

Transcribed from the 1895 Chatto & Windus edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org





                                 BALLADS


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                                    BY

                          ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

                      [Picture: Decorative graphic]

                             _SECOND EDITION_

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                                  LONDON
                       CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

                                   1895

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CONTENTS

THE SONG OF RAHÉRO: A LEGEND OF TAHITI—
       DEDICATION: TO ORI A ORI                    1
              I.  THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA           3
             II.  THE VENGING OF TÁMATÉA          20
            III.  RAHÉRO                          40
       NOTES TO THE SONG OF RAHÉRO                55
THE FEAST OF FAMINE: MARQUESAN MANNERS—
              I.  THE PRIEST’S VIGIL              61
             II.  THE LOVERS                      67
            III.  THE FEAST                       75
             IV.  THE RAID                        86
       NOTES TO THE FEAST OF FAMINE               95
TICONDEROGA: A LEGEND OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS—
       TICONDEROGA                                99
              I.  THE SAYING OF THE NAME         100
             II.  THE SEEKING OF THE NAME        109
            III.  THE PLACE OF THE NAME          113
       NOTES TO TICONDEROGA                      119
HEATHER ALE: A GALLOWAY LEGEND—
       HEATHER ALE                               123
       NOTE TO HEATHER ALE                       129
CHRISTMAS AT SEA—
       CHRISTMAS