Catriona

By Stevenson, Robert Louis

Book Id: WPLBN0000580210
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Catriona
Author:	Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Children's literature, Children's fiction
Collections:	Children's Literature Collection
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Publisher:	World Public Library Association


Citation APA MLA Chicago Stevenson, R. L. (n.d.). Catriona. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Excerpt: It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a luster in the British Linen Company's office, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explorations, I am not without hope. There should be left in our native city some seed of the elect; some long-legged, hot-headed youth must repeat to-day our dreams and wanderings of so many years ago; he will relish the pleasure, which should have been ours, to follow among named streets and numbered houses the country walks of David Balfour, to identify Dean, and Silvermills, and Broughton, and Hope Park, and Pilrig, and poor old Lochend if it still be standing, and the Figgate Whins if there be any of them left; or to push (on a long holiday) so far afield as Gillane or the Bass. So, perhaps, his eye shall be opened to behold the series of the generations, and he shall weigh with surprise his momentous and nugatory gift of life.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: PART I. THE LORD ADVOCATE -- I. A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK, n -- II. THE HIGHLAND WRITER, 23 -- III. I GO TO PILRIG 35 -- IV. LORD ADVOCATE PRESTONGRANGE, 45 -- V. IN THE ADVOCATE'S HOUSE, 59 -- VI. UMQUHILE THE MASTER OF LOVAT, 68 -- VII. I MAKE A FAULT IN HONOUR, 77 -- VIII. THE BRAVO 92 -- IX. THE HEATHER ON FIRE, 104 -- X. THE RED-HEADED MAN, 114 -- XL THE WOOD BY SILVERMILLS, 126 -- XII. ON THE MARCH AGAIN WITH ALAN 135 -- XIII. GILLANE SANDS 147 -- XIV. THE BASS 159 -- XV. BLACK ANDIE'S TALE OF TOD LAPRAIK 170 -- XVI. THE MISSING WITNESS, 185 -- XVII. THE MEMORIAL 197 -- XVIII. THE TEE'D BALL 213 -- XIX. I AM MUCH IN THE HANDS OF THE -- LADIES 226 -- XX. I CONTINUE TO MOVE IN GOOD SOCIETY 239