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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Other: Andrew Lang

Release Date: January 16, 2010 [EBook #30990]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME XVI

_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 APEMAMA ISLAND: A DEVIL-PRIEST MAKING
INCANTATIONS]

THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME SIXTEEN

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

RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS
PAGE

INTRODUCTION: THE SURNAME OF STEVENSON 3

I. DOMESTIC ANNALS 12

II. THE SERVICE OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS 34

III. THE BUILDING OF THE BELL ROCK 62

ADDITIONAL MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS

I. RANDOM MEMORIES:

I. THE COAST OF FIFE 155

II. R