Preface by Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
Lay Morals
Father Damien
The Pentland Rising
I. The Causes of the Revolt
II. The Beginning
III. The March of the Rebels
IV. Rullion Green
V. A Record of Blood
The Day After To-morrow
College Papers
I. Edinburgh Students in 1824
II. The Modern Student
III. Debating Societies
Criticisms
I. Lord Lytton’s “Fables in Song”
II. Salvini’s Macbeth
III. Bagster’s “Pilgrim’s Progress”
Sketches
I. The Satirist
II. Nuits Blanches
III. The Wreath of Immortelles
IV. Nurses
V. A Character
The Great North Road
I. Nance at the “Green Dragon”
II. In which Mr. Archer is Installed
III. Jonathan Holdaway
IV. Mingling Threads
V. Life in the Castle
IV. The Bad Half-Crown
VII. The Bleaching-Green
VIII. The Mail Guard
The Young Chevalier
Prologue: The Wine-Seller’s Wife
I. The Prince
Heathercat
I. Traqairs of Montroymont
II. Francie
III. The Hill-End of Drumlowe