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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Other: Andrew Lang

Release Date: December 4, 2009 [EBook #30598]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME IX

_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 NINE

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

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS

PAGE
I. THE FOREIGNER AT HOME 7

II. SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES 19

III. OLD MORTALITY 26

IV. A COLLEGE MAGAZINE 36

V. AN OLD SCOTS GARDENER 46

VI. PASTORAL 53

VII. THE MANSE 61

VIII. MEMOIRS OF AN ISLET 68

IX. THOMAS STEVENSON 75

X. TALK AND TALKERS: I. 81

XI. TALK AND TALKERS: II. 94

XII. THE CHARACTER OF DOGS 105

XIII. A PENNY PLAIN AND TWOPENCE COLOURED 116