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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: Scotland.
I propose to follow up the 'Sea Cook' at proper intervals by 'Jerry
Abershaw: A Tale of Putney Heath' (which or its site I must
visit), 'The Leading Light: A Tale of the Coast,' 'The Squaw Men:
or the Wild West,' and other instructive and entertaining work.
'Jerry Abershaw' should be good, eh? I love writing boys' books.
This first is only an experiment; wait till you see what I can make
'em with my hand in. I'll be the Harrison Ainsworth of the future;
and a chalk better by St. Christopher; or at least as good. You'll
see that even by the 'Sea Cook.'
Jerry Abershaw - O what a title! Jerry Abershaw: d-n it, sir,
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