TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson TREASURE ISLAND To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and with the kindest wishes, dedicated by his affectionate friend, the author. TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons, And buccaneers, and buried gold, And all the old romance, retold Exactly in the ancient way, Can please, as me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of today: --So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave: So be it, also! And may I And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their creations lie! CONTENTS PART ONE The Old Buccaneer I. THE OLD SEA-DOG AT THE ADMIRAL BENBOW . . . . 11 II. BLACK DOG APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS . . . . . . 17 III. THE BLACK SPOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 IV. THE SEA-CHEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 V. THE LAST OF THE BLIND MAN . . . . . . . . . . 36 VI. THE CAPTAIN’S PAPERS . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 PART TWO The Sea Cook VII. I GO TO BRISTOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 VIII. AT THE SIGN OF THE SPY-GLASS . . . . . . . 54 IX. POWDER AND ARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 X. THE VOYAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 XI. WHAT I HEARD IN THE APPLE-BARREL . . . . . . 70 XII. COUNCIL OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 PART THREE My Shore Adventure XIII. HOW I BEGAN MY SHORE ADVENTURE . . . . . . 82 XIV. THE FIRST BLOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 XV. THE MAN OF THE ISLAND. . . . . . . . . . . . 93 PART FOUR The Stockade XVI. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR: HOW THE SHIP WAS ABANDONED . . . . . . . . 100 XVII. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR: THE JOLLY-BOAT’S LAST TRIP . . . . . . . . 105 XVIII. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR: END OF THE FIRST DAY’S FIGHTING . . . . . 109 XIX. NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS: THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE . . . . . . . 114 XX. SILVER’S EMBASSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 XXI. THE ATTACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 PART FIVE My Sea Adventure