On Jan. 24, 1889, the schooner-yacht Casco, Capt. Otis, dropped anchor in Honolulu harbor, Hawaii, at 3 p.m. Aboard were Robert Louis Stevenson and his family. They were long overdue in port and had been presumed lost at sea. Their voyage north from Tahiti “was most disastrous,” said RLS, ...

The story of Damien de Veuster is that of a typical 19th century Flemish peasant, that is, until he became a Catholic priest in the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts, a brotherhood certified by Pope Pius VII in 1817. In 1825, this brotherhood was tasked with the conversion of the peoples of Oceania ...

Robert Louis Stevenson was a defender of the underdog, to whom justice was more important than money and fair play more important than fame. “That’s what I am, just another Don Quixote,” Stevenson burst out one afternoon when the family was gathered around the fireplace at Baker’s in ...

“I am so pleased with this climate that I have decided to settle; have even purchased a piece of land from three to four hundred acres ... and shall only return next summer to wind up my affairs in England; thenceforth I mean to be a subject of the High Commissioner.” — Robert Louis ...

When Robert Louis Stevenson was a boy, a man came to see his father, Thomas, in their home at 17 Heriot Row, New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. R.M. Ballantyne was an author of books for boys and he was popular throughout the empire. Ballantyne was after authentic background information about ...

“My dear Colvin … I am outright ashamed of my news; which is that we are not coming home for another year. I cannot but hope it may continue the vast improvement of my health … we have all a taste for this wandering and dangerous life; my mother I send home to my relief, as this part of ...