the bar,
after disappointing his father by not following the family vocation of
engineering; had already begun to write for the magazines, and soon
abandoned law for the profession of letters, in which he rapidly came to
the front; in 1878 appeared his first book, "An Inland Voyage," quickly
followed by "Travels with a Donkey," "Virginibus Puerisque," "Familiar
Studies"; with "Treasure Island" (1883) found a wider public as a writer
of adventure and romance, and established himself permanently in the
public favour with "Kidnapped" (1886, most popular story), "The Master of
Ballantrae," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," &c.; his versatility in letters
was further revealed in his charming "A Child's Garden of Verse,"
"Ballads," "Memories and Portraits," and "A Footnote to History" (on
Samoan politics); in 1890 failing health induce