Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Title:
Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis.
ISBN:
9781775566809
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (245 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places -- II An Apology for Idlers -- III Aes Triplex -- IV Talk and Talkers -- V A Gossip on Romance -- VI The Character of Dogs -- VII A College Magazine -- VIII Books Which Have Influenced Me -- IX Pulvis et Umbra -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
G. K. Chesterton said of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." This collection of Stevenson's essays includes: On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places. An Apology for Idlers. Aes Triplex. Talk and Talkers. A Gossip on Romance. The Character of Dogs. A College Magazine. Books Which Have Influenced Me. Pulvis et Umbra.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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