PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM.

CONTENTS.

VICTOR HUGO'S ROMANCES.

SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS

WALT WHITMAN.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS. I.

YOSHIDA-TORAJIRO

FRANaeOIS VILLON, STUDENT, POET, AND HOUSEBREAKER.

A Wild Youth .

CHARLES OF ORLEANS.

SAMUEL PEPYS.

JOHN KNOX AND HIS RELATIONS TO WOMEN. I. The Controversy about Female Rule .

FOOTNOTES

BY

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

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ELEVENTH EDITION

London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICADILLY
1896

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