Robert Louis Stevenson 18501894 was a Scottish novelist poet essayist and travel writer whose reputation came primarily from his novels and essays including quotTreasure Islandquot and quotThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydequot He is ranked among the 30 most translated authors in the world ahead of Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe Although his notoriety derives largely from his novels and essays Stevenson produced a large collection of poetry that has been compared to that of William Ernest Henley and Rudyard Kipling The principle object of most of his poetry is to capture a moment be it a memory an emotion or some fleeting experience and to draw his readers wholly into that moment This is a complete collection of Stevensons poetry most of which deals with themes of childhood friendship travel nostalgia and the sea and includes his wellknown quotUnderwoodsquot series
