A Child's Garden of Verses
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Cover: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885-86), oil on canvas by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1925)
Robert Louis Stevenson's book of verses for children catches the way a child sees a bed that is a boat, a shadow that follows, a swing, a night when it is still light outside. It includes Bed in Summer, My Shadow, The Land of Counterpane and The Lamplighter.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Table of contents
- 1: Bed in Summer
- 2: A Thought
- 3: At the Sea-Side
- 4: Young Night-Thought
- 5: Whole Duty of Children
- 6: Rain
- 7: Pirate Story
- 8: Foreign Lands
- 9: Windy Nights
- 10: Travel
- 11: Singing
- 12: Looking Forward
- 13: A Good Play
- 14: Where Go the Boats?
- 15: Auntie's Skirts
- 16: The Land of Counterpane
- 17: The Land of Nod
- 18: My Shadow
- 19: System
- 20: A Good Boy
- 21: Escape at Bedtime
- 22: Marching Song
- 23: The Cow
- 24: Happy Thought
- 25: The Wind
- 26: Keepsake Mill
- 27: Good and Bad Children
- 28: Foreign Children
- 29: The Sun Travels
- 30: The Lamplighter
- 31: My Bed Is a Boat
- 32: The Moon
- 33: The Swing
- 34: Time to Rise
- 35: Looking-Glass River
- 36: Fairy Bread
- 37: From a Railway Carriage
- 38: Winter-Time
- 39: The Hayloft
- 40: Farewell to the Farm
- 41: North-West Passage
- 42: The Unseen Playmate
- 43: My Ship and I
- 44: My Kingdom
- 45: Picture-Books in Winter
- 46: My Treasures
- 47: Block City
- 48: The Land of Story-Books
- 49: Armies in the Fire
- 50: The Little Land
- 51: Night and Day
- 52: Nest Eggs
- 53: The Flowers
- 54: Summer Sun
- 55: The Dumb Soldier
- 56: Autumn Fires
- 57: The Gardener
- 58: Historical Associations
- 59: To Willie and Henrietta
- 60: To My Mother
- 61: To Auntie
- 62: To Minnie
- 63: To My Name-Child
- 64: To Any Reader