Original sentence: For the planned fourteen-volume Edinburgh edition of his works, Stevenson indicated that he did not want to write an introduction to The Black Arrow.Hyde (see below: links to the two volumes of his correspondence).Jekyl and Mr.Stevenson alludes to this time gap between the serialization and the publication as one volume in 1888 in his preface "Critic [parodying Dicken's "Cricket"] on the Hearth": "The tale was written years ago for a particular audience ....".Stevenson did not like his The Black Arrow, referring to it as "tushery" with reference to his use of archaic English dialogue.The Black Arrow is in good company as Stevenson also did not like his The Strange Case of Dr
Edited sentence: Stevenson alludes to this time gap between the serialization and the publication as one volume in 1888 in his preface "Critic [parodying Dicken's "Cricket"] on the Hearth": "The tale was written years ago for a particular audience ...." Sadly, Stevenson was not overly fond of The Black Arrow, referring to it as "tushery" with reference to his use of archaic English dialogue; however, it still remains a classic by a literary giant