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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Release Date: December 21, 2009 [EBook #30729]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME III

_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: SWANSTON COTTAGE, THE HOME OF R.L.S. FROM 1868 TO 1876]

THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME THREE

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

FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS

PAGE

PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM 5

I. VICTOR HUGO'S ROMANCES 19

II. SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS 43

III. WALT WHITMAN 77

IV. HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS 101

V. YOSHIDA-TORAJIRO 129

VI. FRANCOIS VILLON, STUDENT, POET, AND HOUSEBREAKER 142

VII. CHARLES OF ORLEANS 171

VIII. SAMUEL PEPYS 206

IX. JOHN KNOX AND HIS RELATIONS TO WOMEN 230

THE BODY-SNATCHER 277

FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS

TO
THOMAS STEVENSON
CIVIL ENGINEER

BY WHOSE DEVICES THE GREAT SEA LIGHTS
IN EVERY