The title piece records Stevenson’s 1879 ride from New York to San Francisco among crowds of poor emigrants, followed by a portrait of old Monterey as the Pacific capital. Then come some of his best essays: the painters of Fontainebleau, The Lantern-Bearers, A Chapter on Dreams, Pulvis et Umbra and A Christmas Sermon.
Stevenson at his most personal, for admirers of the essayist as well as the storyteller. Download the free EPUB.