A handsome new statue commemorating Robert Louis Stevenson was recently unveiled outside Colinton Parish Church (where Stevenson's grandfather was a church minister), very close to the Water of Leith.
There's an inscription on the statue taken from his essay collection, Memories and Portraits, which reads:
“All through my boyhood and youth, I was known and pointed out for the
pattern of an idler; and yet I was always busy on my own private end,
which was to learn to write. I kept always two books in my pocket, one
to read, one to write in.”
On the churchyard wall behind the statue there's a map showing a Robert Louis Stevenson trail that you can follow round Colinton Village.
Meanwhile inside the churchyard there is a yew tree, where Stevenson had a swing when he was young.
You can read more about the statue on the Water of Leith Conservation trust website.
what a neat piece!
ReplyDeleteHe has always been very popular here in Italy, maybe one of my very ( few!) readings ( in Italian only it goes without saying ) in the first fifteen years of my life!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween!xx Speedy
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful place to remember this wonderful author.
ReplyDeleteIt's about time! Great work.
ReplyDeletea fine statue. :)
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What a great sentiment. When I was on a tour in Scotland ten years ago, the guide pointed out an inn where he was supposed to have done some of his writing. I believe it was under a bridge near the Firth of Forth.
ReplyDeleteI have just read about Stevenson Juliet. I think you make far more of your writers in Scotland than we do down here - that is such a good thing.
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ReplyDeleteA wonderful statue to a great Author. I liked that he had two books in his pocket, one to read and one to write in.
Happy weekend
hugs
Carolyn
oh wonderful - good on him :)
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