THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME I
_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. 1678
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW LANG
VOLUME ONE
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI
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CONTENTS
PAGE INTRODUCTION TO THE SWANSTON EDITION ix
AN INLAND VOYAGE
ANTWERP TO BOOM 7
ON THE WILLEBROEK CANAL 11
THE ROYAL SPORT NAUTIQUE 16
AT MAUBEUGE 21
ON THE SAMBRE CANALISED: TO QUARTES 26
PONT-SUR-SAMBRE: WE ARE PEDLARS 31 THE TRAVELLING MERCHANT 36
ON THE SAMBRE CANALISED: TO LANDRECIES 41
AT LANDRECIES 46
SAMBRE AND OISE CANAL: CANAL BOATS 50
THE OISE IN FLOOD 55
ORIGNY SAINTE-BENOITE: A BY-DAY 62 THE COMPANY AT TABLE 68
DOWN THE OISE: TO MOY 74
LA FERE OF CURSED MEMORY 79
DOWN THE OISE: THROUGH THE GOLDEN VALLEY 84
NOYON CATHEDRAL 86
DOWN THE OISE: TO COMPIEGNE 91
AT COMPIEGNE 94
CHANGED TIMES 99
DOWN THE OISE: CHURCH INTERIORS 105
PRECY AND THE MARIONNETTES 111
BACK TO THE WORLD 120