Robert Louis Stevenson Reader

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Robert Louis Stevenson's childhood world comes alive in this charming collection of poems, dreams, and brief prose vignettes, where ordinary moments bloom into adventure. From seaside "sea wells" dug in the sand to bedtime voyages in "My Bed is a Boat" and "The Land of Nod," the child's imagination turns sleep, play, and shadow into wonder. In "The Land of Counterpane," a sickbed becomes a kingdom of soldiers and ships; in "My Shadow" and "The Land of Story-Books," familiar rooms open into forests, campfires, and far-off journeys. The prose pieces deepen this portrait of Louis as a boy of sympathy, resilience, and restless invention, whether building indoor ships, inventing fleets from leaves and toy boats, or dreaming of distant lands. The collection also includes a gentle tale of Tom, Alice, and a drifting toy ship that ends in kindness, as well as lyrical reflections on the lamplighter, the wind, the changing seasons, and farewell to a beloved country farm. Throughout, Stevenson's childlike voice celebrates curiosity, memory, and the beauty hidden in everyday life.