. Stevensoniana; an anecdotal life and appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited from the writings of Barrie [and others]. ehomestead that represented so much wealth thatits proprietor has got the name among the natives of /<? ona— the man who owns great possessions. Besides being costly, the work has been prolonged, and library is only now receiving its permanent fittingsand furniture; and the spacious grounds continue to find em-ployment for Samoans who wish to make money to meet thedemands which civilisation makes upon them. But here we are at Vailima, and the mas
. Stevensoniana; an anecdotal life and appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited from the writings of Barrie [and others]. ehomestead that represented so much wealth thatits proprietor has got the name among the natives of /<? ona— the man who owns great possessions. Besides being costly, the work has been prolonged, and library is only now receiving its permanent fittingsand furniture; and the spacious grounds continue to find em-ployment for Samoans who wish to make money to meet thedemands which civilisation makes upon them. But here we are at Vailima, and the master himself is lookingout from that charming balcony in his mothers rooms in thepart of the villa latest built. He returns the shout of greetingwith which Mrs. Strong and Mr. Osbourne announced theirapproach, and shortly he descends to extend a genial welcometo his visitor. This is no interview, but a friendly call, and the conversa-tion quickly turns on topics of mutual interest. But whateverthe subject, you are soon under the spell of his fascinating This is an error : Mr. Augustus St. Gaudens modelled him from life.— ??4n 0 r. 0n r. ISLAND DAYS loi earnestness and clear-cut sincerity of thought and speech. Youmay disagree with him, and find yourself unable to share hismoral antipathies—or, more probably, find that he does notquite share yours; you may wonder at the influence he has tomodify your thought and feeling, but you feel that he standsrevealed before you as a man of wide and generous sympathies,and you shall say to yourself as you share his confidences:This man is fighting a good fight of faith in human kind andthe truth of God in a world of disguises and of shams. We walk together through some of the rooms, and he showsme what will interest me as being the fulfilment of hopesexpressed in reference to this place. Then the sight of hiswriting-table arrests him, and he hands me over to For myself I am half reproaching myself forkeeping him from
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