Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — STEVENSON’S OLD HOME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STEVENSON’S OLD HOME

The house In which Robert Louis Stevenson was born is for sale, and the price asked is somewhat less than *3 .000. Stevenson's birthplace is the quaint building at 8 Howard place, Edinburgh. lie first saw the light there on Nov. 13, 1850. and when only a few days old he was baptized by his grand-

father, the minister of Coiinton. Two and a half years after the birth of the future author the Stevensons removed from Howard place, and the earliest recollection;; which Robert associated with home reverted to the house in Inverleith terrace. It the novelist dreamed his boyhood dreams, and there were born many of the ideas which were afterward to develop into thrilling romances. Three doors from that house lived William E. Henley during the time he was the editor of the Scots Observer. This is recalled by Mr. Henley’s late attack on the character of his dead friend and collaborator.