The Prose Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson: A Guide

240 Pages·1980·26.309 MB·English

by  Roger G. Swearingen (auth.)

The Prose Writings of
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Prose Writings
of
RoBERT Lou1s STEVENSON
A Guide
by
Roger G. Swearingen
©Roger G. Swearingen 1980
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1980
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Swearingen, Roger G.
The prose writings of Robert Louis Stevenson
1. Stevenson, Robert Louis - Bibliography
I. Title
016.828'8'08 Z8843
ISBN 978-1-349-05053-6 ISBN 978-1-349-05051-2 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-05051-2
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CONTENTS
Preface xix
1850s
[Stories dictated to Alison Cunningham]
(Before 13 November 1854) 1
THE HISTORY OF MOSES (November-December 1856) 1
THE AMERICAN TRAVELLERS (Spring 1857) 1
THE BOOK OF JOSEPH (Spring 1857) 1
TRAVELS IN PERTHSHIRE (Summer 1859) 1
[Stories dictated at Colinton Manse] (Late 1850s) 2
1860-65
THE ANTIQUITIES OF MIDLOTHIAN (March 1861) 2
[Dictations to Alison Cunningham](? January, 25 February 1863) 2
THE SCHOOL BOYS MAGAZINE (October 1863) 2
[The inhabitants of Peebles] (Summer 1864) 3
THE PLAGUE-CELLAR (Summer 1864) 3
DEACON BRODIE (early draft) (Late 1864) 3
"THE TRIAL" MAGAZINE (5 June 1865) 3
[Hackston of Rathillet] (Before 13 November 1865) 3
1866
THE SUNBEAM MAGAZINE (January-March 1866) 4
THE PENTLAND RISING (28 November 1866) 4
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Contents
1860s
[Stylistic imitations and exercises] (Late 1860s and 1870s) 4
[Plays] (1867-68) 4
[Play inspired by Massinger] (Late 1860s) 5
MONMOUTH: A TRAGEDY (April-September 1868) 5
[Essay on, or inspired by, Carlyle] (July 1868) 5
NIGHT OUTSIDE THE WICK MAIL (Before 17 November 1868) 6
PAINTING AND WORDS (1868-69) 6
COSMO: A NOVEL (1868-69, 1873) 6
A COVENANTING STORY-BOOK (1868-69) 6
THE CURATE OF ANSTRUTHER'S BOTTLE (Late 1860s or
early 1870s) 7
THE DEVIL ON CRAMMOND SANDS (Late 1860s or early 1870s) 7
[Journal written aboard the Pharos] (18-22 June 1869) 7
SKETCHES (Late 1860s and 1870s) 7
1870
[Speculative Society Talks] (8 March 1870-19 January 1875) 8
THE RIGHT CONDUCT OF THE IMAGINATION (29 March 1870) 8
[A Retrospect] (Early 1870s) 8
OBERMANN (Early 1870s) 8
[Children's games] (Early 1870s) 8
REMINISCENCES OF COLINTON MANSE (Early 1870s) 8
1871
Contributions to THE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
(January-April 1871) 9
NOTICE OF A NEW FORM OF INTERMITTENT LIGHT FOR LIGHT-
HOUSES (27 March 1871) 9
STUDENTS' MEETING AND CLASS EXCURSION (April 1871) 9
Letter: PAROCHIAL WORK AND ORGANISATION (April 1871) 9
1872
IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS (Winter 1871-72) 10
INTELLECTUAL POWERS (Winter 1871-72) 10
[Journal written as a law clerk] (9 May-5 July 1872) 10
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Contents
THE NEW LIGHTHOUSE ON THE DHU HEARTACH ROCK,
ARGYLLSHIRE {Summer 1872) 10
LAW AND FREE WILL: NOTES ON THE DUKE OF ARGYLL
(11 February 1873) 10
THE INN OF ABERHUERN (Winter 1872-73) 11
1873
[On spiritualism] (Begun 15 January 1873) 11
[Speculative Society Valedictory Address] (25 March 1873) 11
ON THE THERMAL INFLUENCE OF FORESTS (19 May 1873) 11
[Notes of childhood] (18 May 1873) 11
LOCAL CONDITIONS INFLUENCING CLIMATE {2 July 1873) 12
DESIDERATA {5-6 July 1873) 12
COCKERMOUTH AND KESWICK (Before August 1873) 12
[Essays suggested by Alexander Macmillan] (September 1873) 12
ROADS (Late August-14 September 1873) 12
[Walt Whitman] (September 1873-summer 1874) 12
COVENANTERS (22 September 1873) 13
ORDERED SOUTH (Late November 1873-February 1874) 13
GRAND HOTEL GODAM {Winter 1873-74) 13
[Herostratus] (Winter 1873-74) 13
1874
FOUR GREAT SCOTSMEN (January 1874) 13
VICTOR HUGO'S ROMANCES (Spring 1874-4 May 1874) 13
LORD LYTTON'S FABLES IN SONG (2-15 May 1874) 14
[The function of art] (Early May 1874) 14
NOTES ON THE MOVEMENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
(Late June-July 1874) 15
Review: THE BALLADS AND SONGS OF SCOTLAND (July 1874) 15
Review: SCOTTISH RIVERS (July 1874) 15
FABLES (Summer 1874) 15
ON THE ENJOYMENT OF UNPLEASANT PLACES
(Late August-11 September 1874) 15
ESSAYS ON THE ENJOYMENT OF THE WORLD
(Late August-September 1874) 15
AN APPEAL TO THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
(Late August or September 1874-February 1875) 15
JOHN KNOX AND HIS RELATIONS TO WOMEN
(September-November 1874) 16
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Contents
COLLEGE FOR MEN AND WOMEN
(Late September-October 1874) 17
THE SEABOARD OF BOHEMIA
(Late October-early November 1874) 17
Review: A QUIET CORNER OF ENGLAND (November 1874) 17
