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Illustrated by Louis Rhead
BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751 HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND CAST AWAY; HIS SUFFERINGS IN A DESERT ISLE; HIS JOURNEY IN THE WILD HIGHLANDS; HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH ALAN BRECK STEWART AND OTHER NOTORIOUS HIGHLAND JACOBITES; WITH ALL THAT HE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF HIS UNCLE, EBENEZER BALFOUR OF SHAWS, FALSELY SO CALLED WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND NOW SET FORTH BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WITH A PREFACE BY MRS. STEVENSON
PREFACE TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION
DEDICATION
CHAPTER I.—I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS
CHAPTER II.—I COME TO MY JOURNEY’S END
CHAPTER III.—I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE
CHAPTER IV.—I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS
CHAPTER V.—I GO TO THE QUEEN’S FERRY
CHAPTER VI.—WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN’S FERRY
CHAPTER VII.—I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG “COVENANT” OF DYSART
CHAPTER VIII.—THE ROUND-HOUSE
CHAPTER IX.—THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD
CHAPTER X.—THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE
CHAPTER XI.—THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER
CHAPTER XII.—I HEAR OF THE “RED FOX”
CHAPTER XIII.—THE LOSS OF THE BRIG
CHAPTER XIV.—THE ISLET
CHAPTER XV.—THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL
CHAPTER XVI.—THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN
CHAPTER XVII.—THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX
CHAPTER XVIII.—TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE
CHAPTER XIX.—THE HOUSE OF FEAR
CHAPTER XX.—THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE ROCKS
CHAPTER XXI.—THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE HEUGH OF CORRYNAKIEGH
CHAPTER XXII.—THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE MOOR
CHAPTER XXIII.—CLUNY’S CAGE
CHAPTER XXIV.—THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER
CHAPTER XXV.—THE QUARREL IN BALQUHIDDER
CHAPTER XXVI.—END OF THE FLIGHT: WE PASS THE FORTH
CHAPTER XXVII.—I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR
CHAPTER XXVIII.—I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE
CHAPTER XXIX.—I COME INTO MY KINGDOM
CHAPTER XXX.—GOOD-BYE
