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 The first collected edition of Underwoods (Books I and II) was published in 1887.

Songs of Travel were forwarded in proof to Sidney Colvin with a letter, dated May 18, 1894, in which the author said, "I am sending you a lot of verses, which had best, I think, be called Underwoods, Book III, but in what order are they to go?" Stevenson had tried them in several different orders and under several different titles, as Songs and Notes of Travel, Vailima, Posthumous Poems, etc., finally leaving the naming and arrangement to Mr. Colvin. They were published for the first time in the Edinburgh Edition.