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Show Stevencon'o Keen Comment. Tho hit that "TrcaBiiro Island" mado is ono o the most pleasant episodes In literary history. Tho story that Gladstone got n gllmpao of the book nt Lord Rosebery'B house," and bpent tho next day hunting over London for a second-hand copy, Is good enough lo bo truo. Stevenson's own comment on his success Is lovclhendod, If point od: "This gives ono strango thoughts of how very bad tho common run of books that tho wise-acres think too bed to print aro tho vory ones that bring mo pralso and pudding." t |