# Mr. Jones — Travel Essays character guide

> Mr. Jones in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jones, Meantime Jones

**First appearance:** 0000-an-inland-voyage

## Who they are

An acquaintance or fellow traveler in the narrative.

## In the story

### [The Second Cabin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-second-cabin)

The narrator's excellent friend; a Welsh blacksmith who has been to sea, now a widower and impoverished, but forward-looking.

### [Steerage Scenes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/steerage-scenes)

Accompanies the narrator on a late visit to Steerage No. 1.

### [The Sick Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-sick-man)

Accompanies the narrator and O'Reilly; stays with the sick man while they seek help.

### [Personal Experience and Review](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/personal-experience-and-review)

A fellow passenger who compliments the narrator on his behavior, revealing class differences.

### [New York](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/new-york)

Travels with the narrator; shares a room at Reunion House and dines together.

### [Across the Plains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/across-the-plains)

Mr. Jones is a fellow passenger who engages Stevenson in conversation, representing the friendly but transient connections made during travel.

### [Last of Smethurst](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/last-of-smethurst)

The burly man in brown clothes who shares the train carriage and later dines with the narrator at the hotel.

## Links

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