. Stevensoniana; an anecdotal life and appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited from the writings of Barrie [and others]. Alt ?- ^, l?;ij IHOM ,> , AiiK H, ISOoJUVENILE PORTRAITS OK R. L. STEVENSON [To Jace page 12 FROM BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD 13 old bridge crosses the river and the village nestles down besideit, that led him later to choose this spot for the home ofBalfour of Shaws, in Kidnapped. It is beautiful enough, fullof sun and shade and the sound of running water, to be longand lovingly remembered : and he was not one who forgot. Among the p
. Stevensoniana; an anecdotal life and appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited from the writings of Barrie [and others]. Alt ?- ^, l?;ij IHOM ,> , AiiK H, ISOoJUVENILE PORTRAITS OK R. L. STEVENSON [To Jace page 12 FROM BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD 13 old bridge crosses the river and the village nestles down besideit, that led him later to choose this spot for the home ofBalfour of Shaws, in Kidnapped. It is beautiful enough, fullof sun and shade and the sound of running water, to be longand lovingly remembered : and he was not one who forgot. Among the places in Edinburgh where his memory clingsclosest, of course the house in Heriot Row comes first. Howdear it was to him we can guess : tve know how well his cousinsloved it, and how hard it is to pass the door now, when it isempty of all save remembrance. For all are gone who usedto live there—all, except only Cummie, his old nurse—andthe house is strange to us. Thomas Stevenson, kindest andquaintest of uncles, his wife, his son, so many of the oldfriends—even Coolin and Smuroch and Jura, the dogs—surelyare still just within the door; we cannot think them elsewhere;and we would not
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