WEIR OF HERMISTON
Works by Robert Louis Stevenson
AN INLAND VOYAGE.
EDINBURGH: PICTURESQUE NOTES.
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY.
VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE.
FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS.
NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS.
TREASURE ISLAND.
THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS.
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.
PRINCE OTTO.
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE.
KIDNAPPED.
THE MERRY MEN.
UNDERWOODS.
MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS.
THE BLACK ARROW.
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE.
FATHER DAMIEN: AN OPEN LETTER.
BALLADS.
ACROSS THE PLAINS.
ISLAND NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS.
A FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY.
CATRIONA.
VAILIMA LETTERS.
FABLES.
with Mrs. Stevenson
THE DYNAMITER.
with Lloyd Osbourne
THE WRONG BOX. THE WRECKER. THE EBB-TIDE.
WEIR OF
HERMISTON
An Unfinished Romance by
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON
❦
LONDON
CHATTO AND WINDUS
PICCADILLY
1896
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty
TO MY WIFE
I saw rain falling and the rainbow drawn
On Lammermuir. Hearkening I heard again
In my precipitous city beaten bells
Winnow the keen sea wind. And here afar,
Intent on my own race and place, I wrote.
Take thou the writing: thine it is. For who
Burnished the sword, blew on the drowsy coal,
Held still the target higher, chary of praise
And prodigal of counsel—who but thou?
So now, in the end, if this the least be good,
If any deed be done, if any fire
Burn in the imperfect page, the praise be thine.
CONTENTS
PAGE
DEDICATION |
v |
| 1 |
CHAP.
| I. | 4 |
| II. | 34 |
| III. | 47 |
| IV. | 79 |
| V. |
1. AT HERMISTON |
98 |
2. KIRSTIE |
106 |
3. A BORDER FAMILY |
113 |
| VI. | 148 |
| VII. | 202 |
| VIII. | 238 |
| IX. | 254 |
| 267 |
| 285 |