Temperament and poor health motivated Robert Louis Stevenson to travel widely throughout his short life, and before he was celebrated as the author of Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses, and other immortal works, he was known for his travelogues. This collection...
This volume of Stevenson's travel writings includes his first published book An Inland Voyage - a vivid account of a canoe voyage in Belgium and France in two sail-powered skiffs, names Cigarette and Arethusa- and Stevenson's popular description of a tour with his recalcitrant...