A BOOK OF STORIES (November 1874) 17
[On winter] (Winter 1874) 18
AN AUTUMN EFFECT (December 1874-January 1875) 18
Review: THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE (December 1874) 18
[Selections from his notebook] (1874-75) 18
1875
WHEN THE DEVIL WAS WELL (January-February 1875) 19
[The French Parnassiens] (January 1875) 19
DIFFERENCES OF COUNTRY (Winter 1874-75) 19
A COUNTRY DANCE (February 1875) 19
FOREST NOTES (Spring 1875-January 1876) 19
[Prose fragments: A French legend, A note at sea, A night in France]
(Spring 1875) 20
SPRINGTIME (Spring 1875) 20
[Prose poems] (May-June 1875) 20
[Advocate's thesis] (Early summer 1875) 20
PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER (Summer 1875) 21
[Dickens and Thackeray; other essays] (Summer 1875) 21
CHARLES OF ORLEANS (Summer 1875-July 1876) 21
[Three plays and a story] (June-July 1875) 21
ROBERT BURNS (Summer-autumn 1875) 21
THE CHARITY BAZAAR (September-November 1875) 21
THE MEASURE OF A MARQUIS (25 November 1875) 22
MR. BROWNING AGAIN! (ll December 1875) 22
1876
[A history of the Union] (ca. 1876) 22
A WINTER'S WALK IN CARRICK AND GALLOWAY
(After 17 January 1876) 22
[Literary criticism] (Early 1876) 23
WALKING TOURS (January-February 1876) 23
Review: THE POETS AND POETRY OF SCOTLAND
(12 February 1876) 23
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Contents
SALVINI'S MACBETH (April 1876) 23
"VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE" (Before 18 May 1876) 23
JULES VERNE'S STORIES (May 1876) 23
AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS (July 1876) 24
Review: THE COMEDY OF THE NOCTES AMBROSIANAE
(22 July 1876) 24
[A novel] (Summer 1876) 24
SOME PORTRAITS BY RAEBURN (October 1876) 24
ON FALLING IN LOVE (November 1876) 24
[Autobiography] (November 1876) 25
EDIFYING LETTERS OF THE RUTHERFORD FAMILY (1876-77) 25
1877
[Minor contributions to LONDON] (January-February 1877) 25
AN OLD SONG (February-March 1877) 26
FRAN<;OIS VILLON, STUDENT, POET, HOUSEBREAKER
(Spring 1877) 27
A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT: A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON
(Spring and summer 1877) 27
THE HAIR TRUNK: OR, THE IDEAL COMMONWEALTH
(May 1877) 27
IN THE WINDBOUND ARETHUSA (May 1877) 27
[Privately circulated novel] (Middle or late 1870s) 28
SCHOOL FOR THE SONS OF GENTLEMEN (Summer 1877) 28
WILL 0' THE MILL (June-July 1877) 28
CRABBED AGE AND YOUTH (July-August 1877) 28
NEW NOVELS (July 1877) 28
THE SIRE DE MALI~TROITS DOOR (August 1877) 29
LA SALE AND PETIT JEHAN DE SAINTRE (August 1877) 29
THE STEPFATHER'S STORY (August 1877) 29
THE TWO ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNTS (After August 1877) 29
AN INLAND VOYAGE (November 1877-January 1878) 29
THE ENGLISH ADMIRALS (Late 1877) 30
A DIALOGUE ON MEN, WOMEN, AND CLARISSA HARLOW£
(Late 18 77- 78) 30
1878
LATTER-DAY ARABIAN NIGHTS: THE SUICIDE CLUB, THE
RAJAH'S DIAMOND (March-September 1878) 30
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Contents
AES TRIPLEX (April 1878) 31
A PLEA FOR GAS LAMPS (27 April 1878) 31
PAN'S PIPES (4 May 1878) 31
ELDORADO (11 May 1878) 31
WHY AM I A BANKER?; BOHEMIA (CONSIDERATIONS ON);
ON MONEY (Mid-1878) 32
[Novel solicited by Leslie Stephen] (June 1878-February 1879) 32
EDINBURGH: PICTURESQUE NOTES (June-September 1878) 32
CHILD'S PLAY (Summer 1878) 32
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO WALT WHITMAN (Summer 1878) 33
COVENANTING PROFILES (Summer 1878) 33
A MOUNTAIN TOWN IN FRANCE (September 1878) 33
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES
(December 1878-January 1879) 34
PROVIDENCE AND THE GUITAR (October-November 1878) 36
DEACON BRODIE (October 1878-January 1880) 36
THE LATE SAM BOUGH, R.S.A. (Late November 1878) 38
THEPAVILIONONTHELINKS(November 1878-November 1879) 38
THE FOUR SEASONS (Late 1878) 38
1879
TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE (January 1879) 39
ON THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION (January 1879) 39
HESTER NOBLE (January 1879, January-May 1880) 39
AN APRIL DAY: OR, AUTOLYCUS IN SERVICE
(February 1879; early 1883) 40
LAY MORALS (March 1879; October 1883) 41
WHAT WAS ON THE SLATE (March-April 1879) 41
SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS (May-August 1879) 41
THE STORY OF A LIE (July-August 1879) 42
THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT (September 1879-June 1880) 42
Contributions to THE MONTEREY CALIFORNIAN
(7 October-23 December 1879) 45
A VENDETTA IN THE WEST (October 1879) 46
PADRE DOS REALES (Late November 1879) 46
STORIES (December 1879) 47
HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS
(December 1879-January 1880) 47
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