The lantern-bearers : and other essays / Robert Louis Stevenson ; edited by Jeremy Treglown
1988, First Edition. London : Chatto & Windus. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Library marks remain. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #477865
ISBN: 070113237X
Physical description; 289 p ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Introduction (p.vii) -- A note on the text (p.xxi) -- Acknowledgments (p.xxiii) -- The philosophy of umbrellas (p.3) -- John Knox and his relations to women : private life (p.7) -- Forest notes : idle hours (p.25) -- Walking tours (p.28) -- An apology for idlers (p.35) -- On falling in love (p.43) -- In the Latin Quarter : A ball at Mr. Elsinare's (p.51) -- A studio of ladies (p.54) -- Crabbed age and youth (p.59) -- Walt Whitman (p.69) -- Edinburgh (p.88) -- Truth of intercourse (p.93) -- Some aspects of Robert Burns (p.100) -- The old Pacific capital (p.126) -- Samuel Pepys (p.139) -- Davos in winter (p.157) -- The misgivings of convalescence (p.160) -- The foreigner at home (p.163). Cont.): A gossip on romance (p.172) -- The character of dogs (p.183) -- A humble remonstrance (p.192) -- The day after tomorrow (p.202) -- Thomas Stevenson, civil engineer (p.211) -- A chapter on dreams (p.216) -- The lantern-bearers (p.226) -- Confessions of a Unionist (p.236) -- Letter to a young gentleman who proposes to embrace the career of art (p.244) -- The education of an engineer (p.251) -- Authors and publishers (p.259) -- Father Damien : an open letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu (p.265) -- My first book -- Treasure Island (p.277) -- Index (p.285). Subjects; Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894. English essays. Essays.
Price: €10.95