Excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson Reader Robert louis stevenson, the poet of childhood, and the child poet! In giving poetic expression to the clearest thoughts and feelings and experiences of his own childhood, he spoke for all children. Better still, he spoke z'o all children, and in their own language. For Stevenson to remember his childhood was to be come a child again; as a child, he wrote his poems of childhood. Hence it is that we all, of whatever age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.