It was in 1880 and 1881 that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "Treasure
Island", which was begun at Braemar, Scotland, where his father aided
him with suggestions from his own seafaring experiences. It was finished
in the course of his second visit to Davos in the winter of 1881-1882.
"Treasure Island", which appeared when the author was thirty-one, was
his first long romance, and it brought to him his first taste of popular
success, when the story was published in book form. It was in October
1881, that this story began to appear as a serial in an English magazine
called "Young Folks". The title then was "The Sea Cook, or Treasure
Island", but when published in book form in May 1883, the name was
simply "Treasure Island", a name which has taken its place among the
titles of far older classics. This edition contains the superb
illustrations of Louis Rhead, which were first published in 1915.