Essays By Robert Louis Stevenson

"The text of the essays in this volume is taken from the Thistle edition of the works of Stevenson, published by Charles Scribner's sons."--Pref Ordered south (1874)--On the enjoyment of unpleasant places (1874)--Walking tours (1876)--Virginibus puerisque.--An apologyfor idlers (1877)--Æs triplex (1878)--Walt WHitman (1878)--Crabbed age and youth (1878)--Henry David Thoreau (1880)--Samuel Pepys(1881)--Talk and talkers (1882)--A gossip of romance (1882)--The character of dogs (18883)--A note on r