Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Public domain text from Project Gutenberg.
TREASURE ISLAND
by Robert Louis Stevenson
TREASURE ISLAND
To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste
the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for
numerous delightful hours, and with the kindest wishes, dedicated by his
affectionate friend, the author.
TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER
If sailor tales to sailor tunes,
Storm and adventure, heat and cold,
If schooners, islands, and maroons,
And buccaneers, and buried gold,
And all the old romance, retold
Exactly in the ancient way,
Can please, as me they pleased of old,
The wiser youngsters of today:
--So be it, and fall on! If not,
If studious youth no longer crave,
His ancient appetites forgot,
Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave,
Or Cooper of the wood and wave:
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So be it, also! And may I
And all my pirates share the grave
Where these and their creations lie!
CONTENTS
PART ONE
The Old Buccaneer
I. THE OLD SEA-DOG AT THE ADMIRAL BENBOW . . . . 11
II. BLACK DOG APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS . . . . . . 17
III. THE BLACK SPOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
IV. THE SEA-CHEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
V. THE LAST OF THE BLIND MAN . . . . . . . . . . 36
VI. THE CAPTAIN S PAPERS . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PART TWO
The Sea Cook
VII. I GO TO BRISTOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
VIII. AT THE SIGN OF THE SPY-GLASS . . . . . . . 54
IX. POWDER AND ARMS . . . .…