About the Book
In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1. [Anon.], [review of Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes], Scotsman 2. William Archer, ‘Robert Louis Stevenson at "Skerryvore"’, Critic 3. Margaret Oliphant [review of Robert Louis Stevenson, Underwoods], Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 4. Sophia Kirk, ‘Robert Louis Stevenson’, Atlantic Monthly 5. Henry James, ‘Robert Louis Stevenson’, Century 6. ‘Gavin Ogilvy’ [ J. M. Barrie], ‘Robert Louis Stevenson’, British Weekly 7. [Anon.], ‘A Modern Novelist. Interview with Mr. R. L. Stevenson’, Sydney Morning Herald 8. Robert Louis Stevenson, ‘Robert Louis Stevenson on Realism and Idealism’, Littell’s Living Age 9. Lionel Johnson, [review of Robert Louis Stevenson, Island Nights’ Entertainments], Academy 10. William Archer, ‘In Memoriam. R. L. S.’, New Review 11. Marcel Schwob, ‘R. L. S.’ 12. C. T. Copeland, ‘Robert Louis Stevenson’, Atlantic Monthly 13. Edmund Gosse, ‘Personal Memories of Robert Louis Stevenson’, Century 14. M. G. Van Rensselaer, ‘Robert Louis Stevenson, and His Writing’, Century 15. Lord Rosebery, Wallace, Burns, Stevenson: Appreciations 16. Gelett Burgess, ‘An Interview with Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson’, Bookman (New York) 17. [M. C. Balfour and J. C. Balfour], ‘Robert Louis Stevenson, by Two of his Cousins’, English Illustrated Magazine 18. Isobel Osbourne Strong and Montgomery Schuyler a) Isobel Osbourne Strong, ‘Stevenson in Samoa’, Century b) Montgomery Schuyler, ‘The Canonization of Stevenson’, Century 19. Henry James, ‘The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson’, North American Review 20. William Wallace, ‘The Life and Limitations of Stevenson’, Scottish Review 21. [ J. Cuthbert Hadden], ‘R.L.S. and Music’, Glasgow Herald 22. [Anon.], ‘The Book of the Month: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Life’, Review of Reviews 23. Howard Wilford Bell, ‘An Unpublished Chapter in the Life of Robert Louis Stevenson’, Pall Mall Magazine 24. W. E. Henley, ‘R. L. S.’, Pall Mall Magazine 25. Ferruccio Busoni, Letters to His Wife 26. William Sharp, Literary Geography 27. Arthur Johnstone, Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson in the Pacific 28. Neil Munro, ‘Stevenson: The Man and His Work’, Bookman 29. Edgar C. Knowlton, ‘A Russian Influence on Stevenson’, Modern Philology 30. [Anon.], ‘Stevenson Unwhitewashed: Was His Story of Jekyll and Hyde Enacted in Real Life?’, Current Opinion (USA) 31. G. A. Hayes-McCoy, ‘Robert Louis Stevenson and the Irish Question’, Studies (Dublin)
About the Author :
Volume Editors: Tom Hubbard (Robert Louis Stevenson), Rikky Rooksby (Algernon Charles Swinburne), Edward Wakeling (Lewis Carroll), Series Editor Ralph Pite.
