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BALLANTYNE
(Robert Michael, 1824-1894, Scottish Writer of Boys Books)
Signature and subscription from an autograph letter,
probably to his niece Bessie, from Your loving uncle, on the verso is a fragment of the letter, mentioning not only those who fall in with false religions but those who have no religion at all, or those who, like [me]..., 2 sides 1¾ x 4½, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1890
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One of the young men directly touched by Ballantyne was Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). He was so impressed with the story of The Coral Island (1857) that he would later base portions of his famous book Treasure Island (1881) on themes found in Ballantyne.
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