The book includes two little-known works by the English writer Robert Louis Stevenson - the action-packed adventure and romantic novels “St. Ives” and “Prince Otto.” The principle of courageous optimism, proclaimed by the writer in the late 70s and which is fundamental in his program of neo-romanticism, is manifested with particular conviction and inspiration in the published novels, one of which, “Prince Otto,” is being republished here for the first time in the post-revolutionary period. For the general reader .Artist G. Vanshenkina.