Transcribed from the 1906 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Book cover] [Picture: Robert Louis Stevenson] THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS SELECTED AND EDITED WITH NOTES AND INTRODUCTIONS BY SIDNEY COLVIN VOLUME I * * * * * LONDON METHUEN AND CO. 36 ESSEX STREET _Seventh Edition_ * * * * * _First Published_ _November 1899_ _Second Edition_ _November 1899_ _Third Edition_ _April 1900_ _Fourth Edition_ _November 1900_ _Fifth Edition_ _January 1901_ _Sixth Edition_ _October 1902_ _Seventh Edition_ _December 1906_ * * * * * IN the present edition, several minor errors and misprints have been corrected, and three new letters have been printed, one addressed to Mr. Austin Dobson (vol. i. p. 340), one to Mr. Rudyard Kipling (vol. ii. p. 215), and one to Mr. George Meredith (vol. ii. p. 302). The two former replace other letters which seemed of less interest; the last is an addition to the book. S. C. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION xv–xliv I STUDENT DAYS AT EDINBURGH TRAVELS AND EXCURSIONS INTRODUCTORY 3 LETTERS:— To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 15 To the Same 17 To the Same 19 To the Same 20 To Mrs. Churchill Babington 24 To Alison Cunningham 26 To Charles Baxter 27 To the Same 29 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 30 To the Same 32 To the Same 33 To Thomas Stevenson 36 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 38 To Charles Baxter 40 II