Walter Scott was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1862, of Scottish parents who were emigrating to Boston. To do business was in little Walter’s DNA, and at 10, he started up a fruit stand strategically placed next to Harvard College. He claimed to have sold plums and apples to Henry Wadsworth ...

“In the winter of 1924, the Stevenson Society of America was obliged, by order of the owners of the (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial) Cottage, to remove the entire collection of Stevensoniana from the rooms. At a few hours notice, the relics were gotten to a place of safety — some in rooms ...

Will H. Low performed as guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Stevenson Society of America on Aug. 28, 1923. This continuing segment of the “The Hunter’s Home” is given over to excerpts from the transcript of his address to those gathered around the porch of the museum: “… He ...

Will Hickock Low was born in Albany, New York in 1852, making him two years younger than Robert Louis Stevenson from Edinburgh, Scotland. A train station in Paris, France was the setting for their first meeting in June 1875. Low sensed right away that something new was at hand and recalled ...

(In 1922, Sam McClure was invited by the Stevenson Society of America to be guest speaker at their annual meeting held on the grounds of the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Cottage in Saranac Lake. When the time came, he spoke to the assembled members and guests seated on the lawn from ...

“It turned out that no mast large enough for the yacht was to be found in Papeete, so the old one is to be patched up. The captain (Otis) declares that it can be made quite safe by the help of iron rings and bolts. He expects to have everything ready and in order by the end of the week, when ...