Dr Julia Reid is a Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds. She is the author of Robert Louis Stevenson, Science, and the Fin de Siècle (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

• Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . ixPreface by the General Editors. . . . . . xiiiList of Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . xviiChronology of Robert Louis Stevenson . . . xixIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviiComposition. . . . . . . . . . . xxviiiSuppression. . . . . . . . . . . xxxviiPartial Publication and Early Reception. . . xliArtistic Influences and Literary Contexts. . xlvHistorical Contexts . . . . . . . . . xlixAfterlife and Influence. . . . . . . . liTHE AMATEUR EMIGRANTDedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Part I. The Emigrant Ship . . . . . . . . 5The Second Cabin. . . . . . . . . 7Early Impressions. . . . . . . . . 13Steerage Scenes . . . . . . . . . . 20Steerage Types. . . . . . . . . . 28The Sick Man. . . . . . . . . . . 41The Stowaways . . . . . . . . . . 49Personal Experience and Review. . . . 60Part II. America: The Emigrant Train . . . . 71New York . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Notes by the Way to Council Bluffs . . . 84The Emigrant Train . . . . . . . . 95The Plains of Nebraska . . . . . . . 102The Desert of Wyoming . . . . . . . 105Fellow Passengers . . . . . . . . . 109Despised Races . . . . . . . . . . 113To the Golden Gates . . . . . . . . 117AppendixIllustrations. . . . . . . . . . . . 121Essay on the Text. . . . . . . . . . . 131Composition . . . . . . . . . . . 131Manuscript . . . . . . . . . . . 1321880 Galley Proofs . . . . . . . . . 134Suppression and Partial Publication . . . . 136Longman’s Magazine . . . . . . . . 137Across the Plains . . . . . . . . . . 140Edinburgh Edition . . . . . . . . . 143The Present Text. . . . . . . . . . 152Emendation List. . . . . . . . . . . 161End-of-Line Hyphens. . . . . . . . . 173Explanatory Notes. . . . . . . . . . 174

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