Robert Louis Stevenson Unbirthday

Robert Louis Stevenson was a tusitala (teller of tales), a master of the grim and the ghoulish, and a gentle, adventurous soul who also wrote children’s verses.

He bequeathed his birthday to a little girl without one. Because she had the misfortune of being born on Christmas Day, she never had a “proper” birthday until Stevenson gave her his own, Nov. 13.

The writer’s life will be celebrated at 1pm.