Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: first_name: Robert Louis
last_name: Stevenson
Language: English
Year: 1906

“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”<br /><br />

What comforting words for the idle among us! Like many of the best essayists, Stevenson is very much the genial fireside companion: opinionated, but never malicious; a marvellous practitioner of the inclusive monologue.<br /><br />

In this collection of nine pieces he discusses the art of appreciating unattractive scenery, traces the