New Testament 13, 20
New York 131, 157, 158–9
Newcastle 226
Nightingale, Florence: Notes on Nursing 192
North Lanark constituency 221, 234
Nouema 170
O’Meara, Frank 122, 129
One Plus One 321
Open University 284
Osbourne, Hervey 118, 120, 121
Osbourne, Isobel (FS’s daughter) see Strong, Isobel
Osbourne, Samuel; marries Fanny 114; appearance 114; prospecting 115–16, 117; womanising 116–19, 128; finances Fanny’s studies in Europe 119, 120, 124–5
and Hervey’s death 121; Fanny returns to him 126–7; and Isobel’s secret marriage 129–30; devoted to Lloyd 131
Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd (FS’s son) 130, 131, 148–9, 157, 184; birth 117; education 118, 150; in Paris 120–21, 125; in Grez 122; relationship with RLS 127, 138, 162; returns to America 127; meets the Stevensons 137; in Davos 141; and Treasure Island 142; South Seas cruising 161, 163, 165, 170; sale of Skerryvore 171; in Samoa 180
Oswell, William Cotton 39–40, 42, 46, 47, 49–50, 59, 67, 70
Oxford University 4, 5, 6, 300
Paris 120–21, 124, 125, 126, 131, 146
Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act (1918) 10
Paul (a servant) 175
Pearl, SS 64, 65
Phillips, Morgan 262
Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan) 38
Pioneer (ship) 76, 78, 80, 85, 86
Pitlochry 142, 144
Port Elizabeth, South Africa 13, 19
Price family 68
Punch 38
Quelimane 57, 64
Quist, Mr George 275, 278
Rae, George 71–2, 75, 78, 82, 88
Rathbone, Eleanor 237
Rearden, Timothy 119, 120
Reese River 115, 118, 135, 160, 173
Ridley, Catherine 22
Rome 251
Ross, Mrs 23
Ross, William 23
Rowley, Mollie 247
Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead 275, 276, 278
Royal Geographical Society 58
Royal Vine-ula Club 182–3
Ruedi, Dr Karl 141
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London 25
Saint-Marcel 147
Salem school, near Grahamstown, Cape Province 18–19, 48
Salisbury 156
Samoa 165–6, 169, 171, 173, 194, 207
San Francisco 117–21, 129, 130, 131, 134, 160, 161, 166
Sarah (a maid) 74, 76, 78
Saranac, Adirondack mountains 158, 159
Sardinia 190
Sebetwane region 46
Second World War 234, 235, 236, 238
Seneca Falls Convention 113
Setswana 13, 18, 26
Sewell, Mrs (DL’s landlady) 22–5, 28, 33, 38, 66
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act (1919) 10
Shaftesbury, Lord 58–9, 80–81
Shaw, George Bernard 156
Shire Highlands 74, 82, 85
Shire river 81
Shupunga 82, 84, 85, 86
Shupunga House 80, 87
Silverado 135
Simpson, Walter 122
Sitwell, Fanny 123, 125–6, 139, 169
Skerryvore, Bournemouth 151–7, 171, 183
Socialist International Conference, Brussels 220
Solemnisation of Matrimony 313–14, 315
Solly, Mr (physician) 50
Spectator 262
Stafford, Bettina 282, 284
Stafford, Bill 282, 284
Stafford, Vincent 282, 284
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton 94
Stanwix School, Carlisle 288, 289
Steinem, Gloria 321–2
Stevenson, Bob (RLS’s cousin) 122, 123, 124, 131, 137, 146, 153, 184
Stevenson, Fanny (previously Osbourne; née Vandergrift); birth (1840) 113; marriage to RLS (1880) 9, 135; marriage to Sam 113, 114; education 114; appearance 114, 123–4, 137, 141, 180–81; personality 115, 123, 168, 178; in Nevada 115–16; life as a single parent 117; art student 118; ambition 119; journey to Antwerp 119–20; in Paris 120, 124, 125, 126, 131, 146; in Grez 121–4; meets RLS 122–3; lives with RLS in Paris 125; returns to America 126–7; telegram to RLS 131, 132; ‘inflammation of the brain’ 131, 133, 134; meets her parents-in-law 137–9; in Davos 139–42, 143, 145, 146; and Treasure Island 142, 143, 144; at Hyères 147–50; in Bournemouth 151–7; in America with RLS 158–60; South Seas cruise 160–66, 168–70; works hard at Vailima 173–8; mental state 178–80, 187; fanatical streak 185; RLS’s tribute 186–7; and RLS’s death 187–8; rejects abject submission 189; The Shadow on the Bed 144
