Robert Louis Stevenson island fiction and non-fiction is among the most valuable and collected of the 19th century body of work that addresses the Pacific area. Literary works Musical works About Websites Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped", "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", and "A Child's Garden of Verses". He was a literary celebrity during his lifetime, and now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by
Hilda Kay Grant Miss Hilliard persuades one that they are commoner in life… [she] writes a sure sense of atmosphere". "Morgan's Castle" was Grant's last novel, although she published three subsequent works of non-fiction under her own name. "Robert Stevenson, engineer and sea-builder", was a biography of the lighthouse builder and grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson. She received a Canadian Centennial Commission grant to research and write "Samuel Cunard, Pioneer of the Atlantic Steamship", and was a Canada Council Award recipient. She also published short stories and poetry in such magazines as "Maclean's", "Chatelaine" and "Canadian Poetry". A lifelong gardener, even when limited