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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Release Date: January 13, 2010 [EBook #30954]

Language: English

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Fixed typographical error: In page 427 "that he returned somehow to
San Francisco and died in the hosiptal." was changed to "that he
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THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME XIII

_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._ ...........

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THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME THIRTEEN

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

THE WRECKER

PROLOGUE

PAGE
IN THE MARQUESAS 5

THE YARN

CHAPTER
I. A SOUND COMMERCIAL EDUCATION 19

II. ROUSSILLON WINE 32

III. TO INTRODUCE MR. PINKERTON 43

IV. IN WHICH I EXPERIENCE EXTREMES OF FORTUNE 58

V. IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS 71

VI. IN WHICH I GO WEST 86

VII. IRONS IN THE FIRE: _Opes Strepitumque_ 102

VIII. FACES ON THE CITY FRO