They are arranged chronologically, with admirable
biographical commentary by Sydney Colvin, to whom a great part
of them was written. Stevenson's personality was so attractive
that a mass of reminiscence and comment has been produced
since his death in 1894. The best books are Graham Balfour,
_Life of Robert Louis Stevenson_; Walter Raleigh, _R.L.
Stevenson_; Simpson, _Stevenson's Edinburgh Days_, and
_Memoirs of Vailima_, by Isobel Strong and Lloyd Osbourne, the
novelist's stepchildren. Henry James in _Partial Portraits_
has a fine appreciation of Stevenson and _Robert Louis
Stevenson in California_, by Katharine D. Osbourne is rich in
reminiscence.
THOMAS HARDY
Since 1895, Thomas Hardy has written no fiction. The standard
edition of his works is published in this country by the
Harpers. Recently this firm has issued Hardy in a convenient
thin paper edition which may be slipped into the coat pocket.
His first novel, _Desperate Remedies_, appeared in 1871 but it
was not until the issue of _Far From the Madding Crowd_ in
1874 that he gained popular fame. Many magazine articles have
been written on the "corner of Dorsetshire" which Hardy calls
Wessex. Good books on the Hardy country are _The Wessex of
Romance_, by W. Sherren, and _The Wessex of Thomas Hardy_, by
Windle.
KIPLING
The standard edition of Kipling is the Outward Bound edition,
published in this country by the Scribners.
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