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
James Stevenson, 1st Baron Stevenson as Baron Stevenson, of Holmbury in the County of Surrey, on 7 May 1924, during the first premiership of Ramsay MacDonald. He was the first person from Kilmarnock to be elevated to the peerage. According to his obituary, in 1912 he published a novel, "The Kiss of Chance" (published by Eveleigh Nash, London, pp. 301), under the pseudonym Roland Dunster. A second novel was "An Incurable Disease" which "The Strand" magazine says was illustrated by Septimus Edwin Scott. Lord Stevenson died on 10 June 1926, aged 53, when the baronetcy and barony became extinct. James Stevenson, 1st Baron Stevenson James