ona_, only the Edinburgh edition, for which they were executed
by Messrs. Bartholomew in a manner that would have rejoiced the
writer's heart.

_[Vailima] April 28, 1892._

MY DEAR CHARLES,--I have just written the dedication of _David Balfour_
to you, and haste to put a job in your hands. This is a map of the
environs of Edinburgh _circa_ 1750. It must contain Hope Park, Hunter's
Bog, Calton Hill, the Mouter Hill, Lang Dykes, Nor' Loch, West Kirk,
Village of Dean, pass down the water to Stockbridge, Silver Mills, the
two mill lakes there, with a wood on the south side of the south one
which I saw marked on a plan in the British Museum, Broughton, Picardy,
Leith Walk, Leith, Pilrig, Lochend, Figgate Whins. And I would like a
piece in a corner, giving for the same period Figgate Whins,
Musselburgh, Inveresk, Prestonpans, battlefield of Gladsmuir, Cockenzie,
Gullane--which I spell Gillane--Fidra, Dirleton, North Berwick Law,
Whitekirk, Tantallon Castle and Castleton, Scougal and Auldhame, the
Bass, the Glenteithy rocks, Satan's Bush, Wildfire rocks, and, if
possible, the May. If need were, I would not stick at two maps. If there
is but one, say, _Plan to illustrate David Balfour's adventures in the
Lothians_. If two, call the first _Plan to illustrate David Balfour's
adventures about the city of Edinburgh_, and the second, _Plan to
illustrate David Balfour's adventures in East Lothian_. I suppose there
must be a map-maker of some taste in Edinburgh; I wish few other names
in, but what I have given, as far as possible. As soon as may be I will
let you have the text, when you might even find some amusement in
seeing that the maps fill the bill. If your map-maker be a poor
creature, plainness is best; if he were a fellow of some genuine go, he
might give it a little of the bird's-eye quality. I leave this to your
good taste. If I have time I will copy the dedication to go herewith; I
am pleased with it. The first map (suppose we take two) would go in at
the beginning, the second at Chapter XI. The topography is very much
worked into the story, and I have alluded in the dedication to our
common fancy for exploring Auld Reekie.

The list of books came duly, for which many thanks. I am plunged to the
nostrils in various business.--Yours ever,

R. L. S.

TO SIDNEY COLVIN

_[Vailima] May 1st, 1892._

MY DEAR COLVIN,--As I rode down last night about six, I saw a sight I
must try to tell you of