Publisher's Synopsis
G. K. Chesterton said of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." This collection of Stevenson's essays includes: On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places An Apology for Idlers Aes Triplex Talk and Talkers A Gossip on Romance The Character of Dogs A College Magazine Books Which Have Influenced Me Pulvis et Umbra