Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial

Robert Louis Stevenson, by Alexander H. Japp
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Title: Robert Louis Stevenson a Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial Author: Alexander H. Japp
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Transcribed from the Charles Scribner’s Sons 1905 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A RECORD, AN ESTIMATE, AND A MEMORIAL
BY ALEXANDER H. JAPP, LL.D., F.R.S.E
AUTHOR OF “THOREAU: HIS LIFE AND AIMS”; “MEMOIR OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY”; “DE QUINCEY MEMORIALS,” ETC., ETC.
WITH HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LETTERS FROM R. L. STEVENSON IN FACSIMILIE . . .
SECOND EDITION
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 153-157 FIFTH AVENUE 1905
Printed in Great Britain.
Dedicated to C. A. LICHTENBERG, ESQ.
AND
Mrs LICHTENBERG, OF VILLA MARGHERITA, TREVISO, WITH MOST GRATEFUL REGARDS, ALEXANDER H. JAPP. 19th December 1904.
PREFACE
A few words may here be allowed me to explain one or two points. First, about the facsimile of last page of Preface to Familiar Studies of Men and Books . Stevenson was in Davos when the ...