In The South Seas

In the South Seas, as here available to the reader, is the result of a journey on the ''Casco'' together with Stevenson''s mother, wife and stepson. The earlier parts, those on the Marquesas and Paumotos, or low or atoll islands, most definitely mark Stevenson''s original intention ; those on the Gilberts, with their picture of the king Tembinok, are more in the personal strain of R. L. S., and ar...