Familiar Studies of Men and Books

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Familiar Studies of Men and Books (1917)
by Robert Louis Stevenson

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First published in London in 1882, this transcription is of an edition from 1917. All of the works it contains had first appeared in periodicals. [Based on A Bibliography of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (1917) by William Francis Prideaux, edited by Flora Virginia Milner Livingston]. Details of the earlier publication are included in the notes to each chapter.

4352833Familiar Studies of Men and Books1917Robert Louis Stevenson

FAMILIAR STUDIES

OF

MEN AND BOOKS

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Works by Robert Louis Stevenson

AN INLAND VOYAGE

EDINBURGH I PICTURESQUE NOTES.

TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY.

VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE.

FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS.

NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS.

TREASURE ISLAND.

THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS.

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.

PRINCE OTTO.

THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYUE.

KIDNAPPED.

THE MERRY MEN.

UNDERWOODS.

MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS.

THE BLACK ARROW.

THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE.

FATHER DAMIEN ! AN OPEN LETTER.

BALLADS.

ACROSS THE PLAINS.

ISLAND NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS.

A FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY.

CATRIONA.

WEIR OF HERMISTON.

VAILIMA, LETTERS.

LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

FABLES

SONGS OF TRAVEL,

ST. IVES.

IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

ESSAYS OF TRAVEL.

TALES AND FANTASIES.

ESSAYS IN THE ART OF WRITING.

LAY MORALS, ETC

RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS.

MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN.

PRAYERS WRITTEN AT VAILIMA.

THE WAIF WOMAN.

ON THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.

with Mrs. Stevenson

THE DYNAMITER.

with Lloyd Osbourne

THE WRONG BOX. THE WRECKER. THE EBB-TIDE.

FAMILIAR STUDIES

OF

MEN AND BOOKS

BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

LONDON
CHATTO AND WINDUS

1917

A NEW IMPRESSION

TO

THOMAS STEVENSON

CIVIL ENGINEER
BY WHOSE DEVICES THE GREAT SEA LIGHTS IN EVERY QUARTER
OF THE WORLD NOW SHINE MORE BRIGHTLY

THIS VOLUME IS IN LOVE AND GRATITUDE
DEDICATED BY HIS SON

THE AUTHOR

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Preface, by way of criticism (not in original TOC)		vii
Victor Hugo's Romances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1
Some Aspects of Robert Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		38
Walt Whitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		91
Henry David Thoreau: His Character and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		129
Yoshida-Torajiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		172
François Villon, Student, Poet, and Housebreaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		192
Charles of Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		236
Samuel Pepys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		290
John Knox and Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		328

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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