#OTD in 1881.
Robert Louis Stevenson's children's pirate adventure novel Treasure Island begins serialization in the British magazine Young Folks as Treasure Island; or, The mutiny of the Hispaniola by "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island
Treasure Island at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/120