The Annotated Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde/Dedication
Notes
editIn the first edition, the dedication page was the first page of the book, coming before the Table of Contents page, containing the 6 lines above.
- ↑ Dedicated to Stevenson's cousin Katharine with whom he had a friendly relationship.
- ↑ ..broom is blowing bonnie ie. the Scots broom, a type of bush found in Scotland, is flowering beautifully
- ↑ The poem is an excerpt from a longer poem Stevenson wrote for Katherine a few months before the publication of the book. It was about their mutual love of their Scottish heritage.