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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Release Date: January 4, 2010 [EBook #30849]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XX

_Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale._

_This is No. ........._

[Illustration: R. L. S. IN THE BOW OF THE SCHOONER "EQUATOR"]

THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME TWENTY

LONDON : PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS : IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED : WILLIAM
HEINEMANN : AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

ST. IVES

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A TALE OF A LION RAMPANT 3

II. A TALE OF A PAIR OF SCISSORS 16

III. MAJOR CHEVENIX COMES INTO THE STORY AND GOGUELAT
GOES OUT 23

IV. ST. IVES GETS A BUNDLE OF BANK-NOTES 34

V. ST. IVES IS SHOWN A HOUSE 42

VI. THE ESCAPE 50

VII. SWANSTON COTTAGE 60

VIII. THE HEN-HOUSE 68

IX. THREE IS COMPANY, AND FOUR NONE 75

X. THE DROVERS 88

XI. THE GREAT NORTH ROAD 99

XII. I FOLLOW A COVERED CART NEARLY TO MY DESTINATION 110

XIII. I MEET TWO O