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Essays in the art of writing / by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC85 St485 905e
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
- Standardized Title:
- Essays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authorship.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston), 1859-1926 (autograph) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 153 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Chatto & Windus, 1905.
- Contents:
- On some technical elements of style in literature
- The morality of the profession of letters
- Books which have influenced me
- A note on realism
- My first book: "Treasure Island"
- The genesis of "The master of Ballantrae"
- Preface to "The master of Ballantrae".
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertisements, dated June 1905, (32 p.) at end.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Henry H. Bonnell.
- Culture Class Collection copy has label of The Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- Cited in:
- McKay, G.L. Stevenson, 691
- OCLC:
- 3091426
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