Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XII

_Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale._

_This is No. ........._

THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME TWELVE

LONDON : PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS : IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED : WILLIAM
HEINEMANN : AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE

CHAPTER PAGE

I. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THE MASTER'S WANDERINGS 9

II. SUMMARY OF EVENTS (_continued_) 21

III. THE MASTER'S WANDERINGS: FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE
CHEVALIER DE BURKE 38

IV. PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY MR. HENRY 70

V. ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT OF
FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757 105

VI. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THE MASTER'S SECOND
ABSENCE 127

VII. ADVENTURE OF CHEVALIER BURKE IN INDIA: EXTRACTED
FROM HIS MEMOIRS 147

VIII. THE ENEMY IN THE HOUSE 152

IX. MR. MACKELLAR'S JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER 175

X. PASSAGES AT NEW YORK 194

XI. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS 213

XII. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS (_continued_) 238

THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE

_TO_

_SIR PERCY FLORENCE AND LADY SHELLEY_

_Here is a tale which extends over many years and travels into many countries. By a peculiar fitness of circumstance the writer began, continued it, and concluded it among distant and diverse scenes. Above all, he was much upon the sea. The character and fortune of the fraternal enemies, the hall and shrubbery of Durrisdeer, the problem of Mackellar's homespun and how to shape it for superior flights; these were his company on deck in many star-reflecting harbours, ran often in his mind at sea to the tune of slatting canvas, and were dismissed (something of the suddenest) on the approach of squalls. It is my hope that these surroundings of its manufacture may to some degree find favour for my story with seafarers and sea-lovers like yourselves._

_And at least here is a dedication from a great way off: written by the loud shores of a subtropical island near upon ten thousand miles from Boscombe Chine and Manor: scenes which rise before me as I write, along with the faces and voices of my friends._

_Well, I am for the sea once more; no doubt Sir Percy also. Let us make the signal B. R. D.!_

_R. L. S._

_Waikiki_, _May_ 17_th_, 1889.