THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME XIX
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THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
VOLUME NINETEEN
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CONTENTS
THE EBB-TIDE
PAGE NOTE BY MR. LLOYD OSBOURNE 3
PART I.--THE TRIO
CHAPTER I. NIGHT ON THE BEACH 7
II. MORNING ON THE BEACH--THE THREE LETTERS 19
III. THE OLD CALABOOSE--DESTINY AT THE DOOR 29
IV. THE YELLOW FLAG 39
V. THE CARGO OF CHAMPAGNE 46
VI. THE PARTNERS 69
PART II.--THE QUARTETTE
VII. THE PEARL-FISHER 81
VIII. BETTER ACQUAINTANCE 96
IX. THE DINNER PARTY 109
X. THE OPEN DOOR 118
XI. DAVID AND GOLIATH 131
XII. A TAIL-PIECE 151
WEIR OF HERMISTON
Introductory 159
I. Life and Death of Mrs. Weir 161
II. Father and Son 175
III. In the Matter of the Hanging of Duncan Jopp 181
IV. Opinions of the Bench 196
V. Winter on the Moors: 1. At Hermiston 205 2. Kirstie 208 3. A Border Family 212
VI. A Leaf from Christina's Psalm-Book 228
VII. Enter Mephistopheles 253
VIII. A Nocturnal Visit 270
IX. At the Weaver's Stone 278
Sir Sidney Colvin's Note 284
Glossary of Scots Words 297
THE EBB-TIDE
_A Trio and Quartette_
WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH LLOYD OSBOURNE
"_There is a tide in the affairs of men_"
NOTE.--_On the pronunciation of a name very frequently repeated in thesepages, the reader may take for a guide_--
"It was the schooner _Farallone_."
_R. L. S.--L. O._
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