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 XXIII _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: (signed)] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VOLUME TWENTY-THREE 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 I--VI CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION xvii I.--STUDENT DAYS AT EDINBURGH TRAVELS AND EXCURSIONS INTRODUCTORY 3 LETTERS-- To Thomas Stevenson 13 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 14 To the Same 15 To the Same 17 To the Same 19 To the Same 21 To the Same 24 To Mrs. Churchill Babington 30 To Alison Cunningham 32 To Charles Baxter 33 To the Same 35 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 36 To the Same 38 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 39 To Thomas Stevenson 42 To Mrs. Thomas Stevenson 44 To Charles Baxter 46 To Charles Baxter 49 To the Same 52 II.--STUDENT DAYS--_continued_ NEW FRIENDSHIPS--ORDERED SOUTH INTRODUCTORY 54