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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

_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._

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

I. THE OLD SEA-DOG AT THE "ADMIRAL BENBOW" 9 II. BLACK DOG APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS 15 III. THE BLACK SPOT 22 IV. THE SEA CHEST 28 V. THE LAST OF THE BLIND MAN 34 VI. THE CAPTAIN'S PAPERS 40

VII. I GO TO BRISTOL 49 VIII. AT THE SIGN OF THE "SPY-GLASS" 54 IX. POWDER AND ARMS 60 X. THE VOYAGE 66 XI. WHAT I HEARD IN THE APPLE-BARREL 72 XII. COUNCIL OF WAR 79

XIII. HOW I BEGAN MY SHORE ADVENTURE 87 XIV. THE FIRST BLOW 93 XV. THE MAN OF THE ISLAND 99

XVI. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR--HOW THE SHIP WAS ABANDONED 109 XVII. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR--THE JOLLY-BOAT'S LAST TRIP 114 XVIII. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR--END OF THE FIRST DAY'S FIGHTING 119 XIX. NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE 124 XX. SILVER'S EMBASSY 130 XXI. THE ATTACK 136

XXII. HOW I BEGAN MY SEA ADVENTURE 145 XXIII. THE EBB-TIDE RUNS 151 XXIV. THE CRUISE OF THE CORACLE 156 XXV. I STRIKE THE JOLLY ROGER 162 XXVI. ISRAEL HANDS 167 XXVII. "PIECES OF EIGHT" 176

XXVIII. IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP 185 XXIX. THE BLACK SPOT AGAIN 193 XXX. ON PAROLE 200 XXXI. THE TREASURE HUNT--FLINT'S POINTER 207 XXXII. THE TREASURE HUNT--THE VOICE AMONG THE TREES 214 XXXIII. THE FALL OF A CHIEFTAIN 220 XXXIV. AND LAST 226

THE PLAIN AND THE STARS 235 THE PARSON'S MARJORY 244 DEATH 256

I. BY THE DYING MOUNTEBANK 267 II. MORNING TALK 271 III. THE ADOPTION 278 IV. THE EDUCATION OF A PHILOSOPHER 286 V. TREASURE TROVE 296 VI. A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, IN TWO PARTS 309 VII. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF DESPREZ 320 VIII. THE WAGES OF PHILOSOPHY 329

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