Word: stepson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Stevenson designed and cut the three woodcut plates to illustrate poems, which he had written to amuse his stepson, who owned a small printing press, and printed the verses with Stevenson's illustrations. Two of these books are shown, with the titles. "Lawks! What a Beautiful Flower," and "Moral Emblems...
...amuse his stepson further, Stevenson drew a map of an island, with hidden treasure, which later led to the writing of "Treasure Island." A reproduction of this map is given as the frontispiece of the first edition...
Died. Prince George Wilhelm zu Schoenaich-Carolath, 18, stepson of the onetime Kaiser Wilhelm II and second son of Princess Hermine of Reuss, onetime wife of Prince Johann George von Schoenaich-Carolath; at Grunberg, Silesia; after a motorcycle accident. He underwent an unsuccessful operation upon his skull...
...horsemen looked at one another in awestruck silence; for it was certain that an outlaw band of hostile Morroccan tribesmen had kidnapped M. et Mme. Yvse Steeg, M. et Mme. Jean Maillet, nephew and stepson and their wives of Theodore Steeg, French Resident General of Morrocco, the highest official of the Republic in the Morrocco protectorate. The party had gone ahunting...
Nicolay and Hay's Lincoln states that Robert spent the evening at the White House gossiping with Major Hay. The party at Ford's included Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Harris and Major John R. Rathbone, daughter and stepson of Senator Ira Harris of New York...