Alexander Hay Japp and Japp's conversation attracted Stevenson and his father. Stevenson read to Japp the early chapters of "Treasure Island", then called "The Sea Cook", and Japp negotiated its publication in "Young Folks". Subsequently Stevenson and Japp corresponded on intimate terms; and Japp's last work, "Robert Louis Stevenson: a Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial" (1905), was the result of their contacts. Japp was versatile and prolific writer, writing under pseudonyms such as "H. A. Page", "A. F. Scot", "E. Conder Gray", and "A. N. Mount Rose" as well as in his own name. In his own name he issued in 1865
The Merry Men (short story) another story of an isolated man driven mad by Nature. Gordon's rant about the Devil living in the Sea ends with him moaning, ""The horror! The horror of the sea!"" ...which is echoed in Conrad in Kurtz's last message: ""The horror! The horror! Exterminate all the brutes!"" The Merry Men (short story) "The Merry Men" is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1882 in "Cornhill Magazine" 45-6 (June–July 1882). The story was later published in Stevenson's collection "The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables" (1887). It is set on the fictional island Eilean Aros, based