Stevenson, Margaret (RLS’s mother) 136, 137, 138, 150, 151–2, 155–7, 158–61, 164, 171, 176–9, 181–2, 187, 204
Stevenson, Robert Louis; marries Fanny (1880) 9, 135; meets Fanny 122–3; appearance 122, 132, 137, 154, 158; lives with Fanny in Paris 125; health 125, 129, 132, 134–7, 139, 142, 146, 147–8, 150, 151, 152, 154, 156, 161–2, 167, 170–71, 175, 189; relationship with stepson 127, 138, 162; despair at parting from Fanny 128; travels to America in response to FS’s telegram 131–2; in Davos 139–42, 143, 145; at Hyères 147–50; in Bournemouth 151–7; in America with FS 158–60; South Seas cruising 160–66, 168–70; fanatical streak 185; tribute to FS 186–7; death 187–8; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 153, 154, 159, 171; An Inland Voyage 144; Kidnapped 154, 159, 171; The Master of Ballantrae 159; The Pentland Rising 124, 144; Travels with a Donkey 144; Treasure Island 142, 143–4, 151, 154, 171; Weir of Hermiston 187
Stevenson, Thomas (RLS’s father) 124, 137, 138, 145, 150, 151–2, 154–7
Stewart, James 76, 81, 91; appearance and personality 70; the Zambesi Expedition 70, 83, 84; advises ML 70, 71; gossip about 72–5, 77, 86, 93; accompanies ML to Africa 73–4, 75; ML’s dependency 75–6; and ML’s death 87–8, 90
Stopes, Marie: Married Love 217
Strong, Austin (FS’s grandson) 148, 162, 163, 164, 167, 177, 184
Strong, Isobel (née Osbourne; FS’s daughter) 184; birth 115; childhood 116, 117; appearance 118, 181; at the School of Design in San Francisco 118; journey to Antwerp 119–20; in Paris 120, 121; in Grez 122; returns to America 126; marries secretly 129–30; and her parents’ divorce 130–31; birth of Austin 148; in Honolulu 162–3; in Sydney 167, 171–2; on board the Janet Nicholl 168; in Samoa 177, 179, 180, 186; becomes RLS’s amanuensis 178
Strong, Joe (FS’s son-in-law) 129, 162–5, 171, 172, 178
Sunday Times 195
Suse (Mrs Saemann, JL’s best friend) 217, 218, 220, 221, 226, 229, 241, 245, 246
Sydney 163, 164, 166, 167, 170, 171, 172, 175, 176, 177, 179
Symonds, John Addington 141
Table Bay, Cape Town 13
Tahiti 161–2
T’ang Liang-Li 220–21, 222
Terrington, Lady 221
Thackeray, William Makepeace 93
Thomas, George 256
Tidman, Arthur 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 61
Tlhaping tribe 29
Tomalin, Claire 195
Tomalin, Nicholas 195–6
Toulon 147, 149
Trafalgar (ship) 50
Tredegar, Gwent 228, 248, 280
Trevelyan, Charles 225
Tribune 264, 268
Trude (Austrian friend of the Bevans) 278
Union Club, Sydney 167
Universities Mission 74, 80, 85
Upper Zambesi 46
Vailima, Samoa 166, 169, 171, 172, 173–8, 182, 183, 186–7
Valentine (of Hyères) 147–8, 153, 157, 160, 164
Vandergrift, Cora (FS’s sister) 117
Vandergrift, Esther (FS’s mother) 113, 114
Vandergrift, Jacob (FS’s brother) 137
Vandergrift, Jacob (FS’s father) 113–14
Vandergrift, Nellie (FS’s sister) 129, 132, 160
Victoria, Queen 58, 92
Victoria Falls 57
Virginia City 116, 117, 118
Waikiki be
ach 163
Walworth, London 20
Ward, Miss 123
Watt, D. G. 28
Webb, Beatrice 211–12
Webb, Sidney 211
Westminster Abbey, London 280
Wilkinson, Ellen 237
Williams, Dora 118, 148
Williams, Virgil 118
Wilson, Captain 81
Wilson, Harold 282, 283
Windsor Great Park, Berkshire 278
Wise, Dorothy 222–6
Wise, Frank 222–6, 228–32, 243, 273, 281, 284, 286
Wyoming 113
Young Folks magazine 142, 154
Yugoslavian Embassy, London 239
Zambesi river 50, 58, 61, 64, 69, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 83, 85, 86, 92
Zambesi Expedition; provisions 64, 83; Kirk as medical adviser 65; Stewart and 70, 83, 84; Rae and the new steamer 71, 82; recalled 91
Zouga river 46
Grich 145, 146
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