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TITLE: |
Pacific tales / by Louis Becke. |
AUTHOR: |
Becke, Louis, 1855-1913. |
PUBLISHED: |
New York: New Amsterdam book company; [etc., etc., 1969 |
DESCRIPTION: |
4 p. ., 3-323, [1] p. front. (port.) 21 cm. |
EDITION: |
Reprinted 1969 |
NOTES: |
An island memory: English Bob.--In the old, beachcombing days.--Mrs. Malleson's rival.--Prescott of Naura.--Chester's "cross".--Hollis's debt: a tale of the north-west Pacific.--The arm of Luno Cap?l.--In a Samoan village.--Collier: the "blackbirder."--In the evening.--The great crushing at Mount Sugar-bag.--The shadows of the dead.--"For we were friends always."--Nikoa.--The strange white woman of M¯aduro.--The obstinacy of Mrs. Tatton.--Dr. Ludwig Schwalbe, South Sea savant.--The treasure of Don Bruno. |
SUBJECT: |
Oceania--Fiction. |
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