Produced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SWANSTON EDITION VOLUME III _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._ .......... [Illustration: SWANSTON COTTAGE, THE HOME OF R.L.S. FROM 1868 TO 1876] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VOLUME THREE LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS PAGE PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM 5 I. VICTOR HUGO'S ROMANCES 19 II. SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS 43 III. WALT WHITMAN 77 IV. HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS 101 V. YOSHIDA-TORAJIRO 129 VI. FRANCOIS VILLON, STUDENT, POET, AND HOUSEBREAKER 142 VII. CHARLES OF ORLEANS 171 VIII. SAMUEL PEPYS 206 IX. JOHN KNOX AND HIS RELATIONS TO WOMEN 230 THE BODY-SNATCHER 277 FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS TO THOMAS STEVENSON CIVIL ENGINEER BY WHOSE DEVICES THE GREAT SEA LIGHTS IN EVERY QUARTER OF THE WORLD NOW SHINE MORE BRIGHTLY THIS VOLUME IS IN LOVE AND GRATITUDE DEDICATED BY HIS SON THE AUTHOR PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the _New Quarterly_, one in _Macmillan's_, and the rest in the _Cornhill Magazine_. To the _Cornhill_ I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of editors; and second, that the proprietors have allowed me to republish so considerable an amount of copy.