Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson - A College Magazine

In which the youthful Stevenson reflects upon his earnest but unromantic apprenticeship in literary craft, marked by diligent imitation of diverse masters and the sober recognition of his early shortcomings. He then recounts the hopeful yet ill-fated venture of launching a university magazine alongside distinguished peers, and reveals a tender portrait of rustic characters who quietly inhabit the margins of memory.