1078 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, ENTITLED "THE SCIENTIFIC APE." *An unpublished*
*Fable. Consisting of 3 pp. about 1000 words. Folio. Bound in full red levant*
*morocco, gilt edges. Entirely in handwriting of Stevenson but not signed $550.00*

THE SCIENTIFIC APE:

AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

This story is one of the very few by Stevenson that has
not found its way into a privately printed brochure, a collected
edition, magazine article, or volume of short stories. It is un-
published, and save for its recording in catalogue-- sales-
catalogues-- form, it is unrecorded.

It was first made known to the public in the Isobel
Strong Sale (Part ii, p.45). It appeared later on in the Richard
Wormser catalogue and remained in Mr. Wormser's keeping until its
present purchase. Mr. Wormser was an oriental pearl merchant who
failed in the depression and to make a living, placed his own
library in his office, and became a bookseller. *The Scientific
Ape* was in his personal collection.

It is a complete and very interesting story, written by
R. L. S. apparently as part of his group of *Fables*, for at the
end of the tale is the caption "Moral." No moral being appended,
it is surmised he could not think of one, and therefore could not
include it with the others that were completed with a suitable
moral. Which is fortunate, since unpublished material of
Stevenson is excessively rare and much sought after-- for private
printing by collectors, and for research work, the student
prizing it above all published matter.