The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 21   By: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XXI

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.

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THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

VOLUME TWENTY ONE

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

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

THE STORY OF A LIE

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCES THE ADMIRAL 3

II. A LETTER TO THE PAPERS 8

III. IN THE ADMIRAL'S NAME 14

IV. ESTHER ON THE FILIAL RELATION 21

V. THE PRODIGAL FATHER MAKES HIS DÉBUT AT HOME 24

VI. THE PRODIGAL FATHER GOES ON FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH 31

VII. THE ELOPEMENT 41

VIII. BATTLE ROYAL 50

IX. IN WHICH THE LIBERAL EDITOR APPEARS AS "DEUS EX MACHINÂ" 60

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