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 VII _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: 17 HERIOT ROW, EDINBURGH, THE RESIDENCE OF R. L. S. FROM 1863 TO 1879] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VOLUME SEVEN 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 PRINCE OTTO BOOK I.--PRINCE ERRANT CHAPTER PAGE I. IN WHICH THE PRINCE DEPARTS ON AN ADVENTURE 7 II. IN WHICH THE PRINCE PLAYS HAROUN-AL-RASCHID 12 III. IN WHICH THE PRINCE COMFORTS AGE AND BEAUTY AND DELIVERS A LECTURE ON DISCRETION IN LOVE 23 IV. IN WHICH THE PRINCE COLLECTS OPINIONS BY THE WAY 34 BOOK II.--OF LOVE AND POLITICS I. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LIBRARY 49 II. "ON THE COURT OF GRÜNEWALD," BEING A PORTION OF THE TRAVELLER'SMANUSCRIPT 61 III. THE PRINCE AND THE ENGLISH TRAVELLER 68 IV. WHILE THE PRINCE IS IN THE ANTEROOM.... 75 V. ... GONDREMARK IS IN MY LADY'S CHAMBER 81 VI. THE PRINCE DELIVERS A LECTURE ON MARRIAGE, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF DIVORCE 88 VII. THE PRINCE DISSOLVES THE COUNCIL 97 VIII. THE PARTY OF WAR TAKES ACTION 107 IX. THE PRICE OF THE RIVER FARM: IN WHICH VAIN-GLORY GOES BEFORE A FALL 114 X. GOTTHOLD'S REVISED OPINION; AND THE FALL COMPLETED 126 XI. PROVIDENCE VON ROSEN: ACT THE FIRST--SHE BEGUILES THE BARON 135 XII. PROVIDENCE VON ROSEN: ACT THE SECOND--SHE INFORMS THE PRINCE 142 XIII. PROVIDENCE VON ROSEN: ACT THE THIRD--SHE ENLIGHTENS SERAPHINA 152 XIV. RELATES THE CAUSE AND OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION 159 BOOK III.--FORTUNATE MISFORTUNE I. PRINCESS CINDERELLA 171 II. TREATS OF A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE 188 III. PROVIDENCE VON ROSEN: ACT THE LAST--IN WHICH SHE GALLOPS OFF 194