ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Kiglily-tliree years ago to-day in I'ldilihllrgh I'obort Louis Stevenson was I■ rll. A writer of ureal charm of personal character and one whoso life was marked hy romantic vicissitudes, lie fascinated readers wherever books were read. His link' with New Zealand has always hoon considered a close one, apart from the bond of letters. Many Now Zealanders have visited the spot in Samoa where he spent the last four years of his life, for it, was at Yailima that he took up his abode in IS<)() and. on December •'!, IS 1 .) I, that lie died. Ills lofty burial place, with the Pacific Ocean at- his feet, is the objective of pilgrims from all parts of the world.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21647, 13 November 1933, Page 14
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