Kidnapped (novel) by being left in public places around the city; throughout February 2007, 25,000 copies of the novel were distributed in that way. Citations Bibliography Kidnapped (novel) Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine "Young Folks" from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, "Catriona", was published in 1893. The narrative is written in English with some dialogue in Lowland Scots. "Kidnapped" is set
James Balfour (philosopher) College and University, Aberdeen, author of a treatise on the national debt. The brothers George William Balfour and James Balfour were great-grandsons, the former a heart specialist in Scotland, and the latter a marine engineer in New Zealand. He was grandfather to Rev Lewis Balfour and the great great grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson. It is noteworthy that Stevenson's christened name was Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson, in deference to his ancestral family. His grandson Elphinstone Balfour was a bookseller on the Royal Mile. James Balfour (philosopher) Prof James Balfour JP (1705–1795) was a Scottish advocate and philosopher. He was born