Chapter I: Front Matter

THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XXV

_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 TWENTY-FIVE

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

_For permission to use the_ LETTERS _in the_
SWANSTON EDITION OF STEVENSON'S WORKS
_the Publishers are indebted to the kindness of_
MESSRS. METHUEN & CO., LTD.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE LETTERS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

EDITED BY
SIDNEY COLVIN

PARTS XI--XIV

CONTENTS

XI. LIFE IN SAMOA

FIRST YEAR AT VAILIMA

PAGE
INTRODUCTORY 3

LETTERS--
To Sidney Colvin 9
To E. L. Burlingame 24
To Sidney Colvin 25
To E. L. Burlingame 32
To Sidney Colvin 34
To Henry James 43
To Rudyard Kipling 46
To Sidney Colvin 48
To Marcel Schwob 51
To Charles Baxter 53
To Sidney Colvin 54
To H. B. Baildon 56
To Sidney Colvin 58
To the Same 66
To W. Craibe Angus 69
To Edmund Gosse 71
To Miss Rawlinson 74
To Sidney Colvin 76
To Miss Adelaide Boodle 80
To Charles Baxter 82
To Sidney Colvin 83
To E. L. Burlingame 86
To W. Craibe Angus 87
To H. C. Ide 88
To Sidney Colvin 90
To the Same 94
To the Same 102
To Henry James 108
To E. L. Burlingame 110
To the Same 111
To Sidney Colvin 112
To W. Craibe Angus 118
To Miss Annie H. Ide 118
To Charles Baxter 120
To Sidney Colvin 121
To Fred Orr 127
To E. L. Burlingame 128
To Henry James 130
To Sidney Colvin 132

XII. LIFE IN SAMOA--_continued_

SECOND YEAR AT VAILIMA

INTRODUCTORY 144

LETTERS--
To E. L. Burlingame 146
To Miss Adelaide Boodle 147
To Sidney Colvin 152
To J. M. Barrie 154
To Sidney Colvin 156
To William Morris 162
To Mrs. Charles Fairchild 163
To Sidney Colvin 166
To E. L. Burlingame 174
To the Rev. S. J. Whitmee 174
To Charles Baxter 177
To Sidney Colvin 178
To the Same 193
To T. W. Dover 209
To E. L. Burlingame 210
To Sidney Colvin 211
To Charles Baxter 213
To W. E. Henley 214
To E. L. Burlingame 215
To Andrew Lang 216
To Miss Adelaide Boodle 217
To Sidney Colvin 221
To the Countess of Jersey 228
To the Same 229
To Sidney Colvin 230
To Mrs. Charles Fairchild 240
To the Children in the Cellar 243
To Sidney Colvin 249
To Gordon Browne 252
To Miss Morse 253
To Miss Taylor 254
To E. L. Burlingame 257
To Sidney Colvin 258
To J. M. Barrie 264
To E. L. Burlingame 266
To Lieutenant Eeles 267
To Charles Baxter 270
To Sidney Colvin 271
To Mrs. Fleeming Jenkin 273
To Henry James 274
To J. M. Barrie 276
To Charles Baxter 278

XIII. LIFE IN SAMOA--_continued_

THIRD YEAR AT VAILIMA

INTRODUCTORY 280

LETTERS--
To Sidney Colvin 282
To Charles Baxter 288
To Sidney Colvin 289
To the Same 291
To Charles Baxter 292
To Sidney Colvin 294
To A. Conan Doyle 299
To Sidney Colvin 299
To S. R. Crockett 305
To Augustus St. Gaudens 308
To Sidney Colvin 310
To Edmund Gosse 317
To Henry James 320
To Sidney Colvin 324
To James S. Stevenson 334
To Henry James 335
To A. Conan Doyle 336
To Charles Baxter 337
To Sidney Colvin 338
To A. Conan Doyle 339
To Augustus St. Gaudens 341
To James S. Stevenson 342
To George Meredith 343
To Charles Baxter 345
To Sidney Colvin 347
To the Same 352
To J. Horne Stevenson 357
To John P----n 358
To Russell P----n 359
To Alison Cunningham 359
To Charles Baxter 360
To J. M. Barrie 362
To R. Le Gallienne 364
To Mrs. A. Baker 366
To Henry James 367
To Sidney Colvin 367

XIV. LIFESAMOA--_concluded_

FOURTH YEAR AT VAILIMA--THE END

INTRODUCTORY 373

LETTERS--
To Charles Baxter 376
To H. B. Baildon 377
To W. H. Low 378
To Sidney Colvin 380
To H. B. Baildon 381
To Sidney Colvin 382
To J. H. Bates 384
To William Archer 384
To Sidney Colvin 386
To W. B. Yeats 390
To George Meredith 390
To Charles Baxter 392
To Mrs. Sitwell 393
To Charles Baxter 394
To Sidney Colvin 396
To R. A. M. Stevenson 398
To Sidney Colvin 404
To Henry James 406
To Marcel Schwob 409
To A. St. Gaudens 410
To Miss Adelaide Boodle 410
To Mrs. A. Baker 413
To Sidney Colvin 414
To J. M. Barrie 416
To Sidney Colvin 422
To Dr. Bakewell 424
To James Payn 425
To Miss Middleton 428
To A. Conan Doyle 429
To Sidney Colvin 430
To Charles Baxter 433
To R. A. M. Stevenson 434
To Sir Herbert Maxwell 440
To Sidney Colvin 441
To Alison Cunningham 445
To James Payn 446
To Sidney Colvin 448
To Professor Meiklejohn 450
To Lieutenant Eeles 451
To Sir Herbert Maxwell 453
To Andrew Lang 453
To Edmund Gosse 454

APPENDIX I--Account of the Death and
Burial of R. L. Stevenson, by
Lloyd Osbourne 457