'Captain tell me one thing: why aren't all the poor foot-pads?' Seeking critical accounts of #imperialism and #whiteness as produced in late #C19Literature, I had somehow missed Stevenson. The Beach at Falesá, 1892 and The Ebb-Tide, 1893 are extraordinary and surprising tales, which went against what his public expected and were rarely read much until Penguin republished them in 1979, edited by Jenni Calder. readers of #Conrad or #OliveSchreiner -- read these! #RLStevenson #ScottishLiterature