Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish writer of novels, essays, poetry, and short stories. He's best known for his children's adventure novel 'Treasure Island' (1883), his collection of poetry 'A Child's Garden of Verses' (1885), and his Gothic novella 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' (1886). He achieved celebrity status during his lifetime and his works are highly acclaimed to this day.

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Preface, by way of criticism
1. Victor Hugo's romances
2. Some aspects of Robert Burns
3. Walt Whitman
4. Henry David Thoreau
5. Yoshia-Torajiro
6. François Villon
7. Charles of Orleans
8. Samuel Pepys
9. John Knox and women.

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