Published in 1887, this two-volume collection illuminates the life and interests of an electrical engineer, university teacher and wide-ranging writer.

Part I. Memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson: 1. The Jenkins of Stowting; 2. Birth and childhood; 3. Return to England; 4. Fleeming's marriage; 5. Notes of telegraph voyages; 6. Edinburgh; 7. Mrs Jenkin's illness; Appendix; Part II. Papers by Fleeming Jenkin: 1. Literature and drama; 2. Speculative science.