Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and Selected Travel Writings

This volume of Stevenson’s travel writings includes his first published book “An Island Voyage” (1878) – a vivid account of a canoe voyage in Belgium and France in two sail-powered skiffs, named “Cigarette” and “Arethusa” – and Stevenson’s popular description of a tour with his recalcitrant donkey Modestine, “Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes” (1879). Stevenson’s natural affinity for France, his appreciation of its landscape, and his enthusiasm for the French way of life are borne out by these works.

Contents:
-An Inland Voyage
-Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
-Miscellaneous Essays (Roads, Ordered South, & Walking Tours)
-Memories of Fontainebleau (Forest Notes & Fontainebleau: Village Community of Painters)
-Swiss Notes (Health and Mountains, Davos in Winter, Alpine Diversions, & The Stimulation of the Alps)