罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森（Robert Louis Stevenson）是19世纪苏格兰评论家、诗人、小说家、旅游作家。本书包括了关于史蒂文森的小说、大学时代、晚年、狗狗、罗曼史方面的一些短文。
目录:
CHAPTER I. THE FOREIGNER AT HOME
CHAPTER II. SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES (2)
CHAPTER III. OLD MORTALITY
CHAPTER IV. A COLLEGE MAGAZINE
CHAPTER V. AN OLD SCOTCH GARDENER
CHAPTER VI. PASTORAL
CHAPTER VII. THE MANSE
CHAPTER VIII. MEMOIRS OF AN ISLET
CHAPTER IX. THOMAS STEVENSON - CIVIL ENGINEER
CHAPTER X. TALK AND TALKERS
CHAPTER XI. TALK AND TALKERS (6)
CHAPTER XII. THE CHARACTER OF DOGS
CHAPTER XIII. A PENNY PLAIN AND TWOPENCE COLOURED
CHAPTER XIV. A GOSSIP ON A NOVEL OF DUMAS'S
CHAPTER XV. A GOSSIP ON ROMANCE
CHAPTER XVI. A HUMBLE REMONSTRANCE (11)