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At last - a complete new edition of the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. During his lifetime Stevenson published A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Penny Whistles, Underwoods (1887) and Ballads (1890). There were also various private press adventures in poetry with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, and the posthumous Songs of Travel (1895), and New Poems (1918). This new edition contains these collections and also some of Stevenson's printed and manuscript poems that have never been published in any collection. The edition also identifies and restores various poems assembled by Stevenson in his Notebooks, many of which were mutilated by members of The Boston Bibliophile Society.The editor, Roger Lewis, has carefully studied Stevenson's manuscripts and letters, identifying many variants in individual poems and in orders of his collections, as well as in the editorial procedures of a succession of RLS's literary associates who claimed to be fulfilling his intentions or acting on his authority.The order
BarbaraTheBibliophageWow—I had no idea this was a poem by Stevenson. I‘ve been singing along to it when I watch Outlander for all these seasons! Thanks. 😎5y
Lcsmcat@BarbaraTheBibliophage There are some beautiful settings of it! My husband‘s women‘s choir (that he conducts) did a version of it on their last concert.5y
julesG@BarbaraTheBibliophage I was actually very astonished to see it used on Outlander. Not that it's not fitting, it's just that RLS lived in the wrong century. I'd have expected something from the 18th century. But Claire is 20th century, so it kind off works.5y
GingerAntics@BarbaraTheBibliophage@julesG@Lcsmcat it was used because it‘s about Bonnie Prince Charlie. It‘s a Jacobite song. It‘s not like those sentiments just magically disappeared after Culloden. They still exist today, in fact. They‘ve seen a great resurgence with Brexit. The referendum may have failed in 2014, but most of Scotland voted against Brexit. Plus, the story told by the lyrics work for Claire in Outlander by changing that one word.5y
julesG@GingerAntics Forgot about the Bonnie Prince. It's been a long while since I read the poems. Thanks!5y
GingerAntics@julesG that song has seen a real surge of popularity since Outlander made it their theme song. There are SO many versions of it from long before that though. It was really only popular in Scotland I think. Ireland has its own Jacobite songs. Since Jacobites had to go onto hiding after Culloden, this was how they kept their history alive. Sometimes you‘ve got to be sneaky. 😏5y
Collected Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson | 
